New injection helps body produce heart protecting hormone for weeks after heart attack, improving recovery potential.

One experimental injection helped mice and pigs heal after heart attack by boosting a protective heart hormone. (CREDIT: ...

In 2002, one out every eight babies was born prematurely. Doctors say many complications can occur when a baby arrives too early. Hormone injections may help women carry their babies to full term.

The FDA has approved three new pediatric indications for somapacitan-beco, a once-weekly, long-acting growth hormone injection, according to a press release issued by Novo Nordisk.Somapacitan-beco ...

WASHINGTON -- Children who are healthy but abnormally short will be able to have injections of growth hormone in hopes of gaining 1 to 3 more inches of height, the Food and Drug Administration said ...

After rejecting it a year ago, the FDA approved once-daily palopegteriparatide (Yorvipath) for adults with hypoparathyroidism, drugmaker Ascendis Pharma announced on Monday. Injectable ...

A comparison of morning and evening growth hormone injection schedules in children with growth disorders showed no significant differences in sleep-wake patterns, sleep duration, or daytime activity, ...

Novo Nordisk today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved three new indications for once-weekly Sogroya (R) (somapacitan-beco) injection 5 mg, 10 mg, or 15 mg, a ...

Growth hormone helps children grow in height and supports healthy metabolism. When a child does not have enough of this hormone, their growth may be slow. This is sometimes called growth failure.

Five people appear to have developed Alzheimer’s disease after receiving growth hormones from deceased donors’ brains as children. Although based on a small group of people, this suggests that the ...

Researchers say they have uncovered more evidence to support a controversial hypothesis that sticky proteins that are a signature of Alzheimer’s disease can be transmitted from person to person ...