On today’s podcast and Cushing’s awareness day and month, we bring you a few excerpts from our soon-to-be-released new book on Cushing’s. The book’s author and Pituitary World News cofounder, Dr. Lewis Blevins, reads from a few selected chapters to give insight into the book’s content.
Podcasts
Knowledge and information are critical tools to affect early diagnosis in pituitary disease. Join Dr. Lewis Blevins and Jorge D Faccinetti cofounders, as they navigate the wonders and complexities of pituitary conditions.
DI: 2 cases
In this informative podcast on Diabetes Insipidus, Dr. Blevins discusses two recent cases.
Hyponatremia in pituitary patients
In this very informative podcast, Dr. Lewis Blevins talks about specific situations regarding hyponatremia in pituitary patients so we can be aware of how we might be at risk and better understand our particular situations.
Central Hypothyroidism
In this extremely informative podcast, Dr. Blevins discusses thyroid hormone replacement and thyroid dysfunction in patients with pituitary and hypothalamic disorders.
Acromegaly (part 3), medical treatment
In this podcast, Dr. Lewis Blevins discusses the medical management of acromegaly with the drug “pegvisomant for injection” or Somavert. This is our third podcast in a series of six on acromegaly and its management.
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.
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.
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
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
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
You asked (session 2)
This is the second podcasts from our series “You asked” where we answer a few questions posted in Pituitary World News over the last few weeks. In today’s first answer, Dr Blevins focuses on a
Navigating growth hormone replacement
Our last podcast of this series of four on Growth Hormone touches on navigating through the processes of GH replacement, from screening through testing, the selection of the proper doses, and other important factors.
The benefits of growth hormone replacement
Our third podcast in this Growth Hormone replacement series of four covers the benefits you might expect from treatment. Dr. Blevins also explains his views on the risks involved and touches on the risk/benefit issues related to