Monday, November 22, 2010

Article of the Week Reflection - "Miracle-Gro" for Humans

Article: http://kellygallagher.org/resources/AoW%209%20HGH.pdf

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21 comments:

Mr. Pratt said...

HGH “Miracle-Gro” For Athletes was an article that dealt with a growing problem in America, and well as worldwide. HGH (Human Growth Hormone) is a drug widely used by athletes and people with stunted growth. Many side effects surround this drug, yet many people are still choosing to use it. HGH is popular because it makes many believe it makes the human body stronger, faster, and helps speed up muscle recovery.

I learned the following after reading the article: HGH was initially given to kids in the 1950’s that had stunted growth. Testing for HGH is just beginning to make its way into professional athletics such as Major League Baseball, and the National Football League. HGH increases the risk of prostate and breast cancer. HGH helps speed up muscle tissue recovery.

I enjoyed reading this article. I have heard HGH talked about for years now, but I did not a lot about it. I thought it was interesting that with all the side effects of this drug, people are still taking it. I would recommend this article to anyone involved in athletics, and anyone with children that have stunted growth.

Carrie K. said...

"Miracle-Gro For Humans" was about HGH, a drug that makes short people grow and athletes stronger. The drug is illegal for sports players. HGH has many bad side affects. People use HGH around the globe.
HGH made one kid go from 4ft 1 to 5ft 7 in five years. HGH makes you burn fat and heal faster. HGH can cause breast cancer, Prostate, and arthritis.
The article really explains how bad steroids are. Side effects are very serious and cause bad pain or death. I recommend this article to athletes so they can see the bade side of HGH and hopefully not use it.

Taylor J. said...

"HGH "Miracle-Gro" For athletes was an article that dealt with growing problems in america, and as well as worldwide. They are talking about a drug that mostly short people and athletes use. It has many side effects to it that are not good at all. Some people say that it will help you grow and "look" stronger.

I learned the following after reading this article: There is a drug called HGH ("Miracle-gro" for humans). Athletes have used this drug (yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte). It has been banned from sports. There are HGH creams,pills, and sprays.

I enjoyed reading this aricle. It made it very clear on what they were talking about. They also made it clear on why the drug is bad for you but why some people or athletes still use it. One more thing they did was that they helped me understand HGH better.

jasmine b said...

"HGH Mircale gro" The articale was about a drug called HGH. Many athleates use it and people who are short use HGH.People use it because it make you stronger faster and helps musule recovery.
I learned
1. that you could get a dessies called mad com
2. what HGH is
3. That is has a lot of side effects
4. alot of alethes use it and short people
I liked this artical. I have never heard of HGH before but now that i have i know thow bad it is for you. I would recomend this to athletes to show them how bad HGH really is

Nash P. said...

"HGH 'MIRACLE-GRO' FOR HUMANS" is the title of this article and what i learned about it is that HGH is a drug this is bad for you and it can make you taller and make you look stronger than how strong you look already.

If you use HGH and you get caught in a sport i think that you should get banned from the sport for only 1-2 weeks or maybe longer.

HGH can give you cancer and HGH can make you look younger than what you would look like at that age. I would recommend this article to People who are short and people who are athletics that used this product before.

Alyssa S said...

"HGH Miracle- Gro For Humans" was an problem Nation Wide and got bigger to World Wide. HGH is a drug peoeple use to help stunted growth but also used for athletes to be stonger , faster, and help muscle recovory. HGh has many dangerous side effects and yet many people still take it.

I learned many things about HGH but,four things that stuck out to me were, HGH helps you grow, HGH was intially given to kids the had stunted growth. HGH is not covered by insurrance making the people that take HGH having huge bills. And last HFH can make you look younger.

I enjoyed this article. I enjoyed it because it brought to my attention that HGH is horrble in many ways. Like cheating in sports by taking HGH, and HGH has horrible side effects but people still take HGH. I reccomend this to people taking HGH to see how horrible HGH is.

Meghan W. said...

HGH: "Miracle-Gro" for Humans?
This article was written by unknown. HGH is an injection, cream, spray or pill that people can take to make them taller. It has been becoming a new trend. The sideffects can lead to cancer or other harmful or fatal things. This article mostly takes place nationwide/worldwide.

Thes are some things that I learned from this article:
-This was injected into children with stunted growth in 1950's
-The sideffects can be very harmful, maybe even fatal
-They banned this treatment from sports leagues
-Many people are having this done

I kind of liked this article because it is very informing. I dont think I would have this treatment done becuase I dont think I need it right now. I also dont think that children should have this done because they are still growing.
I would recommend this article to doctors, teachers, parents, athletes and grades 4&up.

