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Tired of being too short?
Friday, March 2, 2007



YOU CAN GROW TALLER TOO!

We know what you feel like, wishing that we could just be an inch taller and be happier. Well, stop wishing and remember this, YOU CAN GROW TALLER, no matter what your age is. I bet you don’t know that 95% of all the tall people in this world have shorter parents and grew taller as a result of this height-increasing device. Here’s another piece of information – you can manipulate your growth regardless of genetics or what others might say.


HORMONES CAN MAKE US TALLER???

Another 2”or 3”inches by using growth taller device to your actual height IN ONLY 3 MONTHS! IT IS discovered that human height is not exclusively per-determined by genetic action alone, but is also strongly influenced the effects of certain hormones on the development of the cartilaginous portions of the 62 bones of the lower body, as well as the 24 separate and movables bones constructing the spinal column.



How does it Work?

1. Increase Growth Hormones Production

  • Growth taller device stimulates the nerve points of your sole. This stimulation of the pituitary gland leads to increased production of growth hormones.

  • Increased production of growth hormones means greater growth of the cartilaginous portions of the vertebrae and the bones in the lower body.

2. Auricular Cartilages Growth

  • The auricular cartilages that connect many bones in your body can still grow thicker with Growth taller device
    This gives your lower body another Possible 1 – 2 inches in extra height.

3. Proper Stretching and Exercising Techniques


  • Your spinal column can be extended by another 2 or 3 inches by using Growth taller device together with proper stretching exercises

  • Growth taller device can still make your bones grow thicker and stronger. The added thickness of the bones in your legs alone can increase your lower body height by another 1 inch.

Dear friends, what are you waiting for?! GROW TALLER NOW!!!! :D



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RBGH?






In order to boost milk production, genetically engineered synthetic growth hormones are injected into cows. Milk production could be increased from 10-15%. These hormones are known as rBGH (recombinant bovine growth hormone).







Average changes in milk yield and 3.5% fat-corrected milk yield over 32-weeks of rbGH treatment.

However, these hormones endanger milk and the consumer’s health. The nutritional quality of milk produced by cows treated with rBGH has been altered. These hormones too induce steroids and adrenaline-type stressor in cows, which may in turn contaminate milk, resulting them to be harmful, especially towards young children and infants. rBGH milk is also contaminated by the GE hormone which can be absorbed through the gut, inducing immunological effects, by pus from mastitis induced by rBGH, and antibiotics used to treat the mastitis. rBGH is likely to mobilize the existing carcinogens in milk of cows, causing cancer risks to consumers. Researches have shown increased levels of IGF-1 (insulin growth factor-1) in milk from cows treated with rBGH. This heightens the potential risks of breast and other types of cancer (e.g. breast, lung, colon, and prostate cancers).

When consumed, its causes hormonal and allergic effects especially in infants. It could also induce premature growth and breast stimulation in infants, or promote breast cancer in adults.



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The Miracle Medicine





































“Never grow old”.

Doesn't that sound so tempting and irresistable? The thoughts of being able to live on Earth for as long as you wish to, having wrinkle-free complexions, etc. Ever since centuries ago, human beings have been searching for such a longevity miracle medicine, in hope of attaining longevity.

With the rapid advance in technology, it is not surprising that a product known as the Longevity 4 human growth hormones releaser (the new buzz word in the quest of anti-aging and Being Ageless) is produced.

What is Longevity 4 made up of?

As the name implies there are four amino acids in our product; L-glutamine, glycine, L-arginine, and L-ornithine. Each of these amino acids has been found to increase the amount of GH released into the bloodstream. Pepsin is also an ingredient of this miracle pill, serving as a digestive aid.


How does Longevity 4 work?

Longevity 4 is designed to release growth hormone from the anterior pituitary gland in part by blocking or diminishing the effect of somatostatin, and in part by stimulating the production of growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH). Just like somatostatin, GHRH is produced by the hypothalamus.

Longevity Medicine also involves the testing of hormones that may be related to premature aging and disease development and replacing those, which are found to be deficient.

As we age, the activities of our pituitary gland are reduced, producing low levels of human growth hormones. The decline is human growth hormone levels leads to aging, wrinkled skin, expanding waistline, less energy and vitality.

Benefits of anti-aging hormones:
  • Increased Energy Levels
  • Improved Immune System
  • Increased Exercise and Sport Performance and preventing sports injuries
  • Reduction in Body Fat and promotion of Weight Loss and controlling obesity
  • Increased Bone Density
  • Lower Blood Pressure
  • Improved Cardiac and Lung Functions
  • Rejuvenation of Kidneys and other organs that shrink with age
  • Increase Muscle Mass
  • Improve Skin Texture, Elasticity and Thickness


Anti-aging hormones restore the human growth hormones back to the normal levels, which we had as youths. It stimulates our pituitary gland to produce more human growth hormones, reversing the aging process.


