Estrogen Therapy for Tall Teens Linked to Fertility Problems
457124
THURSDAY, Oct. 21 (HealthDayNews) -- Tall girls who receive estrogen therapy during adolescence to reduce their adult height are more likely to have fertility problems later in life.
299088
An appetite-curbing hormone that failed to live up to its early buzz as a possible key to slowing obesity is now being probed as a potential aid for women who suffer from infertility and eating disorders.
205679
Warning labels for certain steroid-based allergy and asthma drugs provide sufficient warnings about potential side effects -- including stunted growth --  in children and teenagers,  a U.S. panel of medical experts concluded on Wednesday.
235479
Childhood obesity in the United States  appears to be causing girls to reach puberty at an earlier age,  for reasons that are not clear, a study said on Monday.
645431
NEW YORK  - Treatment with the diabetes  drug rosiglitazone, which is marketed under the trade name  Avandia, can restore ovulation in obese women with polycystic  ovary syndrome (PCOS), a disease involving high levels of male  hormones resulting in fertility and menstrual problems, new  research shows.
664512
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 1 (HealthDayNews) -- Leptin, the hormone best known to control appetite, also appears to play a major role in fertility and bone development in women.
273927
Children who are short for no apparent medical reason get a boost in height from growth hormone shots, the results of a clinical trial show.
669196
HRT, in the form of estrogen replacement (ERT), has been prescribed since the 1940s to treat the unpleasant side effects that menopause causes in some women.
110162
Women with facial hair, unexplained weight gain and irregular periods may have more than cosmetic or fertility problems but a serious disorder that can eventually lead to diabetes and even heart attacks.
226568
Nikol Hasler doesn't recommend the "pull and pray" method of birth control. She says you should not have sex on nature trails because of bugs and Sasquatch. And if you hate your body as a teen, just wait.
542884
Being overweight negatively affects fertility in both men and women, according to two recently released studies, the AP/Yahoo! News reports.
527332
Many teenage boys experience some degree of enlargement of the breasts around the time of puberty. When the condition is troublesome, anti-estrogen drugs seem to be a safe and effective means of reducing breast size, according to a new study.
733974
Research from Australia in this weekâs issue of THE LANCET suggests that tall girls given oestrogen therapy in adolescence to reduce adult height are more likely to experience later fertility problems than the general population.
340360
Many young women diagnosed with breast cancer overestimate their risk of becoming infertile while undergoing treatment, a new study shows.
303800
Because adolescent girls with anorexia frequently develop hormonal, blood and bone density abnormalities, they require intensive clinical monitoring, according to a new report.
39101
Younger women who start taking estrogen as soon as they enter menopause may be protected from heart disease, researchers said on Wednesday.
767644
Children born as a result of in  vitro fertilization (IVF) appear to be slightly taller than  naturally conceived children, investigators in New Zealand  report.