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Can oversharing information be the best medicine?

July 1, 2019
Acromegaly|Advocacy Zone|Patients' Corner|Podcasts|

Jay Libove, a privacy and security expert, and pituitary patient discusses privacy and sharing information on social media In today’s new age of digital medicine and near-universal availability of information, we need to be conscious

How Can I Find a Mental Health Professional Who Knows About Pituitary Disorders?

June 6, 2019
Advocacy Zone|Mental and Emotional Health|Patients' Corner|

From Linda M. Rio, M.A. – I woke this morning to find an email to me from a parent pleading for my help. This parent has an adult child who had a pituitary tumor removed

Misinformation and Bias: Additional Perspectives

April 3, 2019
Advocacy Zone|Mental and Emotional Health|

From the desk of contributor Linda M. Rio, M.A. Marriage and Family Therapist – Pituitary World News editor, J D Faccinetti, recently published an article that hit a nerve with me. I called him to let

The Importance of Being Believed

February 14, 2019
Mental and Emotional Health|Patients' Corner|

From the desk of PWN contributor Linda M. Rio, M.A., Marriage and Family Therapist  – I received a call last week from a man who read one of my articles about how pituitary disorders are linked

Pituitary patients weigh in on telemedicine’s pros and cons

January 5, 2019
Advocacy Zone|Patients' Corner|Podcasts|

Today we discuss the findings of the recently conducted patient survey on telemedicine.  The survey shed some light on critical patient perspectives and perceptions, to help us arrive at some initial conclusions, and identify areas

Valuable Information and Thoughts for Patients and their Family Members

December 14, 2018
Mental and Emotional Health|Patients' Corner|

From Linda M. Rio, M.A., Marriage and Family Therapist and PWN contributor: Various terms seem to be used today but most frequently, “telehealth” or “telemedicine”, are used to describe live, real-time visits with a medical, mental health,

Background and benefits for pituitary patients around the world

December 13, 2018
Patients' Corner|

From J D Faccinetti cofounder  –  The rapid changes in technology have enabled a complex mix of services in a variety of care venues including homes, hospitals, clinics, physician’s offices, and other healthcare facilities.  Telemedicine

Disasters and the Body’s Response

November 14, 2018
Mental and Emotional Health|Patients' Corner|

From Linda M. Rio, M.A., Marriage and Family Therapist and PWN contributor –  As I am writing, I hear the helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft overhead fighting one of the many monstrous fires in California. Just a

Current Affairs: A Precautionary Note for Those with Pituitary Disorders

October 4, 2018
Mental and Emotional Health|Patients' Corner|

From Linda M. Rio, M.A., Marriage and Family Therapist and PWN contributor –This is not about politics but the potential psychological, emotional, relational, and physical toll that political and social events can have, especially on those

From PNI two interesting reviews: Pregnancy and Cushing’s; Pituitary disorders from a mental health perspective

September 27, 2018
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Pregnancy Could Be Linked to Onset of Cushing’s Symptoms, a Retrospective Study From CATARINA SILVA for Cushing’s Disease News –  More than 25 percent of women with Cushing’s disease experienced their first symptoms within one year of giving birth,

The far-reaching effects of pituitary disorders

July 23, 2018
Mental and Emotional Health|

A wonderful article from PWN contributor Linda M. Rio on the far-reaching effects of pituitary disorders was recently published by the Pacific Neuroscience Institute. Read the article here. Read more articles on the connection between pituitary disease

Tipping the Point

June 13, 2018
Mental and Emotional Health|Patients' Corner|

From Linda M. Rio, Marriage and Family Therapist – So, what is the tipping point where the word “pituitary” will no longer have to be spelled-out and described in its most basic form? I just

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