Dwarfism Term applied broadly to a number of conditions resulting in unusually short stature. While dwarfism is sometimes used to describe achondroplasia, a condition characterized by short stature and disproportionately short arms and legs, it is also...

The condition of being abnormally short or small, dwarfism has numerous causes. Some of these are hereditary, but all concern hormone disturbances, bone or deficiency diseases, and/or organ dysfunction. Two ailments--achondroplasia and pituitary...

Dwarfism refers to a condition of extreme small size of an animal, or plant. Any type of marked human smallness could be termed dwarfism in older popular and medical usage. The term as related to human beings (the major subject of this article) is often...

A male student with dwarfism approached the Department of Physical Education at the University of Dayton (Ohio) about taking an archery class. This request presented some particular challenges; two departments, Technology and Physical Education, collaborated to solve the problems. The student, 53 in....

Dwarfism: A Diagnosis FOR A MOMENT there, the Democratic presidential race, which has been most distinguished for its faux pas, looked as if it was about to generate an interesting fight. No such luck. Albert Gore Jr., a liberal senator from...

It isn't only women who face a ticking biological clock when planning parenthood. New research has found that as men age, the quality of their sperm deteriorates, making it more likely they will have trouble becoming fathers and increasing the...

Having excused myself from getting involved in all things humanly romantic for the last few years, I have woken up recently missing even its worst aspects. Without the benefit of a ready-made pool of possibilities, however (we aren't in graduate school anymore, I tell myself,...