The pituitary, a small bean-shaped gland at the base of the brain, maintains multiple homeostatic functions including metabolism, growth and reproduction. Most pituitary tumors are adenomas that ...

It involves conditions that damage the thyroid gland itself (called primary hypothyroidism), the pituitary gland (called secondary hypothyroidism), or a part of the brain that stimulates the pituitary ...

Sensory disturbances in the upper limbs as a manifestation of a pituitary adenoma are rare, usually due to concomitant carpal tunnel syndrome, and occur predominantly in Somatotropic Hormone (STH) ‒ ...

(3) After all of the AVP stored in the posterior pituitary gland has been released, a third phase of diabetes insipidus develops if >80-90% of the AVP-secreting neuronal cell bodies in the ...

Usually this condition occurs around age 40 or 50—about the same time as female menopause—and affects ... and more. These symptoms may be caused by a drop in testosterone or may be the result of ...

While you may notice differences in your vagina at any time, these can become more obvious in your 40s and 50s.

"I'm feeling great!" he says now, of successfully beating testicular cancer in 1997 and currently living with a benign and asymptomatic pituitary gland tumor. "I'm 66, and when I think about what ...

Around 2500 Australians are living with a rare chronic condition often missed by doctors. So what is Addison's disease, and ...

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It is important to understanding these changes is even if you are a woman in your 20s, because breast cancer may seem like a concern for older women, but awareness and proactive care in your 20s ...

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