PORTLAND, Ore. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – It’s only the size of a pea, but the pituitary gland is so important it’s often called the body’s master gland. So when it doesn’t work right, big problems, ...

Autoimmune hypophysitis forms part of a spectrum of pituitary disorders characterised by an immune‐mediated inflammatory attack on the gland. Clinically, patients may present with symptoms such as ...

Volunteering once a week at the gift shop in Overlake Hospital becomes harder and harder for Sharon Zuvula. The 75-year-old Bellevue resident copes day by day with symptoms related to Acromegaly, a ...

Jim Pritchard knows if he doesn't pay attention, his garden will grow out of control. The same could have happened with Pritchard's health. "If I had let it go too much longer, it could have pressed ...

It’s only the size of a pea, but the pituitary gland is so important it’s often called the body’s master gland. So when it doesn’t work right, big problems literally and figuratively arise. Jim ...

He won gold in the 1984 Winter Olympics and since then his winning attitude hasn’t faltered, even as he faced the diagnosis of a tumor at the base of his brain. Now, figure skater Scott Hamilton is ...

In this report, we present an adolescent patient with a 46,XY karyotype and phenotypically female genitalia secondary to campomelic dysplasia who presented with primary amenorrhea. This patient is ...

The literature states that PITUITARY APOPLEXY is a rare disorder; however, a new study by Nielsen and colleagues suggests that the disorder occurs more frequently than previous reports indicate. In ...

Tanya Angus has the worst case of acromegaly in the world, baffling doctors. Aug. 31, 2012— -- For the first time in a decade Tanya Angus, who is fighting a life-and-death battle against ...

The hypothalamus (pronounced hai-puh-tha-luh-muhs) is a gland in your brain that controls your hormone (endocrine) system. It's sort of like your body's thermostat; it receives signals from other ...

Phase II Study of WEE1 Inhibitor AZD1775 Plus Carboplatin in Patients With TP53-Mutated Ovarian Cancer Refractory or Resistant to First-Line Therapy Within 3 Months After a median follow-up of 6.6 ...