Justin S said...

"HGH miracle-Gro for humans" was an article about a problem in the U.S as well as world wide. HGH is a drug that is used by professional athletes and short people. Many side effects follow this drug yet many people worldwide take it because they think it increases strength, speed, and muscle recovery
Here are four facts that i learned after reading this article, HGH testing is starting to progress in Major League Baseball and the National Football League. HGH also increases the chance of prostate and breast cancer. HGH helps speed up muscle recovery. HGH was initially given to kids with stunted growth.
I liked reading this article. I thought it was interesting because with so many side effects people still choose to take it. I would recommend this to anyone who is involved in athletics or anyone who is going to or did take HGH.

Brianna M said...

(HGH: Miracle-Gro for humans)
the article gives good info. It tells you the dangers of taking HGH. And the dangers never want me to take HGH. the dangers of taking HGH are here are some dangers ache, muscle swelling, carpal tunnel syndrome and muscle pain.

HGH is taken place world wide. the article was good. It told me about HGH and what HGH was used for and what it does to people.

I would recomed this article to people who play sports or someone who likes interesting things that could really make a difference in the world.

Tyler said...

HGH: "Miracle-Gro" For Humans is an article that deals with Human Growth Hormone-HGH and the people who use it. The people who take it are athletes and people who want to look younger or grow. They have banned HGH in almost ever sport. The article was taking place nation wide and world wide.

Somethings I learned from the article were that HGH has side affects. HGH makes you look younger. HGH can cause Breast and Prostate cancer. And HGH is sold illegally in parts of the US.

I enjoyed reading the article. I liked it because it told the who uses it. I cant believe people still us it even with the side effects. I recommend the piece to people who use/d HGH and people who are thinking of using HGH.

Megan R. said...

'HGH Miracle-Gro' is an article about people worldwide taking this medicine, for different reasons like they want to get taller or they want to get stronger. Usally athletes or people with stunted growth take HGH. There is many side affects for taking HGH like getting sick or getting breast cancer. But people dont really care at all they still take it no matter what.

After reading about this article I learned that...HGH can make you taller[for people with stunted growth], stronger[for athletes] and can cause really serious sicknesses. Lots of people take this medicine to make them younger or to loose wieght. Plus people spend WAY to much money on HGH!

I thought this article was good because it talked about something that I did not know about. I also liked it because it hooked me onto the story the whole time. It also intrests me because some of it is about how kids used it . I recommend this article to the people who take HGH.

McKenna H. said...

"HGH Miracle-Gro For Humans" was an article about HGH ( human growth hormones) and why people take it. The people that take HGH are either athletes or people with growing problems. HGH is belived to make the human body stronger, faster, and helps speed up muscle recovery.

From the article I learned that HGH as minor and big side effects, and some of those side effects are, muscle pain (minor), and high blood pressure. Also HGH can increase muscle mass, and hight levels of HGH can lead to prostate or breast cancer.

I thought the article was interesting because I've never heard of HGH in my entire life.It's weird after seeing all of the side effects that people are still taking HGH.

mason said...

"HGH miracle-gro for athletes" was about a drug going around that is called HGH. the problem was that to many people were using it.but they hav managed to ban it from pro athletes. every game they have to go through a test to see if they used it.

four facts i found were that it is a bad thing for your body to inherit,it can give you cancer when still young or elderly,you can get suspended for using it,and it can give you stunted growth.

i recommend this article for anyone that is involved in any athletics.

michael said...

in this article about HGH was mostly about how professional athletes use this bad drug to make them do better and win more often.not only does it make your muscles bigger it also helps people with stunted growth.
Ilearned alot of thing from this article like... like how people that have stunted growth use HGH and that HGH is just like steroids and have many side affects.
after reading this article I would recomend this article to anyone who is using HGH or peoply who are thinking weather or not to try HGH.

David L. said...

HGH MIRACLE GRO is a growth enhancement taken by many American athletes or some people that think they are to short. the product can produce breast or prostate cancer.

HGH was given in the 1950's to people who had stunted growth disease. there are many athletes still use4 this product when they know the side effects of HGH but there is a test so that if they use HGH the cant play sports.

HGH is a very dangerous product and i would not suggest using it. HGH could ruin your life, and your sports career.

Ashlyn O said...

