The Pituitary World News Podcast

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.

S1E17: Navigating growth hormone replacement

Our last podcast of this series of four on Growth Hormone touches on navigating through the processes of GH replacement, from screening through testing, the selection of the proper doses, and other important factors.

S1E16: The benefits of growth hormone replacement

Our third podcast in this Growth Hormone replacement series of four covers the benefits you might expect from treatment.  Dr. Blevins also explains his views on the risks involved and touches on the risk/benefit issues related to treatment.

S1E15: Symptoms and signs of growth hormone deficiency

In this second podcast on GH deficiency, Dr. Blevins explains the clinical symptoms and signs of this disorder.

S1E14: Diagnosis of growth hormone deficiency

In this first of a series on Growth Hormone deficiency, Dr Lewis Blevins focuses on definition, diagnosis, and setting the stage for future podcasts on GH Deficiency.  The series will cover the clinical characteristics of the disorder, what happens when you treat it, and how you go about getting started on treatment.

 

S1E13: Prolactinomas

Listen to Dr Blevins insights and approaches to prolactinomas

S1E12: Hyperprolactinemia

In this podcast Dr Blevins discusses Prolactin and Prolactin excess.

S1E11: You asked (session 1)

This is the first in a series of Podcast that we’ll call “You Asked”, where we share answers to your questions.

Through our Facebook page feed we asked you to submit questions for Dr. Blevins.  We hope the answers will be helpful and useful for you to learn and share.   We heard from many of you and chose a few of the questions for today’s podcast.   We left some for future podcasts.  Stay tuned!

S1E10: Insights on Diabetes Insipidus

This podcast focuses on fluid, electrolyte disorders and hyponatremia in a case of a patient with Diabetes Insipidus (DI).