Word: dwarfism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Sick Children in Toronto. Every so often he puts in a stint at the Hospital for Crippled Children in Bombay, but it is not just these young patients who lure him back to India. The doctor has developed an interest in finding a genetic marker for a form of dwarfism; to pursue his research he must draw blood from dwarfs, and a good supply of these can be found among the clowns who perform at the various circuses in and around Bombay...
...Just because you receive a world-famous model, is that a sign of frivolity? . . . Such comments are mental dwarfism." -- PRESIDENT CARLOS SAUL MENEM OF ARGENTINA, ANSWERING CRITICS AFTER CLAUDIA SCHIFFER MET WITH HIM IN BUENOS AIRES
Best Imitation of the Fountain of Youth You say you're getting old and run down? Well, step right up and try some human-growth hormone. Normally it's used to treat dwarfism, but tests have shown that in elderly men it can reduce fat, restore muscle tone and make the body look 20 years younger. And all for $14,000 a year, plus the possibility of a few serious side effects...
...until the late 1980s, when a synthetic form of HGH began to be mass- produced in the laboratory, that enough was available to test the hypothesis. Until then, nearly the entire supply of HGH, which was extracted in minuscule amounts from cadavers, was used to treat children suffering from dwarfism...