Medical Mysteries!
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John David Gordon MD
... roduces a hormone that controls metabolism), abnormal levels of prolactin (a hormone that induces breast milk production), and a ...
Father’s Milk
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Dr. Shaheen Lakhan
... uction of milk by the breast tissue is dependent on the hormone prolactin, which is secreted by the pituitary gland in the brain ...
Annie’s Tumor
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Dr. Kim ..
You remember Annie don’t you? That gorgeous Catahoula girl I am so enamored of? Well, if you don’t here is the last post I did o ...
Pot and cancer tumors
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Jason Schwartz, LMSW
... ecent story about marijuana as a potential treatment for cancer tumors and wondered what to make of it, here's an apparent exper ...
Pituitary Tumors Prolactin-producing tumor - This pituitary tumor, which also is called a prolactin-secreting adenoma, overproduces the hormone prolactin, which stimulates ...
Prolactinoma A prolactinoma is a noncancerous pituitary tumor that causes excess secretion of the hormone prolactin. Prolactin is a hormone that causes secretion of milk ...
HealthCentral Search Results prolactinoma (prolactin-secreting tumor in the brain); intraductal papilloma (a small noncancerous growth in the duct of the breast); ductal ectasia. ...
Pituitary tumor Growth hormone (GH); Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH); Adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH); Prolactin. About 75% of pituitary tumors secrete hormones. ...
Pituitary tumor Bromocriptine or cabergoline are the first-line therapy for tumors that secrete prolactin. These drugs decrease prolactin levels and shrink the tumor. ...
Forum on Women and HIV: High prolactin levels Nov 2, 2001 ... There are many reasons why one can have a high prolactin including tumors as you mentioned. In the previous message I discussed reasons ...
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VEGF-A: a critical regulator of blood vessel growth They found that tumors in animals that received anti-VEGF treatment were growth-arrested, resulting in reduced serum prolactin levels and increased lifespan ...
Rheumatoid Arthritis Reduced childbearing and breastfeeding (which seem to be contradictory) are associated with elevated prolactin levels. In addition, there may be a genetic ...