Growth Hormone Improves Cognitive Skills in Elderly, Study Finds
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Healthy older adults and those with mild cognitive impairment given a drug that spurs hormones important to normal brain function had improved concentration, decision-making skills and verbal memory, a study found.
The healthy adults given Theratechnologies Inc.’s Egrifta, a drug that spurs the release of human growth hormone, had executive function improvements that were more than 100 percent greater than those in a placebo group, while verbal memory improvements were 50 percent greater, said Laura Baker, lead author of today’s study in the Archives of Neurology.