Is Being "Too Short" a Disability?

Science Not Fiction
By Kyle Munkittrick
Apr 22, 2011 12:44 PMApr 12, 2023 3:01 PM

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Human growth hormone (HGH) is one among the many hormones your body naturally produces. HGH influences growth in that it helps encourage cell reproduction and regeneration. Athletes really like to pretend that HGH makes them more powerful. It might, but it probably doesn’t. Whether it works or not, athletes should be allowed to utilize it. But banning performance enhancers is a topic already covered, so let’s look at something more interesting.

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