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.
Today’s’ podcast is a recording of the Pituitary World News talk program that aired live on November 16. The information comes directly from one of the busiest, most successful clinics in the world of pituitary disease. The podcast presents a real-world, honest, in-depth discussion of health insurance denials, how this practice affects patients and physicians, how they use guidelines to muddy the process, oppose individualized care, and question a specialist’s decision-making.
This is the first in a series of Podcast that we’ll call “You Asked”, where we share answers to your questions. Through our Facebook page feed we asked you to submit questions for Dr. Blevins.
This podcast focuses on fluid, electrolyte disorders and hyponatremia in a case of a patient with Diabetes Insipidus (DI). Photo by Clark
Several months ago we published a survey on Diabetes Insipidus where we asked you to contribute your experiences. In that survey, among other questions, we asked you what you wanted others to know about Diabetes
This is our first podcast on what we hope it will be a continuing series of discussions on how doctors and patients interact. Through these discussions we hope to learn from our readers and doctors
In part 2 of our series on Acromegaly Dr. Blevins deals with Dopamine Agonists, a class of drugs used in the treatment of acromegaly. Stay tuned for part 3 in the series coming up very
This is part one of an upcoming series of podcasts by Dr. Blevins on Acromegaly exclusively produced for Pituitary Word News. From the early 90’s, where very few options existed for the treatment of Acromegaly,
Podcast – Adrenal insufficiency is the inability of the Adrenal Gland to perform its usual functions. In this exclusive podcast, Dr. Blevins explains the concept of adrenal insufficiency and shares his perspectives and approach to treatment.
In this podcast Dr Blevins reviews some of the concepts that relate to the interpretation of lab tests results in endocrinology. He uses T4, TSH and Igf-1 tests to illustrate some of the key points
Podcast – Our series on hormone replacement for women continues in this podcast by Dr. Lewis Blevins. Photo: “Purple flower closeup” by Arturo Mann – Own Work + Garden. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via
Podcast – This is part one of a series of Pituitary World News Podcasts on female hormone replacement.
