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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1978
Page
5
The piece defends a federal program, arguing it is cheap and effective. It highlights the National Pituitary Agency regulating growth hormone use in children with hypopituitarism to prevent dwarfism and enable normal growth.
News Focus describes how the National Pituitary Agency provides growth hormones free to over 6,000 short individuals, enabling many to reach near normal height. It notes the hormones target hypopituitarism and that treatment is costly for others, with aging and heredity affecting outcomes. The pituitary gland remains central to growth, influencing development from infancy to adolescence.
A 1960s profile outlines the National Pituitary Agency formed with University of Maryland funding to collect pituitaries for growth hormone therapy. It details a frugal operation above a Baltimore bus depot, the $3.50 per square yard rent, minimal furnishings, and a small staff collecting glands from cadavers for transport to California. Treatment boosts height and sexual characteristics, though rationing limits supply. The piece argues for synthetic hormone as the hoped replacement, predicting NPA’s mission will end when a lab-made hormone is available.
American newspapers recount Set Leonard Matlovich's long campaign to return to the Air Force after revealing his homosexuality. NBC aired a film on his case and he tours lecturing on gay rights while awaiting a U.S. Court of Appeals ruling. He argues for re appointment years later. peers note resistance and a push for education.
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