From the desk of Dr. Lewis Blevins comes a review of three important studies on Cushing’s Syndrome: Paediatric Cushing syndrome: a prospective, multisite, observational cohort study – The authors of this study report the largest
Cushing’s
Cushing’s syndrome is a disorder that occurs when your body makes too much of the hormone cortisol over a long period of time. Cortisol is sometimes called the “stress hormone” because it helps your body respond to stress.
Podcasts series on recurring Cushing’s disease
Pituitary World News podcast series on recurring Cushing’s disease is made possible in part by a generous grant from Corcept Therapeutics This series covers the approaches, debates, evaluations, and the difficulties in diagnosis and managing
Cushing’s part 4: musings
This is the 4th podcast in our series on residual or recurring Cushing’s disease. In part 4, Dr. Blevins shares additional information to empower patients to work with their physicians more effectively. “Music: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music
Podcast. Part 3: Cushing’s medical management
This is part 3 in our series of podcasts on residual or recurring Cushing’s disease. Part 3 focuses on the medical management of Cushing’s and on the drug Korlym (mifepristone).
Recurring Cushing’s disease series: Part 2 management
From Lewis S. Blevins Jr, MD – In Part Two of this series, Dr. Blevins discusses approaches to the management of residual and recurring Cushing’s disease. “Music: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music
Recurring Cushing’s disease podcast series: Part 1 approaches and challenges
From Lewis S. Blevins Jr, MD – In Part One of this series, Dr. Blevins focuses on the challenges of identifying patients with residual or recurring Cushing’s disease after pituitary surgery, the different approaches, debates,
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.
Cushing’s disease and IPSS.
From Lewis S Blevins, Jr. MD – Ninety per-cent of ACTH-dependent causes of hypercortisolism are related to pituitary adenoma. The remaining 10% are related to ectopic, or non pituitary, sources of ACTH secretion. One-third of
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
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
Auto-immune and inflammatory disorders in Cushing’s syndrome
From Lewis S Blevins Jr, MD – I’ve seen a few instances over my career of auto-immune and inflammatory disorders flaring or becoming more apparent after someone has entered remission for Cushing’s syndrome. In each
How do somatostatin analogs work?
From Lewis S. Blevins, Jr. MD – Somatostatin analogs are a class of drugs that are chemically modified forms of native somatostatin. They are meant to act like somatostatin. Somatostatin is produced in our bodies,