Growth hormone (GH or HGH), also known as somatotropin or somatropin, is a peptide hormone that stimulates growth, cell reproduction and regeneration in humans and other animals.It is a type of mitogen which is specific only to certain kinds of cells.rowth hormone (GH or HGH), also known as somatotropin or somatropin, is a peptide hormone that stimulates growth, cell reproduction and regeneration in humans and other animals.
While at least half of prisoners have some mental health concerns, about 10 percent to 25 percent of U.S. prisoners suffer from serious mental illnesses, such as major affective disorders or schizophrenia, the report finds.
About one in every 31 adults in the U.S. was in prison, in jail or on supervised release at the end of 2006. There are 905,000 African American inmates in federal prisons and state and local jails. The percentage of black men in state and federal prisons in 2006 fell to 38 percent from 43 percent in 2000.