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  • World's tallest woman leaves hospital (7 1/2 Feet Tall)

    06/16/2006 11:13:55 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 27 replies · 2,523+ views
    physorg.com ^ | June 16, 2006
    Chinese doctors report the world's tallest woman is walking again after spending a month in the hospital to treat complications of her gigantism. Yao Defen, who is just over 7 1/2 feet tall, has a number of medical problems resulting from a benign tumor on her pituitary gland that makes it secrete excessive amounts of growth hormone, the Shanghai Daily said Friday. Yao, 36, gained most of her height during childhood, and while her body still produces excess hormone, doctors think she won't continue to grow. "She has shown good responses to medicines we used on her tumor, which is...
  • Photo: Asia's Tallest Woman (someone hold me, I'm going to have nightmares)

    03/17/2006 2:11:53 PM PST · by dead · 136 replies · 4,969+ views
    The tallest woman in Asia, Chinese Yao Defen (R), and her friend sit at the entrance of her home in Shu Cha in eastern China's Anhui province March 15, 2006. Yao is 34 years old and 2.36 metres tall. REUTERS/ Nir Elias