Such hormones are prescribed by certified doctors in the form of tablets/sprays/cream/injections.

Wanna live till a ripe old age? Try Longevity 4.


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The Ashley Treatment


This article, which we found in the Straits Times recently, reports about The Ashley Treatment, which refers to a controversial set of medical procedures undergone by a Seattle child, "Ashley X". Ashley, born in 1997, was a child with severe developmental disabilities and brain impairment due to static encephalopathy of unknown etiology.

The treatments she underwent included growth attenuation via hormonal treatments (an elective medical treatment which involves administering estrogen to advances bone age until separate growth plates in the bones fuse together, halting growth and determining the extent of height.); hysterectomy, bilateral mastectomy, and appendectomy.

Although Ashley sleeps and awakens, and breathes on her own, she is unable to raise her head, sit up, hold a toy, walk, or talk, and must be tube-fed. Nonetheless, she is alert and responsive to her environment, particularly enjoying the music of Andrea Boccelli. Her parents have nicknamed Ashley "Pillow Angel," because she always remains where she is placed, which is usually on a pillow.

In 2004 when Ashley was six and a half years old, she began to show signs of puberty and her parents and doctors began to anticipate a variety of issues common in children with severe neurological impairments.

As these children grow larger, it takes more strength to move them and provide basic bodily care, raising the risk of pressure sores from immobility. Precocious puberty is common in children with various forms of severe brain damage.

In July 2004, Ashley had a hysterectomy (to prevent menstruation) and surgical removal of her nascent breast buds (to prevent breast development). She also underwent an appendectomy. In addition, she recently completed estrogen therapy to permanently stunt her growth.

The parents state that they sought such treatment for the best interests of their daughter, and to improve her quality of life, namely, to enable them to personally continue constant care for her; to reduce the risk of bedsores; to avoid the discomfort that may be associated with menstruation; to prevent pregnancy; to avoid the discomfort of large breasts, which run in Ashley's family; to prevent breast cancer; to prevent appendicitis which occurs in 5% of the population and which would be difficult to diagnose in Ashley as she would be unable to communicate the symptoms. They also believe that without developing secondary sexual characteristics, Ashley will be less vulnerable to sexual abuse.


Our thoughts:

The article about The Ashley Treatement was extremely interesting, and a little bizarre, and after reading the article, we were fascinated to find out more. The fact that The Ashley Treatment was highly controversial further heightened our interest in it. =) Thus, we went onto the World Wide Web to find out more.

After reading articles, responses and considering both views regarding The Ashley Treatment, majority of us felt that we support Ashley’s parents’ decision with the series of treatments as the rewards of the treatment outweghed the risks as given Ashley’s condition, she was not going to grow up, only grow bigger. So why not minimize the amount of discomfort she is forseen to experience as she grows older, and let her enjoy her life to her fullest within medical capabilities?

Not only that, one of the treatments, such as the administering of estrogen, has been performed on children since the 1960s, so therefore, we do not think that this particular treatment is unethical.

You should visit Ashley’s Parent’s Blog to see the pictures of Ashley in there. She’s really cute and actually looks pretty normal, without major or obvious deformities that one usually associates with disabled people. =)


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Prevents diabetes
Friday, February 23, 2007

Most/All of you should be aware of this very common disease- Diabetes.

We shall show you some examples of skin decomposition due to bacterial infection for some diabetic patients.

Here is a flowchart summarising what leads to Diabetes:



How can we prevent against Diabetes?
Answer: Through the reduction of abdominal fat and improvement of insulin action in obese adults, Diabetes can be prevented.

So... can growth hormones help in preventing Diabetes?
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YES! GROWTH HORMONES CAN HELP PREVENT DIABETES! :)

All ofus were really excited when we chanced upon this information during our research on our topic, because this could very well mean that lesser patients would contract diabetes, and that lesser people will become the victims of diabetes.

Growth hormones, naturally occuring hormones produced in the body, cna reduce abdominal fats by 18% to 20% or maybe even more in abdominally obese adults. Therefore, the combination of a glucose-reducing drug and fat-reducing growth hormone treatment may prevent diabetes in adults with abdominal obesity and reduced insulin action. This combined regimen reduced abdominal fat and improved insulin function in this group, which would not be possible with the usage of growth hormones alone.


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Dwarfism
Thursday, February 22, 2007

Has anyone of you noticed an adult who is abnormally short for his/her age? Now, that particular person may be suffering from this genetic disorder called dwarfism.

What is dwarfism?
No, I'm not talking about Snow White and the Seven dwarfs.

Dwarfism is defined as a pathelogical condition in which the physical size of a person, animal, or plant is below normal.

And, what causes dwarfism?
It is usually caused by genetic disorders. The most common cause is achondroplasia, in which individuals grow up with disproportional limbs. This accounts for 70% of dwarfism causes.

