Word: estrogenous
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...case: Ashley, now 9, is a severely brain-damaged girl whose parents feared that as she got bigger, it would be much harder to care for her the way they wanted to. So they set out to keep her small. Through high-dose estrogen treatment over the past two years, her growth plates were closed and her prospective height reduced about 13 in., to 4 ft. 5 in. "Ashley's smaller and lighter size," her parents write on the blog defending their decision, "makes it more possible to include her in the typical family life and activities that provide...
...Doctors watching it all from the sidelines note that there are serious medical questions at stake. For one thing, there is no way to know the effect of high-dose estrogen on such a young girl. "Before moving forward wholesale, we need to study it carefully," says Dr. Jeffrey Brosco, an associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Miami, who wrote a dissent in the journal where the case was published. "Right now it is truly an experimental treatment." But he is sure there will be more interest: just last week a family he treats had to put their...
...case: Ashley is a brain-damaged girl whose parents feared that as she got bigger, it would be much harder to care for her; so they set out to keep her small. Through high-dose estrogen treatment over the past two years, her growth plates were closed and her prospective height reduced by about 13 inches, to 4'5". "Ashley's smaller and lighter size," her parents write on their blog "makes it more possible to include her in the typical family life and activities that provide her with needed comfort, closeness, security and love: meal time, car trips, touch...
...says, is a much less invasive procedure than a mastectomy. The hormone treatment was commonly used 40 years ago on lanky teenage girls who didn't want to get any taller. "The main risk," Gunther says, "is of thrombosis or blood clot, which is a risk in anybody taking estrogen. It's hard to assess in a young child because no one this young has been treated with estrogen." There were very few reports of thrombosis among the teenage patients, he says, "So I suspect the risk is fairly low. After treatment is finished, I don't see any long...
...over their apprehensions and start talking about the problem, they must then start fixing it. And believe it or not, it’s not that hard. All it takes is a group of girls getting together and saying, “Hey, our organization could use a little estrogen in its leadership. Have you all thought about running for something?” Minus the estrogen bit, men have the exact same conversations all the time. Women simply need to get together and support and encourage one another. The rest will fall into place...