Human growth hormone (HGH) is a hormone that’s essential to our development. Most people produce enough HGH throughout their lifetime. But for those with a deficiency in growth hormone (or a few ...

In April, 1985, the FDA banned the distribution of pituitary growth hormone (hGH) because of the possibility that it was contaminated by a “slow virus”. All parents of children receiving hGH ...

Former slugger Mo Vaughn told The Athletic that he used human growth hormone in an effort to extend his career, confirming for the first time information disclosed in 2007 in the Mitchell Report.

Former Boston Red Sox slugger Mo Vaughn reportedly admitted to using human growth hormone during his MLB career. A couple of caveats: HGH hadn’t been banned at the time -- and it was well after ...

The report offered evidence that Vaughn had been sold human growth hormone (HGH) in 2001. HGH, however, was not a banned substance until 2005, two years after Vaughn retired. The Mitchell Report ...