Growth hormones, the broadly touted fountain of youth for aging baby boomers, have proven themselves good at growing something after all: joint pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, male breasts, glucose intolerance, diabetes and cancer. As researchers at Stanford University reported last week in the Annals of Internal Medicine, human growth hormone (hGH) is weak on benefits but heavy on side effects. Most of us would be better off skipping the treatment, which can cost thousands of dollars. . . . Etc.

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