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A round-up of the latest news
April 10, 2024
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Opinion: The Pandemic of Poor Communications
March 6, 2020
At the risk of adding to the Coronavirus news frenzy we’re experiencing, I thought this piece from Gil Bashe, a health communication writer, deserved to be noted. His article points to the substandard job the health
Will we ever be able to use stem cells to regenerate the pituitary gland?
December 5, 2019
A commentary from Dr. Lewis S Blevins Jr. co-founder – I was recently asked if I felt that we would ever be able to use stem cells to regenerate the pituitary gland. Frankly, the answer is
Why do adenomas recur?
July 22, 2019
Today's podcast is about silent Corticotropic adenomas and the recurrence rate of these tumors vs. all pituitary adenomas. Dr. Blevins weighs into a recent paper and current research to discuss why adenomas recur and, importantly,
Review and comments on two recent papers on Cushing’s disease
June 11, 2019
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
Update! New videos in our series on pituitary radiology
April 8, 2019
We continue to periodically publish videos of pituitary MRI’s with discussions on the images in an effort to make people more familiar with these studies, help in the understanding of these images, what you see, and
Telemedicine: Opinions, issues, and the future
February 13, 2019
From the desk of Lewis S Blevins Jr M.D. co-founder – As telemedicine expands, more and more health centers are providing this service to patients. In fact, during the week that we recorded this podcast,
Exciting news in the world of Acromegaly new drug development
February 2, 2019
Recently we told you about Chiasma’s latest news in both Phase 3 clinical trials of oral octreotide capsules product candidates, which are well on the way. You can read more about the company and the
In the Spotlight: The Pituitary Society
January 28, 2019
From the Desk of JD Faccinetti – cofounder. Today in our spotlight section we take a look at The Pituitary Society, one of the leading scientific organization dedicated to the understanding of diseases of the
A conversation with Dr. Sandeep Kunwar
November 8, 2018
Dr. Sandeep Kunwar is by all counts one of the most, if not the most, successful pituitary surgeon today. In this fascinating podcast, we talked about pituitary surgery, his views, interests, passions, and the future. Here are some the
Telling a story with art and photography
October 10, 2018
From J D Faccinetti – cofounder – I met Santino Matrundola about a year ago in Vancouver at the Canadian Acromegaly gathering of physicians and patients. We were both asked to present, he his story
Commentary: Rogue Doctors and Boundaries
October 8, 2018
A commentary by J D Faccinetti cofounder– In this day and age of hyper communications, internet speed, ultra-connected populations, and copious amounts of easily accessible content, bad information is rampant. That’s a problem. A big
And now, a quick word about plans, budgets, and costs
September 28, 2018
From co-founders Lewis S. Blevins Jr., MD and JD Faccinetti – Today we wanted to take a break from our regular publishing and write a few lines to mention some important things. Pituitary World News