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Pituitary Hormone May Be Linked to Osteoporosis
by
Cathy T.
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
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Pituitary Hormone In Menopause Under Study
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Cathy T.
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
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Pituitary gland tumours
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Dr. Anshu Gupta
Posted
Tue 02 Jun 2009 4:38pm
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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
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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
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Review of the Human Pituitary Trust Account and CJD
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Terry S.
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
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Gail Rosseau, MD - Discusses Pituitary Tumors
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NOHC
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
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What's an 'atypical pituitary adenoma'?
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Dr. Brian M.
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
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Best Post of December '08: What's an 'atypical pituitary adenoma'?
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Dr. Brian M.
Posted
Tue 10 Mar 2009 3:12pm
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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... and pituitary carcinoma has be established. The designation ‘atypical adenoma ’ denotes tumors showing increased proliferative activity, that is, more than an occasional mitosis, an MIB
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