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Acromegaly
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Acromegaly
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING Sep 29, 2005
Please see her letter on page 6. - “Giants are people afflicted with acromegaly, the medical name ascribed to gigantism.�. - Columnist ...
- Chester Observer Tribune
The NBA Has To Wait For This 7-8 Center Sep 13, 2005
...basketball. Sun Ming Ming, who is a 7-foot-8 center from China, has acromegaly, a pituitary gland disorder. Remember Gheorghe Muresan? ...
- TulaneInsider.com (subscription)
Fundraiser Launched To Get Life-Saving Surgery For Basketball ... Sep 11, 2005
It also was instigating prolongued over-production of growth hormone (GH), a condition known as "acromegaly" that causes various parts of the body to sustain ...
- PR Web (press release)
Dreams delayed as NBA hopeful faces fatal disease Sep 8, 2005
Sun, 22, recently was diagnosed with acromegaly, also known as the "Giant's Disease.". A Web site, acromegaly.org, defines the disease ...
- Greensboro News Record
FDA Panel Votes In Favor Of Nektar's Inhaled Insulin Sep 12, 2005
They include Neulasta (Amgen Inc.) for infection caused by chemotherapy, Somavert (Pfizer Inc.) for acromegaly and Pegasys (F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.) for ...
- BioWorld Online (subscription)
An Interview With Biographer Ann Seaman Sep 11, 2005
...was also evidence, from her medical records and her remains (the size of her skull, feet, and hands), that she had a pituitary disorder, acromegaly, which can ...
- California Literary Review
Books, Journals, New Media Received Sep 13, 2005
Acromegaly: Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment by Aart Jan van der Lely, Albert Beckers, Adrian F. Daly, Steven WJ Lamberts, and David R. Clemmons, 151 pp ...
- Journal of American Medical Association (subscription)
A Neglected Case of Macrodystrophia Lipomatosa of the Foot in an ... Sep 16, 2005
This congenital anomaly is also called macrodactyly, megalodactyly, congenital localized gigantism, dactylomegaly, gigantomegaly, and partial acromegaly. ...
- Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association
No rooms, no food, no water: welcome to Gujarat Tourism’s hotel ... Aug 30, 2005
...more than that I was shocked to learn that a TCGL staffer was suffering from pituitary adenoma which had led to a condition termed as acromegaly (deformity of ...
- Ahmedabad Newsline
David Cook, MD and Peter J. Trainer, MD, FRCPJul 6, 2005
Acromegaly is a rare condition caused by too much growth hormone (GH) in the blood. ... Acromegaly in adults occurs mainly in middle-aged men and women. ...
- Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
Asia-Pacific News Mongolian man world`s tallestJul 9, 2005
...say Xi Shun did not have exceptionally tall parents, and his height is natural -- not the result of a condition such as giantism or acromegaly, caused by too ...
- Monsters and Critics.com
Life's not easy for world's tallest manJul 6, 2005
...a brain tumor. The surgery to remove the tumor may have damaged his pituitary gland, a condition know as acromegaly. Today, at age ...
- Mid-Day Mumbai
CONCERNING SNAPSHOT DIAGNOSIS.Jul 5, 2005
...recognize them. A number might be mentioned, acromegaly, exophthalmic goiter, myxedema, and osteitis deformans among the rest. But ...
- Journal of American Medical Association (subscription)
UVa doctor eyes tumors of pituitaryJul 9, 2005
...separation. Acromegaly can cause excess growth hormone to be produced, and Cushing’s disease can result in obesity and excess body hair. ...
- Charlottesville Daily Progress
Pfizer's Somavert Available for Treatment of Acromegaly Jan 24, 2006
MONTREAL, CANADA -- January 24, 2006 -- Health Canada has approved Somavert (pegvisomant for injection) for the treatment of patients with acromegaly who have ...
- DG News
Seven-Year-Old Girl Grows Adult Limbs Jan 25, 2006
However he says the problem is very rare in Uganda. Semugoma says in adults, excess growth hormone leads to a disorder called acromegaly. ...
- AllAfrica.com,
(PZ) Novartis Delivers Strong Performance with Record Results in ... Jan 18, 2006
Sandostatin (2005: USD 896 million, +8% lc) (Q4: USD 224 million, +3% lc), for patients with the hormone condition acromegaly as well as for symptoms of gastro ...
- Houston Chronicle,
Giant gives up day job for a shot at stardom Jan 10, 2006
He died Jan. 27, 1993, at age 46 from complications of acromegaly, or giantism. ... Gilchrist said his height came from "good genes," not acromegaly. ...
- Kansas.com,
A GH receptor antisense oligonucleotide inhibits hepatic GH ... Jan 17, 2006
Diabetic retinopathy and acromegaly are diseases associated with excess action of growth hormone (GH) and its effector IGF-I, and there is a need for improved ...
- Journal of Endocrinology
Antisense Therapeutics Receives Approval to Restart Phase IIa ... Jan 18, 2006
ATL1101 for Psoriasis, both of which have advanced to the stage of human clinical trials and ATL1103, a potential treatment for growth (acromegaly) and sight ...
- Yahoo! News (press release)
A rising Sun Dec 31, 2005
...growth hormones. But the condition, also known as acromegaly in adults, can lead to serious illness or premature death. During a ...
- Ventura County Star (subscription),
Sports and Substance Abuse Jan 10, 2006
...in athleticism. A drug known to promote acromegaly, HGH, has been implicated as the latest popular performance enhancer. A test ...
- Medscape (subscription)
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