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Know your IGF-I
March 5, 2016
Today we are starting a campaign to make sure all our readers diagnosed and living with acromegaly know their IGF-I levels. Make sure you ask your physician to tell you and please check your levels
Weekly briefings – 2
January 22, 2016
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
Growth Hormone: a candid doctor patient perspective
January 13, 2016
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
January 8, 2016
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
January 6, 2016
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
From Geraldine at the everywhereist.com/
October 27, 2015
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?
October 23, 2015
From Linda M. Rio, MA, Marriage & Family Therapist, author and Pituitary World News contributor – I received an email recently from a woman in another country who expressed a lot of frustration with her current endocrinologist
Two articles of note
September 26, 2015
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
The Real Life of a Pituitary Patient
August 23, 2015
From Linda M. Rio, MA, Marriage & Family Therapist – A young woman called me last year to make an appointment. She told me she had recently had endoscopic neurosurgery for craniopharyngioma. She was suffering
From our worth sharing files
July 2, 2015
From J D Faccinetti Pituitary World News Co Founder – We recently asked our readers to test their radiological skills. This patient gave Dr Blevins permission to post an image of her MRI. Using our Facebook feed he
Tumors that mimic pituitary adenomas because of their location
June 26, 2015
From Lewis S. Blevins, Jr. MD – This patient presented with headaches and vision loss. The MRI was said to show a pituitary adenoma. It is, however, clear that this is a tuberculum sellae meningioma.
Auto-immune and inflammatory disorders in Cushing’s syndrome
June 23, 2015
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