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  1. Health & Medicine

    Thyroid-hormone mimic lowers LDL

    A compound in a new class of potential anti-cholesterol drugs has passed an early test in people.

    By Ben Harder
  2. Anthropology

    Did small hominids have a genetic defect?

    Miniature humans whose prehistoric remains were recently unearthed on an Indonesian island may have had a genetic disease known as Laron syndrome.

    By Ben Harder
  3. Health & Medicine

    Growth hormone’s risks outweigh its benefits

    Human growth hormone has substantial risks and no functional benefits for healthy, elderly people.

    By Ben Harder
  4. Humans

    Letters from the July 15, 2006, issue of Science News

    People want to know “Sharing the Health: Cells from unusual mice make others cancerfree” (SN: 5/13/06, p.