Pituitary Tumor - Articles
Approaches to Treating Pituitary Tumors
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InternalMed ..
... s, you might have an effective tumor size reduction. ANNOUNCER: More commonly, doctors use a drug called Sandostatin. LAURENCE KATZNELSON, MD: When Sandostatin binds to the pituitary tumor, it has two effects. One is to normalize or lower the growth hormone secretion. The other one is the effect on the tumor size itself. Sandostatin usually preve ...
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Gail Rosseau, MD - Discusses Pituitary Tumors
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NOHC
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. Su ...
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Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) for PMS--New study results!
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Dr. Jarret M.
... y (Sharma et al, 2007), which compared Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) to both Bromocriptine and placebo. Bromocriptine is a dopine agonist that is usually used for the treatment of pituitary tumors as well as Parkinson's disease. Interventions: Bromocriptrine 2.5 mg twice a day and pyridoxine 100 mg/day. Results: Both Bromocriptine and Vitamin B6 (pyri ...
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Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) for PMS--New study results!
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Dr. Jarret M.
... y (Sharma et al, 2007), which compared Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) to both Bromocriptine and placebo. Bromocriptine is a dopine agonist that is usually used for the treatment of pituitary tumors as well as Parkinson's disease. Interventions: Bromocriptrine 2.5 mg twice a day and pyridoxine 100 mg/day. Results: Both Bromocriptine and Vitamin B6 (pyri ...
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Feeling a little ‘off’ these days
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Kristin Wall
... probably be oh shit, is the Cushing’s back? It can very difficult to remove all of the tumor in the pituitary area during surgery and the reoccurance rate for patients with a pituitary tumor is known to be high.I consider myself incredibly lucky that my tumor was on my adrenal gland and once my adrenal gland was removed (with the tumor), I was cure ...
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What's an 'atypical pituitary adenoma'?
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Dr. Brian M.
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 Vo ...
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Father’s Milk
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Dr. Shaheen Lakhan
... usually seen in infancy when the baby’s overall hormonal status is in quite a bit of flux. And although multiple causes of increased prolactin secretion exist, such as from a pituitary tumor or side effect of a medication, men rarely get galactorrhea as a result.So while male lactation is possible, it’s very rare, and almost never physiologic. And ...
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Pituitary gland
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stipeygirl75
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 to learn in dealing with Chiari and EDS. Here is an ...
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