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Society for Endocrinology BES 2021

Edinburgh, United Kingdom
08 Nov 2021 - 10 Nov 2021

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Join us in Edinburgh for the flagship event of the Society for Endocrinology

Cutting Edge Session

Use and abuse endocrinology - enhancing performance at any cost?

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GH as a performance enhancing drug

Holt Richard

Anecdotal evidence suggests that athletes have been misusing growth hormone (GH) for its anabolic, lipolytic, psychological and cardiovascular effects since the early 1980s, at least a decade before endocrinologists began to treat adults with GH deficiency. There have been on-going debates about whether GH is performance-enhancing. Although many of the early studies were negative, randomized controlled...