Healthy Skepticism Library item: 5205
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Publication type: Journal Article
Hall SS.
The short of it: more short children are being given growth hormone in the hope that an extra inch will protect their supposedly fragile psyches. But research suggests that their height is a problem less for them than for us.
N Y Times Mag 2005 Oct 16; :54-9:
Keywords:
Adolescent
Biomedical Enhancement/ethics
Body Height/drug effects*
Child
Cosmetic Techniques/economics
Cosmetic Techniques/ethics
Cosmetic Techniques/psychology
Drug Approval
Drug Industry
Growth/drug effects
Health Services Misuse/economics
Human Growth Hormone*/economics
Human Growth Hormone*/therapeutic use
Humans
United States
United States Food and Drug Administration
