The latest featured news from Pituitary World News
Tamara Wexler MD, Ph.D., joins us this week to talk about pituitary damage and insufficiency as a result of head trauma. Dr. Wexler is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Her research interests focus on the neuroendocrine and reproductive endocrine systems, particularly on changes that may occur after traumatic brain injury (TBI). This promises to be an excellent discussion. Tune in on Thursday!
Has COVID-19 affected you or not? What narrative will you construct as time moves forward resulting from the events of recent years? Pausing to examine what you choose to derive is up to each person, but it is essential to know that the more a person decides to choose rather than allow the choice to be made for them, the more they can move forward and beyond. Having lived through a worldwide pandemic means we have all not only survived, but we’ve endured.
From the University of California, San Francisco, (UCSF) MedConnection comes a fascinating article about a patient with a giant pituitary adenoma removed via endoscopic endonasal surgery.
Here are links to Dr. Blevins’ discussion of five drugs to treat hypercortisolism.
We continue to showcase Pfizer’s new series on patient support. This brochure offers great advice on how to deal with a new acromegaly diagnosis. The materials provide valuable content given the importance of proper disease
We are excited to announce that, beginning early in 2022, Pituitary World News will go live with a weekly radio show! Stay tuned for an announcement with final details, schedules, and times. We are in
“Trauma is not just an event that took place sometime in the past; it is also the imprint left by that experience on mind, brain, and body.”- Bessel van der Kolk, MD From the desk