Gabriel Yates, a 15-year-old from Naples, Fla., always enjoyed being the tallest kid in school — but eventually he had questions about whether something else was happening After turning to the ...

Tanya Angus, 6-feet 11-inches and 372 pounds, could die from pituitary tumor. Aug. 5, 2010 2010— -- The Nevada woman suffering from gigantism who was counting on brain surgery to save her life ...

Volunteering once a week at the gift shop in Overlake Hospital becomes harder and harder for Sharon Zuvula. The 75-year-old Bellevue resident copes day by day with symptoms related to Acromegaly, a ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio has announced their latest drug pipeline analysis report on acromegaly and gigantism. The report includes a comprehensive research on the pipeline molecules under ...

Researchers say they've honed in on the possible genetic cause of a rare condition called gigantism that causes excessive growth in children. "Gigantism is a disease in childhood that characterized by ...

NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have found a duplication of a short stretch of the X chromosome in ...

A recent Finnish study identifies a low-penetrance gene defect which predisposes carriers to intracranial tumors called pituitary adenomas. In particular individuals carrying the gene defect are ...