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Is Treatment with Human Growth Hormone (HGH) Safe?

By endodoc September 1, 2014 Growth Disorders No Comments

Last week, a brief news clip about HGH was published in the NYT.  The article was entitled: “Growth hormone treatment for children may increase stroke risk,” and was written by…

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Maybe it is Dangerous to be Tall: New Data Linking Height and Cancer Risk

By endodoc July 26, 2013 Growth Disorders No Comments

Today’s NYT (Friday, July 26, 2013) had a short but fascinating article entitled: “A study links cancer risk and height.”  The article was written by Tara Parker-Pope and summarized a recent…

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Safety Of Recombinant Human Growth Hormone (somatropin) And Possible Increased Risk Of Death

By endodoc March 14, 2012 Growth Disorders No Comments

A number of months ago (September, 8, 2011) I wrote an entry about risks vs. benefits in treating medical disorders.  I used as an example the “story” about diethylstilberterol or…

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Failure To Thrive: Endocrine Causes

By endodoc August 28, 2011 Growth Disorders No Comments

Yesterday I wrote about the clinical entity failure to thrive (FTT).  This morning I realized that I had not really addressed the question of endocrine gland disorders that can be…

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A Medical Whodunnit: 16 Month Old Female with Failure to Thrive

By endodoc August 27, 2011 Growth Disorders, Medical Whodunnits No Comments

A couple of weeks ago I received a telephone call from SS, one of my daughter’s close friends from college.  SS, who lives in New York City, called my daughter,…

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Who Invented Tanner Sexual Staging?

By endodoc October 28, 2010 Growth Disorders No Comments

Every pediatric endocrinologist knows what “Tanner staging” is and how to do it but I am amazed that many of my younger colleagues do not know who or what the…

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Treating Children With Growth Hormone: Moral, Ethical, And Other Considerations

By endodoc May 14, 2010 Growth Disorders No Comments

I want to call your attention to two recent articles in the New York Times that might just be of interest to you if you are a physician who cares…

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I’m Still Alive

By endodoc January 18, 2010 Exercise, Growth Disorders, Health Care Systems/Delivery, Obesity No Comments

I knew it had been a while since I last posted an entry, but I was astonished that it had been 2 months.  I apologize for my lazy behavior.  My…

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Medical Whodunnit: 7 Year Old Male With Rapid Growth

By endodoc March 22, 2009 Growth Disorders, Medical Whodunnits No Comments

I haven’t posted a medical whodunnit for a while and I’ve got a good one (at least I think it’s a good case).  The patient is a 7 year old…

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FYI: An Article About Growth Hormone For Short Children

By endodoc October 31, 2008 Growth Disorders No Comments

My wife sent me an e-mail this morning to let me know about an article published on-line at Salon.com entitled “Growth Hormone For Kids,” written by Rahul Parikh. The article…

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