Author: J D Faccinetti
Posts by J D Faccinetti
More info on a current acromegaly drug trial. Learn more here
Antisense drugs are small DNA – or RNA – drugs that are designed to target disease-associated proteins with the objective of slowing or stopping the progression of a disease. Ionis pharmaceuticals, in this new trial, is developing
An informal chat about today’s health insurance’s trials and tribulations
Frustrations with the health insurance industry seem to be steadily increasing for patients and physicians alike as politicians use patients as pawns in a sad, ridiculous game without any apparent care to people’s health and well being.
A review of drugs for tumors that produce ACTH
In this podcast, Dr. Blevins reviews a study conducted at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany on pituitary tumor therapeutics and the treatment for tumors that produce ACTH and cause Cushing’s. Dr. Blevins reviews
Can oversharing information be the best medicine?
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
From The Netherlands, AdrenalNET: a comprehensive website for Adrenal disorders
If you suffer from an adrenal disease or would like to learn more about it, AdrenalNET offers comprehensive, reliable, easy to access scientific and general information. AdrenalNET is an initiative founded in The Netherlands and fast
Pituitary MRI educational series: a metastasis to the pituitary region
Review and comments on two recent papers on Cushing’s disease
From Lewis S. Blevins Jr. M.D. – This interesting manuscript – BIOCHEMICAL CONTROL DURING LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP OF 230 ADULT PATIENTS WITH CUSHING DISEASE: A MULTICENTER RETROSPECTIVE STUDY – reports the outcomes data of management of
How Can I Find a Mental Health Professional Who Knows About Pituitary Disorders?
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
Oxytocin and hypopituitarism
In this podcast, Dr. Blevins dives into a very interesting paper recently published in the Journal of Pituitary, April 2019. The paper focuses on a study about oxytocin and hypopituitarism relating to emotional responses and
The incidence of Cushing’s
In this podcast, we discuss the latest data on the incidence of Cushing’s disease worldwide based on a recent Swedish study on the subject, and the importance of disease awareness in early diagnosis.