Your pituitary is a small gland at the base of your brain. Pituitary disorders develop because of problems with your pituitary gland. A growth (tumor) in or near the pituitary often causes these ...

Until recently, the majority of data on hypopituitarism following traumatic brain injury (TBI) have come from retrospective studies, which did not assess changes in pituitary hormones occurring within ...

For permission requests, please contact NEJM Reprints at [email protected] In spite of great progress in the knowledge of the chemistry and physiologic function of the pituitary hormones no truly ...

Although hypogonadism was the most prevalent pituitary hormone deficiency, non-gonadal hypopituitarism affected 14.5% of patients with prolactinomas. Tumour size was the strongest predictor of ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Boxers may suffer more that split lips, broken noses, and concussions. A new study shows a high rate of dysfunction in the brain's pituitary gland among a group of retired ...

A study investigated pituitary dwarfism in Karelian Bear Dogs and found a link to a variant of the POU1F1 gene. The results can also help understand the gene's significance to the human pituitary ...

Diabetes insipidus causes persistent thirst and frequent urination due to not having enough of the hormone vasopressin. Pituitary tumors and pituitary surgery are two potential causes. According to ...

The pituitary gland is the size of a pea, but it plays a major role in the endocrine system. It is often called the master gland because it controls several other hormone glands in the body. Almost ...

MRIs are an effective diagnostic tool for pituitary tumors. Although MRI scans can miss very small tumors, newer machines are better equipped to detect them. Most pituitary tumors are noncancerous, or ...