Childhood growth hormone treatment tied to stroke risk

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Childhood growth hormone treatment tied to stroke risk

By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) â€" Children who receive growth hormone to treat short stature or hormone deficiency may be at an increased risk of strokes caused by burst blood vessels as young adults, suggests a new European study. While the overall risk of stroke is still low, the researchers say people who received growth hormone should know about the link between the treatment and later stroke risk. “This information should also be made available to those who misuse (growth hormone) for improving athletic performances, body building, and other questionable reasons,” the French and British researchers wrote in the journal Neurology on Wednesday. Growth hormone, first approved in the U.S. in the mid-1980s, is given to children for a variety of reasons, including to treat pituitary gland problems and to increase the height of children with short stature.

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