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Author: J D Faccinetti
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Reporting from the 2015 Pituitary Disorders, Advances in Diagnosis and Management conference at UCSF
In this podcast, Dr. Lewis Blevins and Jorge Faccinetti discuss the highlights of the conference held in San Francisco in late October. The program focused on the latest updates and recent advances regarding pituitary tumors
Evaluation of the use of the Late Night Salivary Cortisol (LNSC) test
From Lewis S Blevins, Jr. MD – Researchers at Harvard Medical School have reported their results on the evaluation of the use of the Late Night Salivary Cortisol (LNSC) in the evaluation of patients who
Acromegaly and belly fat
From J D Faccinetti, Pituitary World News co-founder – One of the few things that positively drives me absolutely bananas is the increased belly fat that I experienced post surgery, and that later learned is
From Geraldine at the everywhereist.com/
From J D Faccinetti – This is from Geraldine; Traveler. Blogger. Freelancer. Snack-Enthusiast. You can find more examples of her fine writing in her travel blog here http://www.everywhereist.com/ I found this some time
Pituitary Disorders and Mental Health: Is There a Connection?
Is there a link between Pituitary Disorders and Mental Health? Linda M. Rio, MA, Marriage & Family Therapist, shares insight and resources here.
Live healthy
From J D Faccinetti Pituitary World News co-founder – As diggers of relevant information, we try to provide useful nuggets of knowledge that can make a difference to the health of the pituitary community, both
Computers, facial recognition, acromegaly and early diagnosis.
From J D Faccinetti – Pituitary World News Co-founder – Technology could have a profound effect in the way acromegaly is diagnosed and hopefully prompt primary care doctors, dentist and other primary care health professionals
How important is early diagnosis?
A recent article from the Endocrinology Department of “Escola Universitària d’Infermeria, Hospital Sant Pau, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain” explores health related quality of life (QoL) issues in patients with pituitary disease. The article
Two articles of note
How the brain works in inducing fat breakdown; more knowledge on sleep apnea. Read on… If you are dealing with a chronic pituitary condition chances are you are also dealing with weight. And, as we
On genetics, family and acromegaly
An acromegaly story all the way from Patagonia, Argentina From J D Faccinetti – Pituitary World News co-founder – Carol Mackie Passera (Passera is her married name) is my second cousin. Our maternal grandmothers were
Pituitary cysts
Learn facts about pituitary cysts—what they are, how they’re diagnosed, & when treatment is needed. Read more from Dr. Lewis Blevins here.