Home > Geriatrics > Human Growth Hormone Not Helpful for Healthy Get the Flash Player to see this player. Rate: (Click the stars to rate) Published on Jun 02, 2008 by HauLiu, Views: 4492 A study in the Annals of Internal Medicine showed that in healthy elderly patients using Human Growth Hormone did not improve most of their conditions, and it had significant side effects including pain, swelling, and possibly diabetes.