Encyclopedia - Akhenaten: Encyclopedia - Akhenaten
Akhenaten, known as Amenhotep IV at the start of his reign, was a Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt. He is thought to have been ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gigantism: Encyclopedia Ii - Gigantism - Other Conditions Of Overgrowth Or Excessive Tallness In Childhood
Children who are excessively tall are often referred to pediatric endocrinologists for evaluation. The majority of children who seem exce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Diabetes Mellitus Type 2: Encyclopedia Ii - Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 - Pathophysiology
Genetic factors, usually polygenic, form disease background in a prevailing number of patients. Environmental factors like obesity, lack ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Ii Of Spain: Encyclopedia - Charles Ii Of Spain
Charles II (Carlos Segundo) of Spain (November 6, 1661–November 1, 1700) was king of Spain, Naples, and Sicily, nearly all of Italy (ex...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Diabetes Mellitus Type 2: Encyclopedia - Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
Diabetes mellitus type 2 (formerly called diabetes mellitus type II, non-insulin-dependent diabetes, NIDDM or adult-onset diabetes) is a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bovine Somatotropin: Encyclopedia - Bovine Somatotropin
Bovine somatotropin (bST), or bovine growth hormone (BGH), is a protein hormone that occurs naturally in the pituitary gland of cattle. I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carel Struycken: Encyclopedia - Carel Struycken
Carel Struycken (born July 30, 1948 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands) is a character actor in film, television, and stage. He is a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bromocriptine: Encyclopedia - Bromocriptine
Image:Bromocriptine.png Bromocriptine G02CB01 N04BC01 Bromocriptine is an ergoline derivative dopamine agonist that is used in the treatm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - André The Giant: Encyclopedia - André The Giant
André the Giant (May 19, 1946 – January 27, 1993) was a professional wrestler and actor, born André René Roussimoff in Molien, Franc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gigantism: Encyclopedia Ii - Gigantism - Pituitary Gigantism
Pituitary gigantism due to growth hormone excess is the single condition that accounts for nearly all cases of pathologic extreme height....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goliath Bible: Encyclopedia - Goliath Bible
Goliath (גָּלְיָת "Passage; revolution", Standard Hebrew Golyat, Tiberian Hebrew Golyāṯ) is a Philistine warrior mentioned in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Osteoporosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Osteoporosis - Treatment
Patients at risk for osteoporosis (e.g. steroid use) are generally treated with vitamin D and calcium supplements. In renal disease, a di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Growth Hormone Treatment: Encyclopedia Ii - Growth Hormone Treatment - Other Gh Uses And Treatment Indications
In the last two decades, GH has also been increasingly used for children and adults who are not severely deficient, either to enhance gro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bovine Somatotropin: Encyclopedia Ii - Bovine Somatotropin - Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin Rbst And Rbgh
rbST (Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin) or rBGH (Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone) is a controversial, genetically engineered version of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Ii Of Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Ii Of Spain - Reign
The years of Charles II were agonizing for Spain. The economy was stagnant, there was hunger in the land, and the power of the monarchy o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hgh Controversies: Encyclopedia Ii - Hgh Controversies - Background On Hgh And Terminology
HGH and hGH refer to "human growth hormone." The reader may be curious as to why only this hormone is still often referred to as "human" ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Somatostatin: Encyclopedia Ii - Somatostatin - Actions
All actions of the hormone are inhibitory. Somatostatin's main actions are: inhibits the release of growth hormone (GH) inhibits the rel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - André The Giant: Encyclopedia Ii - André The Giant - Career
Born to French parents of Bulgarian and Polish descent in a small farm near Ussy-sur-Marne, he left home in his adolescence to become a p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paul Wight: Encyclopedia Ii - Paul Wight - Career
Paul Wight - World Championship Wrestling. Paul Wight became involved in professional wrestling when Danny Bonaduce introduced him to H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bovine Somatotropin: Encyclopedia Ii - Bovine Somatotropin - Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin Rbst And Rbgh
