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Grey's Anatomy Star Ellen Pompeo On Weight Comments: "The Tabloids Would Say Horrible Things"
Ellen Pompeo's upcoming series Good American Family is inspired by the real-life story of Natalie Grace, and her struggle with a rare form of dwarfism
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"Nobody Should Make Fun Of Us": Navdeep Singh, Who Suffered From Dwarfism, After Clinching Paris Paralympics Gold
Navdeep Singh, who suffered from dwarfism, endured not just the usual rigours of training but cruel taunts from onlookers while growing up in his village in Haryana's Panipat district.
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US Approves Drug To Improve Growth In Children With Dwarfism
The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved for the first time a drug to improve growth in children with the most common type of dwarfism.
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Bullied 9-Year-Old Boy In Australia To Skip Disneyland, Will Donate $475,000 To Charity
An Australian boy with dwarfism whose distress from bullying became a viral video will donate hundreds-of-thousands of dollars in donations to charity rather than a trip to Disneyland.
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"I'm Going To Kill Myself": Mom Posts Bullied 9-Year-Old's Crushing Video
A woman in Australia has shared a heartbreaking video of her young son crying and saying he wants to kill himself because of the constant bullying he faces at school because of his height. In a powerful video, the mother has sent out a message on the impact bullying has on children.
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Economic Survey Flags 'Disproportionate Dwarfism' Of Banks
The survey said that if Indian banks were proportionately large in relation to the size of the Indian economy, India should have at least six banks in the global top 100 than just the current largest PSB State Bank of India, which is the 55th largest bank globally.
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Dwarfism mutation protects cancer, diabetes
A genetic mutation that causes a type of dwarfism may also protect against cancer and diabetes.
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Neglected British boy becomes a dwarf
A nine-year-old boy in Britain was neglected so badly by his mother that it shunted his growth, leaving him a dwarf.The boy, who was not named, developed a condition called 'psychosocial dwarfism', in which body stops producing a growth hormone due to extreme stress. This left him significantly shorter than his six-year-old brother.The incident cam...
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Grey's Anatomy Star Ellen Pompeo On Weight Comments: "The Tabloids Would Say Horrible Things"
Ellen Pompeo's upcoming series Good American Family is inspired by the real-life story of Natalie Grace, and her struggle with a rare form of dwarfism
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"Nobody Should Make Fun Of Us": Navdeep Singh, Who Suffered From Dwarfism, After Clinching Paris Paralympics Gold
Navdeep Singh, who suffered from dwarfism, endured not just the usual rigours of training but cruel taunts from onlookers while growing up in his village in Haryana's Panipat district.
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US Approves Drug To Improve Growth In Children With Dwarfism
The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved for the first time a drug to improve growth in children with the most common type of dwarfism.
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Bullied 9-Year-Old Boy In Australia To Skip Disneyland, Will Donate $475,000 To Charity
An Australian boy with dwarfism whose distress from bullying became a viral video will donate hundreds-of-thousands of dollars in donations to charity rather than a trip to Disneyland.
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"I'm Going To Kill Myself": Mom Posts Bullied 9-Year-Old's Crushing Video
A woman in Australia has shared a heartbreaking video of her young son crying and saying he wants to kill himself because of the constant bullying he faces at school because of his height. In a powerful video, the mother has sent out a message on the impact bullying has on children.
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Economic Survey Flags 'Disproportionate Dwarfism' Of Banks
The survey said that if Indian banks were proportionately large in relation to the size of the Indian economy, India should have at least six banks in the global top 100 than just the current largest PSB State Bank of India, which is the 55th largest bank globally.
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Dwarfism mutation protects cancer, diabetes
A genetic mutation that causes a type of dwarfism may also protect against cancer and diabetes.
-
Neglected British boy becomes a dwarf
A nine-year-old boy in Britain was neglected so badly by his mother that it shunted his growth, leaving him a dwarf.The boy, who was not named, developed a condition called 'psychosocial dwarfism', in which body stops producing a growth hormone due to extreme stress. This left him significantly shorter than his six-year-old brother.The incident cam...
