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In people with pre-existing cardiovascular disease, it has long been well documented that long-term use of aspirin is an effective anti-platelet treatment that significantly reduces the risk of serious cardiovascular events (such as heart attacks and strokes) by 30% and cardiovascular death by...

GTx Presents Phase II Ostarine (MK-2866) Cancer Cachexia Clinical Trial Results at Endocrine Society Annual MeetingOstarine Improved Lean Body Mass and Muscle Performance in Patients with Cancer CachexiaWASHINGTON, June 11, 2009 - (Business Wire) - GTx, Inc. (Nasdaq: GTXI - News) today announced...

by Mike Arnold Of all the drugs used in bodybuilding today, growth hormone is probably the most lauded of the bunch. From beginners to advanced lifters alike, everyone seems to want to use this stuff. It’s not hard to understand why. It rapidly increases muscle fullness, makes it easier to stay...

YK11 stimulates the creation of follistatin. When YK11 is in the presence of follistatin, it causes a large sudden production of myogenic differentiation factor (MyoD), myogenic factor 5 (Myf5) and myogenin. The three myogenic items are what causes the body to create new muscle cells...

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Human Growth Hormone The rejuvenating powers of growth hormone (GH) are no secret to the wealthy and professional athletes: for the last 30-40 years, GH has been available from doctors, requires two injections a day, and costs up to $1,800 a month. Over the last few years, however, several...

Top Five Testosterone Misconceptions By Jack Gates Low testosterone has emerged as an umbrella cause for numerous male health problems. Bombarded by advertisements suggesting insufficient testosterone could be causing everything from depression to low sex drive, men are increasingly...

A Harvard expert shares his thoughts on testosterone-replacement therapy An interview with Abraham Morgentaler, M.D. It could be said that testosterone is what makes men, men. It gives them their characteristic deep voices, large muscles, and facial and body hair, distinguishing them from...

Heart disease was almost unknown in 1900 beyond a pampered ้elite but now kills 40 per cent of men and 20 per cent of women in industrialized countries. Around 1 in 3 Americans currently contracts cancer compared with 1 in 27 in 1900. Lung-cancer rates in the industrialized world rose by 80 per...

What is tamoxifen? Tamoxifen blocks the actions of estrogen, a female hormone. Certain types of breast cancer require estrogen to grow. Tamoxifen is used to treat some types of breast cancer in men and women. Tamoxifen is also used to lower a woman's chance of developing breast cancer if she...

Back in 1971, a scientist by the almost impossibly cool name of Archer (M.C. Archer, technically) performed a little study whereby he examined the interactions of nitrite with creatine and creatinine. The result of that study was a very brief, very forgotten, two page paper. Since creatine and...

Study: Patients who took daily supplement gained muscle and weight, which helps fight disease For cancer patients, taking fish oil supplements could help maintain and even regain lost muscle mass, according to a new study. Most patients who took a daily supplement of fish oil for 10 weeks...