Pituitary conditions

Introduction: Pituitary conditions

Any condition that affects the pituitary gland. The pituitary gland is located at the base of the brain and produces hormones that control other hormone-producing glands. For example it produces a thyroid-stimulating hormone which stimulates the thyroid gland into producing hormones. Some conditions that can affect the pituitary gland includes pituitary cancer, Cushing's syndrome and Addison's disease.

Symptoms of Pituitary conditions

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Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Pituitary conditions:

• Thyroid: Home Testing:
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Medical Textbooks Online about Pituitary conditions

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Pituitary conditions?

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Misdiagnosis and Pituitary conditions

Pituitary conditions often undiagnosed cause of symptoms: There are a variety of symptoms that can be caused by a pituitary disorder (see symptoms of pituitary disorders). For example, fatigue, headache, weight gain, diabetes-like symptoms, and various other symptoms. Pituitary tumors and other similar conditions are not as rare as physicians tend to believe. See introduction to pituitary conditions....read more »

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Causes of Pituitary conditions

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Reseach about Pituitary conditions

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Clinical Trials for Pituitary conditions

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Pituitary conditions include:

• Study of Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone in Normal Volunteers and in Patients With Thyroid or Pituitary Abnormalities - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - TRH (Thyrotropin Releasing Hormone)
• Study to Define Optimal IGF-1 Monitoring in Children Treated With NutropinAq - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Somatropin (rDNA origin)
• Effects of Growth Hormone Administration on Cardiovascular Risk in Cured Acromegalics With Growth Hormone Deficiency - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Genotropin
• Treatment of Adults With Growth Hormone Deficiency - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - growth hormone
• Growth Hormone Administration and Its Effects on Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Growth Hormone Deficient Women - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Genotropin

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Statistics for Pituitary conditions

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Types of Pituitary conditions

• Pituitary cancer
• Acromegaly
• Gigantism
• Cushing's syndrome
• Pituitary amenorrhea (type of Amenorrhea)

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