It all started when Kellie died. No parent ever wants to go through that. Children are supposed to outlive their parents, not the other way around. Or so we’re told. But when Debbie and Larry ...

Turner’s syndrome, named for the doctor who identified it in 1938, is a congenital abnormality caused by the absence of, or a defect in, one of the two female X chromosomes. It affects one in ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Most of us don’t expect a party when we go to a doctor’s appointment, but that’s exactly what girls with one medical condition get. Fifty girls recently e… ...

Turner syndrome: Girl, 9, highlights need for awareness, earlier diagnosis . KRISTEN ZAMBO Mar 7, 2012 Mar 7, 2012 Updated Nov 30, 2013; 0; 1 of 3 ...

Mary Ohler says when she was diagnosed with Turner syndrome as a girl, she was told she would not be able to have children. However, with in vitro fertilization, she gave birth 15 years ago.

Similarly, we recently found in a cohort of young girls and adolescents with Turner's syndrome that 50% of patients lacked the recommended care despite follow-up by pediatric endocrinologists. The ...

Giving girls with Turner syndrome low doses of estrogen, as well as growth hormone, years before the onset of puberty, increases their height and offers a wealth of other benefits, say a team of ...

There are approximately 80,000 females in the United States with a disease many probably never heard of -- Turner syndrome. It's a rare genetic disorder that can lead to serious health problems.

With Turner syndrome occurring in 1 in 2,500 female births and with that number going up, Scottberg hopes early testing will mean that more girls with Turner will begin growth hormone treatment ...

Two inches shy of 5 feet tall as a teenager was not the only thing that set Sylvia Thomas apart from her peers four decades ago.