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Pituitary Hormone May Be Linked to Osteoporosis by Cathy T. Healthy Living Professional

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Posted Wed 01 Oct 2008 8:19pm A hormone produced by the pituitary gland may play a role in bone loss in postmenopausal women, challenging the notion that declining estrogen levels are solely responsible for the problem. High levels of the hormone, pituitary-derived follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), caused an increase in bone loss in mice. And mice who lacked either the FSH hormone Read on »

Pituitary Hormone In Menopause Under Study by Cathy T. Healthy Living Professional

Posted Fri 12 Sep 2008 10:45am Regulating a hormone abundant in women approaching menopause could offer alternatives for hormone replacement therapy, Medical College of Georgia researchers say. Follicle-stimulating hormone, released by the pituitary gland, is involved in controlling the menstrual cycle and the production of eggs by the ovaries. Researchers want to know 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 are clinically silent for years, until they get big enough to cause endocrine abnormalities or mass effects. Endocrine abnormalities occur when pituitary adenomas secrete hormones Read on »

Pituitary gland tumours by Dr. Anshu Gupta Patient Expert

Posted Tue 02 Jun 2009 4:38pm

1 Comment This information is about tumours of the pituitary gland. Although pituitary tumours are classified as brain tumours they have very few similarities to other types... it. The pituitary gland The pituitary gland is a small oval-shaped gland found at the base of the brain (see diagram below), below the optic nerve (the nerve which leads to and from the eye Read on »

Pituitary gland by stipeygirl75 Posted Fri 07 Aug 2009 12:11pm different types of hormones. The pituitary gland controls biochemical processes important to our well-being. The pituitary gland makes these types of hormones: Prolactin... Well what, you may be wondering, does the pituitary gland have to do with the thyroid gland? Turns out, it has a lot to do with it. It is amazing how much I've had Read on »

Review of the Human Pituitary Trust Account and CJD by Terry S. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 04 May 2010 9:14am Issue 20 January 2010 News from the Department of Health and Ageing Review of the Human Pituitary Trust Account Since the Human Pituitary Hormone Program ceased in 1985... at the annual conference is free for all members of the CJDSGN, their families and friends. All recipients of human pituitary hormones and their families, who are not currently members Read on »

Leonard Cerullo, MD - Discusses Treatment for Pituitary Tumors by NOHC Patient Expert

Posted Fri 15 May 2009 11:37pm ShareThis Read on »

U.K. Patient with Inactive Pituitary and History of Bulimia Trying To Conceive by Edward Ramirez, MD Posted Wed 10 Feb 2010 12:00am will need to receive pituitary hormones for the ovary, thyroid and adrenal in order to have a normal body function. If you have normal thyroid and adrenal function now, then you do... an inactive/hypoactive pituitary. It might help to add here, when I was about 24, I had an attack of ventricular fibrillation due to low potassium levels because of all Read on »

Gail Rosseau, MD - Discusses Pituitary Tumors by NOHC Patient Expert

Posted Mon 22 Jun 2009 1:26pm Dr. Gail Rosseau, board-certified neurosurgeon and U.S. Surgeon General candidate, discusses the prevalence and most common symptoms related to pituitary tumors. Vision disturbances and symptoms related to the overproduction of hormones are two of the most serious symptoms which may require a surgical intervention. Surgery for pituitary tumors 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 »