Genetics Cause A Woman To Keep On Growing, She’s Already 7 Feet Tall

A Nevada woman is almost seven feet tall and 400 pounds, due to a rare disease that causes gigantism. Diagnosis Tanya Angus like swimming, the weightlessness of the water relieves the constant pain she feels due to her condition. It all started with a small tumor that pressed against her pituitary gland, and the excess […]

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Study: Is Finicky Eating an Early Symptom of Autism?

New research on the finicky eating habits of children with autism finds that while autistic children tend to eat a less varied diet than other kids do, their dietary preferences have little negative effect on their height, weight and growth. Researchers at the University of Bristol began with a database of children born from 1991 to 1992 who were enrolled in a long-term study in Avon, England

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