Growth Hormones
REPAIR HORMONE OF THE HEART
Importance of Growth Hormone, IGF-1, in Cardiovascular Function and Cardiovascular Disease Growth Hormone (GH) is made in the anterior pituitary in the brain. It goes to the liver to stimulate Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1) production. Hence, IGF-1 mediates many of GH’s actions. IGF-1 receptors are found in almost every cell in our body. IGF-1 is…
Read MoreGROWTH HORMONE: AN ETERNAL LIFE HORMONE
PhD Dissertation in Quantum Morphogenetic Physics Based on Quantum Morphogenetic Science and Physics, Eternal Life Principles, and Literature Search by Valerie Perks Donaldson, MD Foreword RMC blog writing was redirected to dissertation writing the last 6 months. It’s now ready to share in blog form. The poem below was included in the dissertation defense when…
Read MoreQuality of Life in the ‘Covid-Age’
As we walk through this “Covid-age”, I see people reflecting and ruminating on what is most important to them over and over again, until the answers come with more and more distinctions. One hormone helping us to see with clearer eyes and mind is Growth Hormone (GH). The Quality of Life Questionnaire, is a way…
Read MoreQuarantine Brain – Growth Hormone Deficiency Syndrome?
Covid 19 seems to have made us all perceive the world in a different way. It feels as if some good things and/or some not so good things have crept into our lives when we weren’t looking. No doubt, Covid 19 and subsequent quarantine has had a profound effect on us. When asking my patients…
Read MoreGrowth Hormone – The Anti-Aging Movement – Controversy from the Beginning
In 1992, as A4M established a new subspecialty of medicine called Anti-Aging, based on ‘Aging is a Disease’; another colorful 43 yo physican/ lawyer entered the Anti-Aging boom, Dr. Edmund Chein. The story of Dr. Chein is what turned my head to really take a hard look at Growth Hormone (GH) from a serious medical…
Read MoreGrowth Hormone – The Anti-Aging Movement – Aging Is a Disease
The last blog ended as Growth Hormone received FDA approval in 1985 for children and adults deficient in growth hormone, also known as ‘Growth Hormone Deficiency Syndrome.’ (GHDS) As an aside; GHDS is legally defined by the score obtained on a medically accepted questionnaire called, “Quality of Life Questionnaire”. This questionnaire can be found in…
Read MoreCoronavirus Song , Hormone Effects on Covid 19, A Grocery List
4-2-20 Coronavirus Song , Hormone Effects on Covid 19, A Grocery List Sent to me from Pakistan, I’m happy to be able to share this especially uplifting Covid 19 song to brighten your day. Today I wanted to stress the importance of nutrition during this time, as nutrition is the foundation for our hormones. Both…
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