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Suicidality or self-harm is a frequent cause of hospital admission among gender variant/diverse young people, report researchers.

Observational data confirm that children born small for gestational age achieve the best growth outcomes if they start treatment with recombinant human growth hormone as young as possible.

A weekly injection of a high dose of semaglutide results in substantial weight loss among adolescents with obesity, show the STEP TEENS trial findings.

Neurodevelopmental disorders are frequent and diverse in children with hyperinsulinism/hyperammonaemia syndrome caused by a GLUD1 mutation, a study shows.

A multigene sequencing panel has successfully identified one or more gene variants in up to one in six children with idiopathic short stature, researchers report in Endocrine Connections.

Years of treatment with recombinant human growth hormone does not increase the cumulative lifetime exposure to insulin-like growth factor-1 above the population average in children born small for gestational age, a study shows.

A weekly injectable PEGylated recombinant human growth hormone gives significantly better height outcomes than no treatment in children with idiopathic short stature, shows a phase 2 trial.

Small-for-gestational age children should undergo regular measurements for the first 2 years after birth to help identify individuals who will benefit from recombinant human growth hormone therapy, German researchers advise.

Cardiometabolic risk in people born small for gestational age more than a decade after finishing therapy with recombinant human growth hormone is no higher than in those never given the treatment, a study shows.

Analysis of real-world data indicates that the recombinant human growth hormone somatropin is well tolerated and effective for children with a range of growth hormone disorders and other conditions associated with short stature.

More than half of girls with central precocious puberty have abnormal findings on magnetic resonance imaging of the brain, report researchers.

A small number of clinical predictors and blood metabolites at birth may accurately predict which infants will have a BMI trajectory leading to overweight or obesity, a study suggests.