December 2001, sourceless.

Continuing the cheating. Only have abstracts available and I'm mostly happy about that, since it's an issue on growth hormone and I've had enough of that particular topic.

"Issues Regarding the Routine and Long-Term Use of Growth Hormone in Anti-Aging Medicine". Probably what it says in the title.

"A Word of Caution: Can Growth Hormone Accelerate Aging?". Creator of the GH receptor knock-out mice warning that growth hormone is maybe not great.

"Age-Related Decreases in Growth Hormone and Insulin-Like Growth Factor (IGF)–1: Implications for Brain Aging". Growth hormone and the brain, and why the knock-out mice are not relevant maybe.

"Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone Treatment in Normal Aging". 6 month study injecting growth hormone releasing hormone into old people. Lean body mass increase, abdominal fat decrease (5-8%), maybe improved cognition, no better sleep. Didn't work for women under estrogen supplementation.

"Natural and Synthetic Growth Hormone Secretagogues: Endocrine and Nonendocrine Activities Suggesting Their Potential Usefulness as Anti-Aging Drug Interventions". On the non-growth-hormonal effects of growth hormone secretagogues.

"Hormone Modulation, Low Glycemic Nutrition, and Exercise Instruction: Effects on Disease Risk and Quality of Life". Results of looking at 100 people on growth hormone, DHEA, testosterone, estrogen and progesterone supplementation.

"Growth Hormone Excess and Cancer". Does it make it more likely.


After that barrage, there is a short report on the second SENS roundtable, too short to have any details.

Finally, the usual literature review, looking at telomerase ectopically expressed in heart cells of mice. It inhibited apoptosis after heart attacks, and decreased affected area by 23%.  Made the hearts bigger too.