rbST (Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin) or rBGH (Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone) is a controversial, genetically engineered version of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Ii Of Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Ii Of Spain - Reign
The years of Charles II were agonizing for Spain. The economy was stagnant, there was hunger in the land, and the power of the monarchy o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - André The Giant: Encyclopedia Ii - André The Giant - Career
Roussimoff was one of the best known and most respected professional wrestlers in the world. Born to French parents of Bulgarian and Poli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pituitary Adenoma: Encyclopedia Ii - Pituitary Adenoma - Types
Pituitary tumors were, historically, classed as basophilic, acidophilic, or chromophobic on the basis of whether or not they took up the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goliath Bible: Encyclopedia Ii - Goliath Bible - Account In The Hebrew Bible
According to the First Book of Samuel in the Hebrew Bible, the Philistine army marched into southern Israel to make war on the Israelites...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Growth Hormone: Encyclopedia Ii - Growth Hormone - Secretion Of Gh
GH is secreted into the blood by the somatotrope cells of the anterior pituitary gland, in larger amounts than any other pituitary hormon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Growth Hormone Treatment: Encyclopedia Ii - Growth Hormone Treatment - Treatment Of Adult Gh Deficiency
Research has shown that GH treatment can provide a number of measurable benefits to severely GH-deficient adults, such as enhanced energy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hgh Controversies: Encyclopedia Ii - Hgh Controversies - The Origin Of The Hgh Industry: Rudman And Klatz
Although endocrinologists and other scientists interested in aging were asking this question as early as the 1970s and there were some un...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hgh Controversies: Encyclopedia Ii - Hgh Controversies - Background On Hormonal Aspects Of Aging
Most of the changes of the human body after age 30 are unwelcome, and are referred to as aging. For all of recorded history, people have ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hgh Controversies: Encyclopedia Ii - Hgh Controversies - Unproven Aspects Of Real Gh Use In Aging Adults
The Rudman study attracted much public attention. A number of scientific studies attempted to replicate and address the questions raised ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paul Wight: Encyclopedia Ii - Paul Wight - Wrestling Facts
Paul Wight - Finishing and signature moves. Showstopper (Chokeslam) Final Cut (Inverted facelock elbow drop) Hog Lock (Inverted leg dr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paul Wight: Encyclopedia Ii - Paul Wight - Personal Life
Like his famous predecessor, André the Giant, Wight has acromegaly or "gigantism", although he underwent successful surgery in the early...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hgh Controversies: Encyclopedia Ii - Hgh Controversies - Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency
The features of adult growth hormone deficiency include poor maintenance of lean body mass, with reduced muscle strength and diminished b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Growth Hormone Treatment: Encyclopedia Ii - Growth Hormone Treatment - Ethical Issues
Hormone treatment seems an unlikely source of social controversy, but for four decades, growth hormone has been second only to estrogens ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Growth Hormone Treatment: Encyclopedia Ii - Growth Hormone Treatment - Terminology And Glossary
Growth hormone (GH) is also called somatotropin (British: somatotrophin). The human form of growth hormone is known as human growth hormo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bovine Somatotropin: Encyclopedia Ii - Bovine Somatotropin - Physiology
Because of protein homology, bovine growth hormone (GH) cross-reacts with the receptors of prolactin and placental lactogen — two hormo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Growth Hormone Treatment: Encyclopedia Ii - Growth Hormone Treatment - Treatment Of Gh Deficiency In Children
Growth hormone deficiency is treated by replacing GH. All GH prescribed in North America, Europe, and most of the rest of the world is a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - André The Giant: Encyclopedia Ii - André The Giant - Additional Facts
André the Giant - Managers. Bobby Heenan Ted DiBiase Frank Valois Lou Albano K.Y. Wakamatsu André the Giant - Finishing and sign...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Growth Hormone Treatment: Encyclopedia Ii - Growth Hormone Treatment - Risks Of Gh Treatment
Known risks of GH are few and rare. Few reasonable parents or physicians would incur a high risk of harm to a child to add a few inches t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paul Wight: Encyclopedia Ii - Paul Wight - Wrestling Facts
