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Octreotide treatment of acromegaly during pregnancy
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To the Editor: When symptomatic acromegaly occurs during pregnancy, the treatment decision becomes problematic because of an increased fetal risk of hypophysectomy and limited data about the safety of octreotide (a somatostatin analogue drug approved to treat acromegaly) during pregnancy. This issue is addressed in the description of the following patient.
A 29-year-old woman with acromegaly underwent transsphenoidal resection of a pituitary tumor in May 1997. Postoperatively, levels ...
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Octreotide treatment of acromegaly during pregnancy
Mayo Clinic Proceedings
; To the Editor: When symptomatic acromegaly occurs during pregnancy, the treatment decision becomes problematic because of an increased fetal risk of hypophysectomy and limited data about the safety of octreotide (a somatostatin analogue drug approved to treat acromegaly) during pregnancy. This
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CONNECTIVE GROWTH
Joe Weider's Muscle & Fitness
; SPORTS MEDICINE The body's natural stores of growth hormone (GH) are critical for boosting muscle mass and strength gains, as well as for enhancing fat loss. Even better, researchers from the Institute of Sports Medicine (Copenhagen, Denmark) suggest GH may also enhance the regeneration and
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GOT GROWTH?
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; Optimize your growth hormone levels to maximize muscle-building, strength gains and fat loss By Jim Stoppani, PhD Whatever you call it - growth hormone, human growth hormone, GH or hGH-most bodybuilders and many average Joes have a basic understanding of what growth hormone is. Maybe the BALCO
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Taking control of anabolic hormones--naturally
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; Death, taxes, or even more important things, like how your favorite football team plays on Sundays - some things in life are just out of your hands. Instead of driving yourself crazy worrying about factors you can't control, why not focus your energy on the ones you can? Take your training, for
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ORDER OF GROWTH
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; It's the great debate in gyms everywhere: Is it better to do cardio or weight-train first? It depends on whom you ask, but most experts agree that if you have to do both in the same session, weights first and cardio second is the best way to go for several reasons. First, if your primary goal is to
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KEEP GROWING
Joe Weider's Muscle & Fitness
; Of all the hormones occurring naturally in the body, growth hormone (GH) may be the most aptly named. After all, stimulating growth - of bones, muscles and other cells - is its most important function in the body. Other essential tasks include influencing fat and glucose metabolism, and exercise
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Diagnosis and treatment of acromegaly.
American Family Physician
; Acromegaly is an uncommon but fascinating clinical syndrome. While much has been learned about the pathogenesis, hormonal features and treatment of this condition, the diagnosis is still based on careful clinical observation and a systematic laboratory and radiologic evaluation. Illustrative Case
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CONSISTENT GROWTH
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; Regardless of the goal at hand, the maxim "consistency is key" almost always holds true. And when it comes to packing on pounds of muscle, you can bet being consistent with your training program is a vital component. Hitting the iron regularly provides a steady stimulus to the muscles that results
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Gonadal Steroids Effects on Growth Hormone Release in the Tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus.(Brief Article)
Pacific Science
; Larry G. Riley [19] In the tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus, males are larger than females. To study this sexually dimorphic pattern in somatic growth, I examined the effects of gonadal steroids (17[beta] estradiol, testosterone, and dihydrotestosterone) on release of growth hormone (GH) from the
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SAY N-O TO FAT AND MUSCLE
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; How well do you know the amino acid arginine? You may have read that it's the primary active ingredient in almost every nitric oxide (NO) product out there. You might even know why - because the body readily converts arginine into NO. Some of you may also remember that arginine can increase growth
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