Saturday, January 7, 2012

Growth Hormone Important For Bone Health

For the period of the once-a-year conference of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), a new, six-month study about growth hormone replacement was a key resentation.  It showed increased bone formation in abdominally obese women, according to the Science Daily website. The central theme: Forbes writer envisages $169,000 for each all-metal hip replacement rights.

In the analysis of Miriam A. Bredella, a radiologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital and assistant professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School in Boston, this is the first time that the impact of growth hormone on bones have been studied in relation to obesity, the Science Daily suggests.

When a person is obese  he runs the risk of an upsurge of diabetes, heart disease, stroke, arthritis and some cancers. It may also cause cardiovascular and joint diseases, high cholesterol, asthma and sleep apnea, reports Medline Plus. Moreover, obesity leads to developing arthritis because of body weight, says the about.com website.

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