Other causes of dwarfism include spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita (SED) and osteogenesis imperfecta (OI). Proportional dwarfism is usually caused by a hormonal imbalance.

How is dwarfism diagnosed?
Unusually short stature for a child's age is usually what brings the child to medical attention. Skeletal dysplasia ("dwarfism") is usually suspected because of obvious physical features (e.g., unusual configuration of face or shape of skull), because of an obviously affected parent, or because body measurements (arm span, upper to lower segment ratio) indicate disproportion.

Most children with suspected skeletal dysplasias will be referred to a genetics clinic for diagnostic confirmation and genetic counselling.

Extreme shortness with completely normal proportions sometimes indicates growth hormone deficiency (pituitary dwarfism).

Short stature alone, in the absence of any other abnormalities, may simply be genetic, particularly if a person is born into a family of people who are relatively short.

After all these facts about dwarfism, most of us would be feeling rather sympathetic towards these 'dwarfs'. It isn't their fault to be short for life, right?

Treatment of most dwarfism arising from genetic defects is limited to palliation of symptoms and side effects; unfortunately there is no available cure for dwarfism.

However, pitituary dwarfism can be effectively treated through


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Acromegaly
Monday, February 19, 2007

We've talked briefly about what growth hormones are more about them in the introductory page of this blog. Now, we will be sharing with you, our blog reader, interesting and ethical facts about growth hormones.

Acromegaly

What is Acromegaly and what causes it?

Acromegaly is a hormonal disorder that results when the pituitary gland produces excess growth hormone (GH), which causes abnormal growth of the hands and feet. It most commonly affects middle-aged adults and can result in serious illness and premature death.


Who can get Acromegaly?

Acromegaly is rare. Scientists estimate that about 3 out of every million people develop acromegaly each year and that 40 to 60 out of every million people suffer from the disease at any time. However, because the clinical diagnosis of acromegaly often is missed, these numbers probably underestimate the frequency of the disease.

Signs and Symptoms of Acromegaly

Acromegaly literally means 'enlarged extremities' or 'enlarged hands and feet'. This is a typical feature, but there are many other symptoms which develop gradually.

1) Symptoms caused by excess growth hormones

  • The excess of growth hormone in your bloodstream can affect various tissues in your body which can make them 'thicken' or 'grow'.
  • Hands and feet become larger and broader. You may have to change your gloves/shoes size. You may not even be able to get a wedding ring off your finger.

  • The skin may thicken (particularly on the face) and become more greasy and sweaty.

  • Tickened lips and nose

  • Thickening of the scalp

  • Jaw becoming more protruding
  • Vocal cords thicken which may cause your voice to deepen.

  • Tongue may enlarge so you may often 'bite your tongue'.

  • Thickening of cartilage may cause arthritis in various joints.

  • Thickening of the nasal passages can make you snore loudly and may cause obstruction in airflow when you are asleep (sleep apnoea) - can make you have a poor nights sleep with daytime drowsiness.

  • 'Carpel tunnel syndrome' - When a nerve going through the wrist is squashed by thickened tissue. It can cause pain, tingling and weakness in parts of the hands.
  • Other symptoms include:
    - General tiredness and some muscle weakness.
    - About 1 in 5 people with acromegaly also develop diabetes as growth hormone counters the effects of insulin.
    - High blood pressure develops in about 1 in 3 cases.
    - Increase risk of heart disease and stroke, probably because of the increase risk of developing high blood pressure and diabetes.
    - Also, in about 1 in 3 cases, the adenoma also makes too much of another hormone called prolactin. This can cause sexual and menstrual problems, and a milky discharge from the nipple. Many men with acromegaly also develop erectile dysfunction (impotence).
Before After

2) Symptoms caused by the growing tumour
  • In many cases the tumour remains small and does not cause pressure symptoms. However, in some cases the tumour grows enough to cause pressure on the nearby tissues. This leads to:
    - Headaches
    - Vision problems - The tumour may press on the optic nerves (the nerves going from the eyes to the brain) which are just next to the pituitary.
    - Other normal cells in the pituitary may become squashed and damaged, causeing an underactive thyroid gland.

Treatments for Acromegaly

However, Acromegaly is treatable. As long as the growth hormones production has returned to normal levels, complications such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and high triglycerides can be reversed. There are 3 main types of treatment processes.

I. Surgery
To reduce GH production, doctors extract pituitary tumors through the nose to eliminate its pressure on the tissues surrounding the pituitary. Such surgery is known as the transsphenoidal surgery. More commonly, hormone levels may improve, but not return completely to normal.

II. Drug Therapy
3 common types of drugs used to lower or block the production of GH is as follows: - Synthetic hormones - Dopamine agonists - GH antagonists

III. Radiation Therapy
Radiation surgery is usually reserved for patients who still have tumor in their pituitary even after surgery. Radiation therapy is given in divided doses from four to six weeks. Radiation therapy cause a gradual loss of production of other pituitary hormones with time.


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