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Title: Forever, she's her parents' little girl
Post by: LostInTime on January 04, 2007, 08:23:10 AM
Post by: LostInTime on January 04, 2007, 08:23:10 AM
Link (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0701040117jan04,1,7168653.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true)
It is an interesting article and raises some pretty good questions. The part I found interesting (because it is the first I have heard of it) is this one here:
High-dose estrogen was used occasionally in the 1950s and 1960s, mostly on teenage girls whose parents were concerned about the social stigma of being too tall.
The drugs could stop a 5-foot-9 girl from becoming, say, 6 feet tall. But as that stigma has gone out of fashion, so has the treatment, medical ethicists say.
It is an interesting article and raises some pretty good questions. The part I found interesting (because it is the first I have heard of it) is this one here:
High-dose estrogen was used occasionally in the 1950s and 1960s, mostly on teenage girls whose parents were concerned about the social stigma of being too tall.
The drugs could stop a 5-foot-9 girl from becoming, say, 6 feet tall. But as that stigma has gone out of fashion, so has the treatment, medical ethicists say.
Title: Re: Forever, she's her parents' little girl
Post by: Suzy on January 04, 2007, 09:47:26 AM
Post by: Suzy on January 04, 2007, 09:47:26 AM
Sounds like an interesting topic. You apparently have to be a member to read the story though.
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Title: Re: Forever, she's her parents' little girl
Post by: LostInTime on January 04, 2007, 11:15:56 AM
Post by: LostInTime on January 04, 2007, 11:15:56 AM
I am not a member and it comes up perfectly. Hmmm.....
For anyone else having issues with the Tribune, this article (http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21013265-2703,00.html) is very similar and is covering the same person.
And a Link to the Times (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8122-2530561,00.html)
For anyone else having issues with the Tribune, this article (http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21013265-2703,00.html) is very similar and is covering the same person.
And a Link to the Times (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8122-2530561,00.html)