Acromegaly survey results
Our discussion today focuses on the results of our recent acromegaly survey. This survey was intended for those patients who have been diagnosed with acromegaly based on clinical biochemical and radiographic features.
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Interesting news for people living with pituitary conditions
Our periodic scan of the websphere yielded some interesting articles. Some of these areas we’ve covered in previous PWN articles. We’ve included some links just in case you missed those prior posts. Enjoy! From the
Aggressive Pituitary Tumors
In this podcast Dr. Blevins discusses aggressive pituitary tumors. Learn what defines a pituitary malignancy and the differences between benign and malignant tumors. What is an aggressive tumor and what makes it behave that way.
Insights: Adrenal Insufficiency
From Lewis S Blevins Jr, MD – I define hypopituitarism as the partial or the complete deficiency of one or more anterior pituitary hormones. As a result of how this all works, patients can have
Clinical reasoning in a recent Acromegaly case
From Lewis S Blevins, Jr. MD – I recently addressed a question regarding normal oral glucose suppression test results in a patient who reportedly looked as if they had acromegaly. I wanted to share my
Pituitary Program at Swedish Neurosciences Institute in Seattle.
The Swedish Pituitary Center at Swedish Neuroscience Institute is a multi-disciplinary center of experts in diagnosing and offering both surgical and non-surgical treatments to all types of pituitary disorders. In addition to a dynamic endocrine
Weekly briefings – 2
This week’s weekly briefing brings health, wellness and general interest articles of note for people living with pituitary conditions. From Modern Healthcare a fascinating story about researchers in New York using 3-D printers to
A discussion about purpose
In October 2014 Dr. Lewis Blevins, Medical Director of the California Center for Pituitary Disorders and Professor of Clinical Medicine and Clinical Neurological Surgery at the University of California San Francisco, and I founded Pituitary World
Growth Hormone: a candid doctor patient perspective
This fascinating podcast by Dr Lewis Blevins and Jorge Faccinetti goes from discussing athletes taking too much growth hormone, to patients taking to much Growth Hormone, to normal people, perhaps looking for eternal youth and
More on nutrition: don’t miss this documentary
We believe proper nutrition and fitness are critical for a healthy life, and that these issues are particularly relevant for people dealing with pituitary disorders. We usually dedicate a fair amount of space to food
Weekly briefings
From the PWN editor’s desk, today we introduce weekly briefings, a series of noteworthy developments on health, wellness and general interest stories for people living and dealing with pituitary conditions. From Obesity News Today: Researchers targeting
Clinical presentation of pituitary disease
In this exclusive Pituitary World News podcast Dr. Blevins discusses the intricacies of diagnosing pituitary disorders. He talks about how physicians sort through the myriad of symptoms and signs and make clinical decisions about how