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Does Growth Hormone Drug Slow Alzheimer's Disease?

Published November 18, 2008, 3:10 am, Medical News Today

A new study shows that a drug that increases the release of growth hormone failed to slow the rate of progression of Alzheimer's disease in humans. The new research is published in the November 18, 2008, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

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