News tagged with short stature

Medically underserved girls receive less frequent evaluation for short stature

Primary care doctors are less likely to refer short girls than short boys for diagnostic testing that can reveal underlying medical reasons for their short stature, according to a new study of an urban pediatric population ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Short people more prone to heart disease: study

Short people are at greater risk of developing heart disease than tall people, according to the first systematic review and meta-analysis of all the available evidence, which is published online today in the European Heart Jo ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 08, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Not only the gene itself, its abnormal regulation can also trigger short stature

A specific gene is particularly frequently involved in the development of short stature. Researchers in Heidelberg have now discovered that sequences of genetic material on the X and Y chromosome that regulate this gene are ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0