Scientists discover genes that determine height. Sept. 29, 2010 — -- Being short certainly kills your chances for a basketball or modeling career, but social research suggests that shorter people ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Children with five genetic causes of short stature had height velocity increases of 3 cm or more with vosoritide ...

Study limitations include lack of clarity regarding whether the participants had reached their final adult height at the time of military conscription. The study authors concluded, “We found that the ...

Mara Altman wrote in the NYT that people of shorter stature are better for the planet. Mara claims that the natural resources needed to support a shorter person are less than for a taller person, even ...

Challenging the assumption that short stature negatively impacts children and adolescents' self-esteem, a new study by researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has found that in ...