"HGH miracle gro for humans" was an article is known as a growing problem known worldwide. This aritcl told how often HGH is used by athletes. The article told how dangerous HGH can be like how it increases the risk of cancer.

I learned the following after reading this article: HGH creams and other products are banned. HGH stands for Human Growth Hormones. Some people think HGH helps muscle tissue recovery. Cancer risk can increase if you take HGH.

I did enjoy reading this article because it told a lot of facts i didn't know. I never knew all of the side effect from taking HGH drugs. Plus i never knew HGH drugs were banned. I would recommend this article to anyone who is involved in taking HGH drugs so they can find out how dangerous it can be.

EmilieD. said...

"HGH miracle-Gro for humans" was about how many athletes are using HGH which is an Illegal drug to speed up mussle recovery. some people think that HGH will help them look better and pay a lot of money for it. It is a growing problem all over the world and could up your risk for breast cancer.
I learned the following after reading this article: HGH can cause breast cancer. HGH is illegal although many people use it. Some people think that HGH makes them better but scienctists say that isn't true. Also if athletes test positive for HGH they can be ban from there sport for years.
This article really gave me a lot of information about HGH, because I didn't really know a lot about this topic. Some stuff really shocked me like how many people use HGH and how dangerous it is. I also was surprised that some parents have there kids use it and I think that it is wrong. I would reccomend this article to any athletes.

hayleyh said...

In our artical of the week called "HGH:'Miracle-Gro'for Humans" it talked about HGH being a world wide wsed drug. Many pro athletes use because it's been known to hslp increase speed and agility it's also been used to help heal musial recovers faster.
Even though in the artical of the week it stated that HGH has tons of side effects that goes along with it. HGH is also ganned in any pro sports but of course theirs people who don't follow that rule. Uor know if HGH is so bad theh how come people have it in spray form, cuean form, exc. Whats up with that.
I liked reading this artical because I have heard of it before so I don't have to guess what it's about. I also liked all the facts about HGH like HGH increases the chance of breast cancer. Our AOW this week was one of my favorites in a ling time.

Emily B said...

"HGH: "MIRACLE GRO" FOR HUMANS?"
This was an article from "THE WEEK" magazine. It was about the Human Growth Hormone, or HGH, becoming a problem in out country, as well as all over the world. It supposedly makes athletes stronger, takes years off your appearance, and gives people with stunted growth a few extra inches. This hormone has many unpleasant side effect, not to mention the face that the drug is illegal for athletes. Many people think sales should be put to an end, but some are still hooked on the "Miracle Drug".

Some facts that I learned while reading this article are: HGH can increase height in people with stunted growth. Some of our older society use this drug as an anti-aging medicine. Side effects for HGH can get as serious as increasing your chance for prostate and breast cancer. Hormones can be transferred from one dead body to a living one.

I think this article touched on an important subject. It explained why hormones like HGH should not be sold and I agree with their point of view. HGH is bad for your health because they can result in disastrous and expensive side effects, and you could possibly become addicted/dependent on the drug. I would recommend this article to people at all involved with HGH so that they could see how bad it is.

Lauren ~K~ said...

The artical HGH: Mirical Gro" for Humans is about a drug that can make you taller, stronger ex. In the artical it talks about sydefects, what it does and athlets uding it in sports. This is a big thing but it isn't just happening in America but also through out the world.

Some facts that I learnd from the artical are... People would do any thing just to make them selfs look good. That there is a drug called HGH. Groth hormons can increase cell groth which can lead to cancer. And finally that people would do any thing to make their kids tall.

My opinon about the artical is that I thnk that people are crazy if they are going to pay money just to make them selfs look healthy. I mean shots hurt so why take them every day just to look good. Plus taking this is like saying I want to have cancer because it puts you at seirous risk. I personally would recaomend this artical to athlets so they can see what this drug does to them so they wont take it and get kicked out of something they love.

Andrew P said...

HGH"miricle-gro". HGH is dealt with worldwide.Hgh makes you taller, faster and helps with muscle problems. It has a lot of side effects like brain cancer and high blood pressure.A lot of people use HGH worldwide.
I learned what HGH is and it is used by small people to make them taller. I did not know that HGH can make your muscles heal faster. I also learned that it can make you have brain cancer. I learned that the NFL banned it.
I liked this article because I think it is a good thing because they have HGH. I also think it's a good piece because it warns people about all the side effects. I think the NFL players should use it in their games. I would recommend this article to athletic people.