Human growth hormones or HGH has been in the news a lot lately because it is considered more of a steroid or an enhancement drug because it helps to reduce fat and build lean muscle mass, in other words it could help to build an all-star athlete.  Additionally, human growth hormones are virtually undetectable because currently there is no reliable test available for someone using HGH although the Tour de France Cycling Commission has come up with a way to detect human growth hormones and has added them to the banned substance list for their participants.

Human growth hormones are naturally occurring production in the body to help cell repair and fight diseases.  Other uses for HGH include helping someone grow taller, maintaining weight loss, helping with hair growth in balding people, helping with the debilitating chronic fatigue of fibromyalgia patients, working as a natural antidepressant for those suffering from depression and increasing one’s libido.  In addition to athletes, HGH is sought after by celebrities, people who want to feel better and look younger, in addition to people of short stature.  Many of these types of people get their human growth hormones from licensed physicians while athletes get them from trainers who usually receive the HGH off the Internet.

Many high school and college level coaches fear that recent steroid exposure from high-profile athletes in the news will lead their athletes to either steroid use or HGH use.  Because it is so difficult to detect, there are no concrete statistics on human growth hormone usage; however there are some details about the side effects of HGH.  Some of the known HGH side effects include Corporal Tunnel Syndrome, insulin resistance which may lead to diabetes, stiffening of the joints or arthritis like symptoms which could lead to obesity from inactivity, muscle pains, bloating, joint pains, headaches, hardening of the arteries, abnormal growth of bones and other internal organs, high blood pressure and many other health concerns that have yet to be discovered because the long-term side effects of human growth hormones have not been studied fully.

Athletes of every age could obtain human growth hormones through the Internet without a prescription and without having their age.  Other athletes receive HGH from their friends who might work at a wedding castle, pharmacy or sandwich delivery shop because they have gotten them from the Internet first and are making money reselling them to their friends.

No matter what their sport, professional athletes need to set a good example for younger athletes by refraining from using steroids or human growth hormones in addition to speaking out against their usage in a public forum.  They tarnish their image and lose thousands of millions of dollars because of performance-enhancing drugs including HGH and that is the wrong message to send to youth.

Many people take their hearing for granted until it’s too late and they need a hearing aid in order to hear properly.  There are a few simple precautions one can take in order to save having to use a hearing aid while you are still young.

By using earplugs whenever possible around large volumes such as concerts, marching bands and even some theater productions or movies in which the sound is turned way up can save your hearing for many years.  The ear plugs do not harm your ear canal or eardrums and actually help to save the delicate nerve endings deep inside your inner ear.  In addition to leisure activities where noise is a concern, always use earplugs if you work in a factory where machines are very loud and can damage your hearing over a short period of time.

Many people do not consider their hearing health until it is too late or they believe their insurance will not cover something like a hearing test if they have not reached a certain age. However, hearing loss can affect even young children.  More and more teenagers are losing their hearing from listening to loud music with headphones and the new earbuds, which plays the music directly into the ear canal.

There are several new drugs and vitamins on the market that tout remarkable success with reversing hearing loss or making one feel young again.  Human growth hormones can help patients fight chronic fatigue, the side effects of fibromyalgia and strengthen the immune system among other things but it has not been shown to reverse the damage of hearing loss.

Another reason people shy away from getting a hearing test and subsequently a hearing aid is for vain reasons.  People do not like any type of aid that may show they have a weakness.  Although today’s hearing aids have come a long way from the large boxes that one used to strap to their chests with small wires going from the box to the ears, which is much more noticeable than a small hearing behind the ear or even the latest ear hearing aids.

If you are in need of a hearing aid there are new technologies which include digital hearing aids that help block out background and white noise in order to help you hear better.