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… and frailty
· A deeper voice because of vocal cords and sinus enlargement
· Vision impairment
· Headache
· Lower sex drive
· sleep apnea- airway obstruction resulting in broken breathing when sleep
· Excessive skin odor and sweating
· Erectile dysfunction among men
· Occasional breast discharge and abnormal menstrual cycle among women
The likely … levels of GH, GH-releasing hormone, IGF-I and somatostatin within the human body are controlled closely by one another, as well as through exercise, sleep, diet, blood glucose levels, and stress. If GH is continually produced independent of normal regulatory systems, the IGF-I level in the body continually ……
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