The Pituitary World News Podcast

S2E7: DI: 2 cases

In this informative podcast on Diabetes Insipidus,  Dr. Blevins discusses two recent cases.

S2E6: Hyponatremia in pituitary patients

In this very informative podcast, Dr. Lewis Blevins talks about specific situations regarding hyponatremia in pituitary patients so we can be aware of how we might be at risk and better understand our particular situations. Among other topics, Dr. Blevins covers the treatments that might be required should one develop hyponatremia.

S2E5: Central Hypothyroidism

In this extremely informative podcast, Dr. Blevins discusses thyroid hormone replacement and thyroid dysfunction in patients with pituitary and hypothalamic disorders.

S2E4: Acromegaly (part 3), medical treatment

In this podcast, Dr. Lewis Blevins discusses the medical management of acromegaly with the drug "pegvisomant for injection" or Somavert.  This is our third podcast in a series of six on acromegaly and its management.

S2E3: Acromegaly survey results

Our discussion today focuses on the results of our recent acromegaly survey.  This survey was intended for those patients who have been diagnosed with acromegaly based on clinical biochemical and radiographic features.

S2E2: Aggressive Pituitary Tumors

In this podcast Dr. Blevins discusses aggressive pituitary tumors.  Learn what defines a pituitary malignancy and the differences between benign and malignant tumors.    What is an aggressive tumor and what makes it behave that way.  What are the characteristics of those tumors?   How do they grow?  And what about their recurrence rate?  What are some the new developments?

S2E1: Growth Hormone: a candid doctor patient perspective

This fascinating podcast by Dr Lewis Blevins and Jorge Faccinetti goes from discussing athletes taking too much growth hormone, to patients taking to much Growth Hormone, to normal people, perhaps looking for eternal youth and doing a lot of damage to themselves in the process.  Dr. Blevins discusses the science and the art of getting patients to a normal range.

S1E20: Clinical presentation of pituitary disease

In this exclusive Pituitary World News podcast Dr. Blevins discusses the intricacies of diagnosing pituitary disorders.  He talks about how physicians sort through the myriad of symptoms and signs and make clinical decisions about how to proceed.  What goes through physicians mind and what factors they consider as they hear and observe what patients are saying.

S1E19: Reporting from the 2015 Pituitary Disorders, Advances in Diagnosis and Management conference at UCSF

In this podcast, Dr. Lewis Blevins and Jorge Faccinetti discuss the highlights of the conference held in San Francisco in late October.  The program focused on the latest updates and recent advances regarding pituitary tumors and related disorders. The podcast offers a unique Doctor/patient perspective on the subject and an interesting discussion.

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S1E18: You asked (session 2)

This is the second podcasts from our series "You asked" where we answer a few questions posted in Pituitary World News over the last few weeks.  In today's first answer, Dr Blevins focuses on a question about pituitary pathology and labeling indexes shown in pituitary pathology reports.  The second answer deals with the long term effects of steroid treatment on the adrenal glands.