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Excellence matters!
From Lewis S Blevins, JR. M.D. co-founder - We see a lot of requests on social media from one patient to others, similar to...
Supporting a new diagnosis of Acromegaly
We continue to showcase Pfizer’s new series on patient support. This brochure offers great advice on how to deal with a new acromegaly diagnosis....
Announcing Pituitary World News weekly live radio “Talk Show”
We are excited to announce that, beginning early in 2022, Pituitary World News will go live with a weekly radio show! Stay tuned for...
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PATIENT'S CORNER
When 304 people, including 128 living with acromegaly, gather to talk...
In January 2021, the Acromegaly Community, a US-based patient advocacy organization, organized and participated in an externally lead patient focus drug development meeting. The EL-PFDD...
MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH
Notes on Covid, pituitary patients and families
From Linda M. Rio, MA, MFT - Whenever a person has a medical or mental health challenge their world becomes micro-focused. What I mean by...
Pituitary disorders and the family during a pandemic and beyond
From Linda M. Rio, MA, Marriage and Family Therapist - I have written for PWN in previous articles on the impact of pituitary disease on...
Emotional wellness with acromegaly
Kudos to Pfizer's new series on patient support. The first one features critical advice on emotional and mental help support! The materials provide valuable...
Now available: the recording from our recent mental and emotional health roundtable
If you missed it, no worries! Here it is. Listen to Linda Rio and Dawn Herring as they discuss emotional and mental health in...
It’s Time to Talk About Trauma
“Trauma is not just an event that took place sometime in the past; it is also the imprint left by that experience on mind,...
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A Cushing’s tale: Two images. Eight months. Same person.
To launch the eighth season of the Pituitary World News podcast, we welcome to our microphones, Brandy. Brandy has quite a story to tell us about her battle with Cushing’s disease. Brandy is an American Sign Language (ASL) professional interpreter and an accomplished artist, blogger, and musician. If you want to read more about Brandy and her work, check out her blog and this video on her YouTube channel.
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News from the California Center for Pituitary Disorders at UCSF
From our friends at UCSF: Read this great update with links to articles on telemedicine for patients with pituitary disorders, making surgery safer during the...
The unrecognized caveats of pituitary conditions
From Lewis S Blevins, Jr., M.D. - Today on Dr. Blevins' Corner: An elderly man underwent removal of the thyroid gland many years ago due...
A few things to think about
From the editor's desk: Articles of note for people dealing with pituitary disease. Here are a few information nuggets we thought might be interesting...
Important news and information for people dealing with pituitary disorders
From the editor's desk:
Hypothyroidism and musculoskeletal pain: Joint and bone pain is one of those subjects we cover extensively at PWN. This article from...
Briefings for August 2018
Interesting information and news for people living and dealing with pituitary conditions.
Leptin: According to experts increasing Leptin sensitivity may help in weight loss. There is still much...
EDITOR'S PICKS
Acromegaly 101: patient perspective
From the Pacific Neuroscience Institute, Sharmyn McGraw sends us this article in which she asked leaders of various pituitary organizations, including Pituitary World News, their...
Growth Hormone Deficiency
From Lewis Blevins, MD
Introduction
Growth Hormone is a peptide hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland. Growth hormone-releasing hormone from the hypothalamus stimulates it's release...
Acromegaly.care video features Pituitary World News founders
A recent video from Co-Founders of Pituitary World News, Jorge Faccinetti and Dr. Lewis Blevins highlights their successful doctor patient relationship and how that led...
CUSHING'S
A Cushing’s tale: Two images. Eight months. Same person.
To launch the eighth season of the Pituitary World News podcast, we welcome to our microphones, Brandy. Brandy has quite a story to tell us about her battle with Cushing’s disease. Brandy is an American Sign Language (ASL) professional interpreter and an accomplished artist, blogger, and musician. If you want to read more about Brandy and her work, check out her blog and this video on her YouTube channel.
Mifepristone (Korlym®)
In the last podcast in the series on the drugs available to manage hypercortisolism, Dr. Blevins discusses mifepristone, trade name Korlym®.
Pasireotide (Signifor, Signifor LAR)
This is the fourth podcast in a series of five on medications to treat Cushing's disease. Today Dr. Blevins discusses Pasireotide, trade names Signifor and Signifor LAR.
