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MYTHS AND FACTS ABOUT HUMAN GROWTHHORMONE, B–12, AND OTHER SUBSTANCES
HEARING
BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORMHOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSIONFEBRUARY 12, 2008
Serial No. 110–121
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COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM
HENRY A. WAXMAN, California,
Chairman
EDOLPHUS TOWNS, New YorkPAUL E. KANJORSKI, PennsylvaniaCAROLYN B. MALONEY, New YorkELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, MarylandDENNIS J. KUCINICH, OhioDANNY K. DAVIS, IllinoisJOHN F. TIERNEY, MassachusettsWM. LACY CLAY, MissouriDIANE E. WATSON, CaliforniaSTEPHEN F. LYNCH, MassachusettsBRIAN HIGGINS, New YorkJOHN A. YARMUTH, KentuckyBRUCE L. BRALEY, IowaELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of ColumbiaBETTY M
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COLLUM, MinnesotaJIM COOPER, TennesseeCHRIS VAN HOLLEN, MarylandPAUL W. HODES, New HampshireCHRISTOPHER S. MURPHY, ConnecticutJOHN P. SARBANES, MarylandPETER WELCH, Vermont——— ———TOM DAVIS, VirginiaDAN BURTON, IndianaCHRISTOPHER SHAYS, ConnecticutJOHN M. M
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Hearing held on February 12, 2008.......................................................................1Statement of:Shurin, Susan B., M.D., Deputy Director, National Heart, Lung andBlood Institute, National Institutes of Health; Thomas T. Perls, M.D.,MPH, associate professor of medicine and director, New England Cen-tenarian Study, Boston University School of Medicine; Alan D. Rogol,M.D., Ph.D., professor of clinical pediatrics, University of Virginia,professor of clinical pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine,also representing the Endocrine Society; and Todd Schlifstein, M.D.,Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Hospital for Joint Diseases......12Perls, Thomas T., M.D..............................................................................20Rogol, Alan D., M.D..................................................................................47Schlifstein, Todd........................................................................................52Shurin, Susan B., M.D..............................................................................12Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by:Cummings, Hon. Elijah E., a Representative in Congress from the Stateof Maryland, prepared statement of............................................................91Davis, Hon. Tom, a Representative in Congress from the State of Vir-ginia, prepared statement of........................................................................9Lynch, Hon. Stephen F., a Representative in Congress from the Stateof Massachusetts, letter dated February 5, 2008.......................................77Perls, Thomas T., M.D., MPH, associate professor of medicine and direc-tor, New England Centenarian Study, Boston University School of Med-icine................................................................................................................22Rogol, Alan D., M.D., Ph.D., professor of clinical pediatrics, Universityof Virginia, professor of clinical pediatrics, Indiana University Schoolof Medicine, also representing the Endocrine Society, prepared state-ment of...........................................................................................................49Schlifstein, Todd, M.D., Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Hospitalfor Joint Diseases, prepared statement of..................................................55Shurin, Susan B., M.D., Deputy Director, National Heart, Lung andBlood Institute, National Institutes of Health, prepared statement of....15Waxman, Chairman Henry A., a Representative in Congress from theState of California, prepared statement of.................................................4
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