Improving physical function and mobility in a continuously expanding elderly population
emerges as a high priority of medicine today. Muscle mass, strength/power, and maximal …

Postnatal growth and development of the human body and its specific organs are regulated
by a complex network of local and systemic factors which is poorly understood. This review …

Improving physical function and mobility in a continuously expanding elderly population
emerges as a high priority of medicine today. Muscle mass, strength/power, and maximal …

The mechanisms underlying the cardiac activities of synthetic growth hormone
secretagogues (GHS) are still unclear. The natural ligand of the GHS receptors, ie ghrelin …

Background: In recent years the administration of recombinant human growth hormone (GH)
has received great attention. This review compares the potential of this therapeutic …

Abstract Background Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein 2 (IGFBP2) showed greater
heart failure (HF) diagnostic accuracy than the “grey zone” B-type natriuretic peptides, and …

The incidence of peripheral, cerebro-and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in patients with type
2 diabetes mellitus is approximately twice as high as in the non-diabetic population …

In the 70s, several new, both peptidyl and non-peptidyl, derivatives that stimulate and
amplify pulsatile growth hormone (GH) secretion, independently from growth hormone …

Mechanisms that lead to cachexia are still poorly understood. The neurohormonal changes
that occur in severe disease states may cause an imbalance between protein synthesis and …

Objective We aimed at investigating the association of age-dependent IGF-I SDS with
diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and heart diseases, in a large patient sample …