
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.


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

Symptoms and signs of growth hormone deficiency
In this second podcast on GH deficiency, Dr. Blevins explains the clinical symptoms and signs of this disorder. “Abstracts (2) (Imagicity 1096)” by Graham Crumb/Imagicity.com. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia

Diagnosis of growth hormone deficiency
In this first of a series on Growth Hormone deficiency, Dr Lewis Blevins focuses on definition, diagnosis, and setting the stage for future podcasts on GH Deficiency. The series will cover the clinical characteristics of

Prolactinomas
Listen to Dr Blevins insights and approaches to prolactinomas photo by P. Breitenbach – modified by PWN

Hyperprolactinemia
In this podcast Dr Blevins discusses Prolactin and Prolactin excess. Image: 3d structure of prolactin from two orthogonal viewpoints.