Elevated immune function during childhood results in as much as 49 percent growth reduction in Ecuador's indigenous Shuar population, researchers report. Elevated immune function during childhood ...

New research reveals that early growth patterns can help predict adult height and pubertal growth, but not when puberty will begin—challenging assumptions about how early development shapes lifelong ...

Human growth hormone is important in many aspects of growth and development. For children living with growth hormone deficiency, it can involve more than just physical growth differences. Cognitive ...

Growth hormone deficiency is a rare, treatable condition that causes short stature in children. It is less common in adults. Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) occurs when your pituitary gland doesn’t ...