Prepubertal children with short stature who achieved catch-up height with growth hormone therapy were able to maintain normal height velocity after a reduction in GH dose, according to findings ...

Reduction of adult height by sex steroid treatment was introduced decades ago in tall statured children, but controlled trials are lacking and treatment is controversial. In this study, we wanted to ...

After the age of 75, women tend to become shorter and this increases the risk of diseases A recent study suggests that women’s jawbone may predict a decline in height later in life Physicians and ...

From next season, the legal tackle height in community rugby will be lowered from below the shoulders to the base of the sternum in a move to address concerns over injuries and concussion in the sport ...

The tackle height for English community rugby will drop to "the base of the sternum" from next season after the Rugby Football Union's council voted in favour of the height reduction on Friday. Since ...

From her early teens onwards, Amber Berrington* was acutely conscious of her height. While not unusually tall, at 173cm (5ft 8in) she felt she towered over her classmates. ‘I always felt like I stood ...

Super Junior's Kim Heechul revealed a severe 2006 car accident permanently altered his height, reducing it by 9 cm due to a damaged femur and ankle. He underwent extensive surgery, receiving seven ...