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...NIH's Hamer has not yet fallen victim to the same temptation as his fellow scientists who have been catapulted to national recognition. The subject of Hamer's research was no less in the public eye, but rather than succumb to the desires of public affairs officials and media organizations and come out on one side or the other of the national or regional debate, Hamer has thus far steered clear of making any sociological determinations based on his genetics work...
...normal height range for their ages of nine to 15, but they are shorter than average. The study had been suspended a year ago after the two groups accused the agency of violating federal regulations governing research with healthy children, but was resumed recently following a recommendation from an NIH advisory panel...
...qualify, the groups charge. They claim that HGH therapy may increase the chance of developing cancer. Moreover, shortness is not a medical condition but a social problem. "There's no physical risk to being short," declares Dr. Neal Barnard of the Physicians Committee. Adds the foundation's Jeremy Rifkin: "NIH can't experiment on healthy kids if there's no medical problem...
...NIH's independent advisory panel concluded otherwise. One reason offered for pressing forward with the study is that as many as 10,000 healthy youngsters have already been treated with HGH by physicians, despite lack of information about its long-term safety or efficacy. While the panel concedes that being short is not a medical disorder, it can make some things harder to do, like driving a car, and cause psychological problems. "There is heightism in our society," says panel member Dr. Melvin Grumbach of the University of California at San Francisco. NIH estimates that 100,000 U.S. children could...
That possibility infuriates critics, who argue that the healthier approach would be to take the stigma out of being short. Instead, says Barnard, the NIH is legitimizing bias by implicitly "telling kids they're not adequate as they...