Growth Industry.

Format:

Video

Series:

Academic Video Online

60 Minutes

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug approval.

Hormone therapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (9 minutes)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2004.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

Last summer, the FDA approved the drug company Eli Lilly's growth hormone Humatrope for healthy children who produce the hormone but are still in the shortest 1.2 percent of their age group. Controversy has arisen because many children who don't fit that profile are taking the drug anyway. Proponents claim that the advantages far outweigh any risks related to the drug, while critics are concerned about long-term side effects.

Notes:

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