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Last chance to vote for My Battle With Cushing’s Syndrome blog! by Kristin Wall

People's HealthBlogger Awards 2009 - Best 100 Winner!

Posted Tue 08 Dec 2009 10:16am The People’s Choice Health Bloggers competition ends in one week on Dec. 15th - so there’s still time for you to cast your vote for My Battle With Cushing’s Syndrome blog... voted, thank you for your support! Related posts: 2nd Annual HealthBlogger Awards - please vote for My Battle With Cushing’s Syndrome blog! ... Thank you for voting for My Read on »

2nd Annual HealthBlogger Awards - please vote for My Battle With Cushing’s Syndrome blog! by Kristin Wall

Posted Tue 06 Oct 2009 5:00pm is holding it’s 2nd annual People’s Health Blogger Awards competition and My Battle With Cushing’s Syndrome has been entered and will be featured in at the Heath2.0 conference. Very exciting! I would love for each and every one of you to show your support by voting for My Battle With Cushing’s Syndrome by clicking on the badge to to the right. Thank you Read on »

Thank you for voting for My Battle With Cushing’s Syndrome by Kristin Wall

Posted Thu 29 Oct 2009 11:04pm HealthBlogger Awards - please vote for My Battle With Cushing’s Syndrome blog!... ... are touching. It’s because I have the support from all of you that I’m able to have the strength to preserve in my battle with Cushing’s. So thank you. The competition runs until Dec Read on »

Cushing's syndrome by Dr. Anshu Gupta Patient Expert

Posted Tue 02 Jun 2009 4:39pm of Cushing's syndrome. They are benign, or non-cancerous, tumours of the pituitary gland which secrete increased amounts of ACTH. Most patients have a single adenoma. This form..., an abnormality of the adrenal glands, most often an adrenal tumour, causes Cushing's syndrome. The average age of onset is about 40 years. Most of these cases involve non-cancerous tumours Read on »

How to diagnose adrenal diseases by pathologystudent Posted Tue 05 Apr 2011 12:39am test. There are four causes of Cushing syndrome: iatrogenic (patient taking exogenous steroids), ACTH-producing pituitary adenoma, cortisol-producing adrenal adenoma... and depression. Let’s take a quick look at some of the symptoms of the different diseases of the adrenal, and the laboratory tests used for diagnosis. 1. Adrenal hyperfunction Cushing Read on »

Pituitary adenomas in 500 words or less by pathologystudent Posted Thu 24 Mar 2011 11:47am Pituitary adenomas are benign, glandular tumors of the pituitary gland. They are pretty common tumors (they account for about 10% of all intracranial neoplasms). Most...-pubertal period), ACTH-producing adenomas (which cause Cushing disease), and FSH- and LH-producing adenomas (which usually secrete hormone at such low levels that they come Read on »

Best Post of December '08: What's an 'atypical pituitary adenoma'? by Dr. Brian M. Medical Doctor

Posted Tue 10 Mar 2009 3:12pm it is: We recently had a case at our institution of an atypical pituitary adenoma, confirmed by BerndScheithauer at the Mayo Clinic. What is implied by the designation of a pituitary adenoma as being “atypical”? Burger, Scheithauer, and Vogel -- in their textbook Surgical Pathology of the Nervous System and Its Coverings by (4 th Edition, 2002), page 469 – have Read on »

What's an 'atypical pituitary adenoma'? by Dr. Brian M. Medical Doctor

Posted Mon 01 Dec 2008 10:13am We recently had a case at our institution of an atypical pituitary adenoma, confirmed by BerndScheithauer at the Mayo Clinic. What is implied by the designation of a pituitary adenoma as being “atypical”? Burger, Scheithauer, and Vogel -- in their textbook Surgical Pathology of the Nervous System and Its Coverings by (4 th Edition, 2002), page 469 Read on »

Aspirin and adenomas. by lcampbe79 Patient Expert

Posted Wed 11 Feb 2009 3:25pm attacks. I don't see how an aspirin can stop adenomas from forming considering the reason why they are showing up is because the APC gene is screwed up. Remembering what I heard, went through and just all the other information, I'm not sold at all that an aspirin will stop adenomas from forming. I hope that when people read about this they don't think Read on »

Chronic Fatigue, Adrenal Burn out, Over Stressed.... Do you have Adrenal Fatigue Syndrome? by Melissa G. Patient Expert

Posted Sat 13 Sep 2008 11:47pm

1 Comment debilitating syndrome can be reversed through a vitamin rich diet and supplementation that addresses the adrenal glands. Other great articles about Adrenal Fatigue and an Overstressed... Are you tired, frustrated and burnt out? Each year millions of Americans face adrenal fatigue. Triggered from our fight or flight complex, this challenging health concern Read on »