Aspiring pound shedders have been getting hCG shots for weight loss since the 1950s, according to a May 2010 news report aired on Salt Lake City's ABC Channel 4. The popular hCG diet couples injections of the pregnancy hormone, human chorionic...
The most common cancer in men, prostate cancer grows slowly and causes no symptoms until it becomes advanced, according to the Merck Manual. Treatment depends on the stage of the disease but can include hormone therapy, which reduces production of...
Supporters of the HCG diet promise rapid weight loss in a short time period, although evidence is lacking to support these claims, reports the National Institutes of Health. Many followers of the diet take injections of the hormone HCG, which...
Many individuals struggle with being overweight. Diets that claim to remove the excess pounds quickly and easily may seem very attractive; however, many types of diets sacrifice balanced nutrition for rapid weight loss. One trendy diet plan uses...
Multitudes of birth control options exist for women desiring to avoid pregnancy. Pills, patches, creams, inserts, hormone shots and implanted devices are a few of the options available for women. Risks to health, however, exist and increase with...
Contraceptive options include birth control pills, hormone shots and intrauterine devices. Mirena is an intrauterine device that releases low doses of hormones into your bloodstream. Though it's effective, a number of side effects are associated...
An hCG diet is a very low calorie plan that incorporates injections of human chorionic gonadotropin, or hCG. This hormone was identified as a weight-loss aid in the 1950s by British endocrinologist, A.T.W. Simeons while he was working in India...
Sleeping and exercise both produce growth hormone. Not getting enough sleep and exercise can inhibit these hormones, causing a growth hormone deficiency. Not only will you feel more tired and have difficulty completing tasks from a lack of deep...
HCG drops are promoted as a weight loss aid that purportedly help keep your appetite at bay while promoting your body's ability to release and mobilize your stored fat, especially from problem areas. You will find HCG drops on the Internet, in...
About 66 percent of adults in the United States are overweight or obese, according to Medline Plus. Reaching a healthy weight can help control your cholesterol and blood pressure levels. In order to experience weight loss, there are many quick...
Pregnancy can be a planned event or an unexpected surprise. Depending on age, family history or personal beliefs, there are contraceptive options to consider. As needs and situations change, it may also be necessary to change the contraceptive...
HGH, or human growth hormone, has become the performance enhancer of choice for aging athletes and also for some non-athletic baby boomers. Some physicians and many athletes claim it increases muscle building and fat burning at the cellular...
HCG, human chorionic gonadotropin, is a pregnancy hormone that has been approved for the treatment of infertility but that your doctor can prescribe for weight loss purposes. An HCG diet is a low-calorie regimen that utilizes hormone injections...
Natural and artificial family planning are two ways of controlling your family size. Some couples use no birth control method and may have many children. Whether you desire to be child-free, have just one child or space your children several years...
An HCG diet combines a very low-calorie eating plan and hormone shots. Endocrinologist A.T.W. Simeons explains that by consuming 500 calories a day along with the hormone, human chorionic gonadotropin, dieters can burn excess fat. While on the...
Dealing with excess weight is an ongoing challenge for many people, and while sensible eating and exercise are the most effective long-term solutions, building a healthy lifestyle is easier said than done. Some people face immediate threats of...
The HCG diet is a weight loss plan that involves consuming very few calories--500 per day, according to the website HCG Diet Info--and injecting hormonal shots. The shots contain HCG, which is the hormone that controls a woman's metabolism during...
For most people, effectiveness is one of the most important factors in deciding which form of birth control to use. Although the only method of birth control that is 100 percent effective is abstinence, other forms of birth control can be highly...
By the time you reach early adulthood, you are at the maximum height that you will be for the rest of your life. In some instances, however, short height can be addressed during youth if a medical condition is to blame. However, as an adult, you...
Depo-Provera, a hormone shot that works three ways to prevent pregnancy, is a popular method of birth control. The protection lasts 3 months, reducing the hassles of remembering a daily dose, as with the pill. The likelihood of becoming pregnant...
The treatment of pediatric renal insufficiency can be quite complicated. The kidneys play a role in filtering and eliminating waste, maintaining fluid and electrolyte balance, keeping the blood pressure in normal range, producing red blood cells...
If you want to improve the health of your liver -- especially if you have fatty liver disease, which is related to obesity -- you may have heard that dieting and losing weight can help. It's true that losing weight can stop or even reverse the...
HCG is short for human chorionic gonadotropin, a substance that occurs naturally in a woman's body during pregnancy. In medicinal form, approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration in 1973, it has therapeutic uses for both women and...
Depo-Provera, also known as the birth control shot, protects women from pregnancy with quarterly hormonal injections. The shots are a good choice for women who don't want to think about birth control on a daily basis, but need an effective means...
Spotting, or light vaginal bleeding, can occur at any time whether or not you're pregnant. The cause of spotting depends somewhat upon the circumstances, as does the significance. If you're on prenatal vitamins, regardless of whether you're...
The HCG diet is proof positive that fad diets of the past can come back for an encore. In November 2009, the "Los Angeles Times" published an article announcing the renewed popularity of a diet that had been discredited by numerous clinical...
Birth control injections are a form of contraceptive containing medroxyprogesterone acetate---a synthetic hormone that inhibits ovulation, alters uterine lining and thickens cervical mucus. Typically administered to the upper arm or hip, a single...
Men, like women also experience a fluctuation in mood changes. This can bring about feelings of irritability and mood swings that can affect personal, social and professional relationships. Irritability may just be a short-term problem that is the...