Guth L, Zhang Z, Roberts: Department of Biology, college of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA23187. Controlled compressive injury to rat spinal cord was chosen to test therapies that might attenuate the progression of tissue destruction and locomotor deficits that characteristically occur after spinal injury. A highly significant reduction of damage was achieved by immediate post [...]

Skaggs SR, Crist DM Department of Physiology, University of New Mexico, School of Medicine, Albuquerque. The effects of biosynthetic methanol human growth hormone (met-hGH) on body composition and endogenous secretion of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) were studied in obese women ranging between 138% and 226% of ideal body weight. Following double-blind procedures, 12 subjects [...]

A small study released Monday reported that giving men with hypertension a dose of the hormone that help regulate the body’s inner clock lowered their blood pressure reading while they slept. Blood pressure rises during the day and falls at night, but in many people with high blood pressure that cycle becomes less pronounced. The [...]

Trasndermal testosterone improved sexual function, depressed mood, and well-being in women who had undergone Oophorectomy and hysterectomy, reported Dr. Jan. L. Shifren of Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, and associates. The 75 women, aged 31-56, were studied at nine clinical centers throughout the United States. All had undergone surgery 1-10 years previously, before natural menopause occurred. [...]

Salomon F, Cuneo RC, Hesp R, Sonksen PH Division of Medicine, United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy’s and St. Thomas’, St. Thomas’ Hospital, London, United Kingdom. In a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, we studied the effects of six months of growth hormone replacement in 24 adults with growth hormone deficiency. Most of the patients had [...]