March 17, 2010 04:49 PM EDT

Low-dose oxandrolone benefited GH-treated girls with Turner’s syndrome

Adding low-dose weak androgen oxandrolone modestly increased adult height gain and was associated with a good safety profile in growth hormone-treated girls with Turner’s syndrome, a study showed.

However, researchers discouraged use of the conventional dose of 0.06 mg/kg...

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April 12, 2010

Diabetes Core Curriculum Workshop

Flushing, ny United States of America

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Significance of link between diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease debated

Research has shown that diabetes may be associated with dementia in patients with and without Alzheimer’s disease. Diabetes has also been found to increase the risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease by at least 50% in various studies. However, the exact relationship between the two remains unknown. Therefore, there was much interest in the results of a recent French study in which researchers claimed that diabetes was found to be associated with a slow...

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Twice-daily IGF-I Increased First-year Height Velocity in Pubertal Children
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