Paul Wight - Finishing and signature moves. Showstopper (Chokeslam) Final Cut (Inverted facelock elbow drop) Hog Log (Inverted leg dro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pituitary Adenoma: Encyclopedia Ii - Pituitary Adenoma - Diagnosis
The diagnosis is generally entertained either on the basis of visual difficulties arising from the compression of the optic nerve by the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Diabetes Mellitus Type 2: Encyclopedia Ii - Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 - Treatment
Diabetes mellitus type 2 is a chronic, progressive disease that cannot be cured. It implicates two main goals of treatment of the disease...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Growth Hormone: Encyclopedia Ii - Growth Hormone - Structure And Gene Of The Human Gh Molecule
The genes for human growth hormone are localized in the q22-24 region of chromosome 17 and are closely related to human chorionic somatom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Growth Hormone: Encyclopedia Ii - Growth Hormone - Functions Of Gh
Effects of growth hormone on the tissues of the body can generally be described as anabolic (building up). Like most other protein hormon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goliath Bible: Encyclopedia Ii - Goliath Bible - Idiomatic Use
"David and Goliath" is now a proverbial expression of a small force defeating a larger one. Goliath is the nickname for a fossilied indiv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goliath Bible: Encyclopedia Ii - Goliath Bible - Extra-biblical Evidence
Archaeologists digging at the purported biblical home of Goliath have unearthed a shard of pottery bearing an inscription, written in Pro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - André The Giant: Encyclopedia Ii - André The Giant - Legacy
To honor André the Giant, the WWF created the WWF Hall of Fame in 1993 and made him their first inductee. André was the inspiration for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - André The Giant: Encyclopedia Ii - André The Giant - Additional Facts
André the Giant - Managers. Bobby Heenan Ted DiBiase Frank Valois Lou Albano K.Y. Wakamatsu André the Giant - Finishing and signat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bovine Somatotropin: Encyclopedia Ii - Bovine Somatotropin - Physiology
Because of protein homology, bovine growth hormone (GH) cross-reacts with the receptors of prolactin and placental lactogen — two hormo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Growth Hormone: Encyclopedia Ii - Growth Hormone - Clinical Problems: Too Much And Too Little
Growth hormone - Growth hormone excess: acromegaly and pituitary gigantism. The most common disease of GH excess is a pituitary tumor c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Growth Hormone: Encyclopedia Ii - Growth Hormone - Other Gh Uses And Treatment Indications
Many other conditions besides GH deficiency cause poor growth, but growth benefits (height gains) are often poorer than when GH deficienc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Osteoporosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Osteoporosis - Pathogenesis
The underlying mechanism in all cases of osteoporosis is an imbalance between bone resorption and bone formation. Either bone resorption ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Osteoporosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Osteoporosis - Natural History
Today, most cases of osteoporosis are diagnosed before symptoms develop. This is due to widespread screening for osteoporosis using the D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Osteoporosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Osteoporosis - Prognosis
Patients with osteoporosis are at a high risk for additional fractures (the best predictor of fracture is a previous fracture). Treatment...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Osteoporosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Osteoporosis - Etiology
Estrogen deficiency following menopause causes a rapid reduction in BMD. This, plus the increased risk of falling associated with aging, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Osteoporosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Osteoporosis - Diagnosis
Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA, formerly DEXA) is considered the gold standard for diagnosis of osteoporosis. Diagnosis is made wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Growth Hormone: Encyclopedia Ii - Growth Hormone - History
The identification, purification and later synthesis of growth hormone is associated with Choh Hao Li. The history of GH use, from extrac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Osteoporosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Osteoporosis - Signs And Symptoms
Osteoporosis - Clinical picture. Osteoporotic fractures are those that occur under slight amount of stresses that would not normally le...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - André The Giant: Encyclopedia Ii - André The Giant - Legacy
To honor André the Giant, the WWF created the WWF Hall of Fame in 1993 and made him their first inductee. André was the inspiration for...   » Read the article