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An informal discussion of Cushing’s disease issues from cases, articles, and experiences with patients.
Two cases where patients’ lack of follow-up leads to complications that likely could have been avoided.
Interesting inquiries prompted by the questions patients leave in their health portals.
Two patients with residual pituitary tumors and their unpredictable differences.
Telemedicine, how practices have adapted, views on pros and cons, and how things may change in the future.
PATIENT'S CORNER
Understanding the pandemic’s effect on acromegaly
Acromegaly patients and healthcare providers worldwide can participate in this survey and provide updated information that may help improve quality of life during the...
MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH
Advocating Big and Advocating Small…It’s all Important!
From Linda M. Rio, MA, Marriage & Family Therapist - A patient who attended the recent PWN/UCSF Virtual Patient Gathering - presentation videos are available...
Looking Forward: A Time of Hope for Pituitary Patients
From the desk of Linda M. Rio, MA, MFT - Marriage and Family Therapists and PWN contributor - Hope, in such a year as unique as...
Time to think about mindfulness. It could help.
From the desk of J D Faccinetti, co-founder - I was first seriously exposed to mindfulness a few years ago when an expert on the...
Healthy Coping in an Uncertain World
From Linda M. Rio, MA, Marriage & Family Therapist - "The relevance for all of this for those diagnosed, or in the process of obtaining...
For many people with pituitary disease social isolation is nothing new
Mental Health Resources for Adults, Parents, Families during Coronavirus are listed below
From Linda M. Rio, MA, Marriage and Family Therapist and PWN contributor - At...
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Podcast: Living with Hypopituitarism
Rachael Clare was diagnosed with a pituitary macroadenoma at age 21. Now at 28, in a frank and revealing chat, she shares her experiences...
BRIEFINGS
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
Cushing’s disease and syndrome: The evolving story of hypercortisolism.
How is the emerging knowledge of hypercortisolism influencing how Cushing's disease and syndrome are understood and affecting the practice and those working on the...
How Cushing’s Disease Helped Shape Sharmyn’s Wonderful Life
On Cushing's Day, we share Sharmyn McGraw's blog on her journey with the disease.
From her Blog - "Now twenty-one years in remission from a...
A nice idea for a Cushing’s educational resource
Recordati Rare Diseases, a company dedicated to creating needed therapies for extremely rare and devastating diseases, had an excellent idea of approaching their new...
