How to Use human growth hormone in a Sentence

human growth hormone

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Definition of human growth hormonenext
  • Here is the use of steroids, human growth hormone and Viagra.
    — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2022
  • It has also been found to improve the human growth hormone.
    — Mike Carroll, Discover Magazine, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Your body probably produces large levels of human growth hormone, which is the cause of this (HGH).
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 22 Jan. 2023
  • This is due to the declining levels of testosterone and human growth hormone that occur with age.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022
  • In addition, research suggests that the longer the daily fast the greater the production of human growth hormone (HGH).
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 1 Dec. 2022
  • This is Watergate on steroids and human growth hormone.
    — Fox News, 19 May 2018
  • After his death, the Navy found testosterone, human growth hormone and other drugs in a car that the sailor shared with other candidates.
    — Dave Philipps, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023
  • As a result, taking HGH-X2 can ramp up your body’s ability to produce the human growth hormone.
    — Dallas News, 22 Dec. 2022
  • This underground world soon turned its eyes toward human growth hormones and peptides, strings of amino acids and the building blocks of proteins.
    — Michael Powell, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2018
  • When the icons of my youth were named in the Mitchell Report, a 2007 congressional investigation into the use of steroids and human growth hormone in the league, baseball couldn’t turn back.
    — Scott Nover, Quartz, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Guillén’s career came to its end in 2010, when he was named in connection with a Florida clinic that had sold steroids and human growth hormone.
    — Susan Slusser, SFChronicle.com, 16 June 2020
  • Prosecutors said Hasson had 30 vials of a human growth hormone and five vials of testosterone, among other steroids.
    — Paul Duggan, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Feb. 2020
  • Deer antler velvet is said to stop joint pain and degradation and directly enhance the production of human growth hormone (27).
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Deer antler velvet is said to stop joint pain and degradation and directly enhance the production of human growth hormone (27).
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2023
  • According to the plea agreement, Verstraete prescribed a brand-name human growth hormone called Serostim to at least seven patients who didn't need it.
    — Andy Marso, kansascity, 3 May 2018
  • Woodard was connected to a shipment of human growth hormone from a Florida clinic.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 May 2018
  • Pages, groups and videos pushing steroids could be found through searching for keywords like human growth hormone or Humatrope.
    — Cat Zakrzewski, The Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2019
  • The interiors are neutral with a shot of human growth hormone: jute everywhere.
    — Curbed, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The pituitary gland is located at the base of the brain, and human growth hormone, or HGH, is a natural hormone the gland makes and releases, promoting growth in children.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 29 Jan. 2024
  • So, now, their conspiracy theories have gone on steroids and human growth hormone.
    — Fox News, 18 July 2018
  • The researchers also prevent the expression of genes that would allow the heart to grow larger once inside the person receiving the transplant and exposed to human growth hormone.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 12 July 2022
  • Blood testing for human growth hormone, which began in 2012, was suspended because of the pandemic.
    — New York Times, 25 Mar. 2022
  • After Seaman Mullen died, Naval authorities found testosterone and human growth hormone in his car.
    — Dave Philipps, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2022
  • The hormones involved include testosterone, human growth hormone, and insulin-like growth factor.
    — Joe Friel, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2020
  • Their request is denied, but a walk out only happens when Anthony insists no one on his staff can use human growth hormones anymore.
    — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 27 July 2023
  • As part of the new agreement, the 2022 season is expected to feature the most tests in the program’s history and blood testing for human growth hormone has resumed but with new technology.
    — New York Times, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Riley Macon, a college coach who has a master’s degree in exercise science, explained the two spikes of human growth hormone (HGH) that occur during a night of sleep.
    — Jay Johnson, Outside Online, 16 Mar. 2021
  • Barlin has pleaded guilty to one count each of importing testosterone and Shaw has pleaded guilty to three charges including importing steroids and human growth hormone.
    — Fox News, 1 June 2018
  • Three factors stand out, including a boost in human growth hormone, increased autophagy, and an enhanced immune system.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 29 June 2023
  • Part of Breivik’s manifesto urged the use of steroids for six weeks before a mass shooting, and so investigators theorize that is why Hasson had 30 bottles of human growth hormone.
    — Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2019

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