Another 20 percent have one-half the genetic complement which researchers think lends partial immunity. No other effect of having the variant protein has been noted. A number of individuals with very high risk for HIV infection who never tested positive were involved in the study. Cell, August 9, 1996. The condition is diagnosed in children who fail to grow normally despite compulsive eating.
Blood tests show a decreased growth hormone level.
Researchers think that the condition is a result of emotional stresses in their home life, for when they are removed from their families to a hospital setting, their appetites and blood chemistries return to normal in just a few days. The Lancet, August 10, 1996. How Social Factors Affect the Conception of Work Related Disorders, says that a very large number of the 240,000 carpal tunnel operations performed in the U.S. each year are useless or worse. Stephanie Barnes, director of the Association for Repetitive Motion Syndromes in Santa Rosa. United Press, August 8, 1996.