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HGH Builds Muscles, Not Strength: Study

Docs see athletes using bigger doses, drug cocktails

By Katherine Thompson,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 18, 2008 10:15 AM CDT

(Newser) – Human growth hormone certainly builds muscles, but it may not make athletes faster or stronger. "What we found suggested that it didn't help—and at some point, it might hurt," said the lead investigator on the Stanford research study. So why, the San ...   Read full story »

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