Radiosurgery in Patients With Acromegaly or Cushing DiseaseRadiosurgery in Patients With Acromegaly or Cushing Disease
A new study reports on the incidence of hypopituitarism after gamma knife radiosurgery in patients with acromegaly or Cushing's disease. Clinical Endocrinology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - May 10, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology Journal Article Source Type: news
FDA rejects Chiasma's drug to treat growth disorder
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has rejected Chiasma Inc's experimental drug to treat adults with acromegaly, the company said on Friday.
Reuters (Source: Society for Endocrinology)
Source: Society for Endocrinology - April 21, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
ACROSCORE: A New and Simple Tool for Diagnosing AcromegalyACROSCORE: A New and Simple Tool for Diagnosing Acromegaly
A novel scoring tool has been developed that may play an important role in the diagnosis of this rare disease. Clinical Endocrinology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - April 19, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology Journal Article Source Type: news
Your Dentist Is More Important to Your General Health Than You May Realize
Most people view their twice-yearly visits to the dentist as little more than a cleaning and a check-up. But in reality, those visits are much more important than you probably realize. That's because your dentist is looking inside your mouth for a lot more than cavities. Plenty of medical conditions -- including some alarming ones! -- manifest in the mouth, which is the part of your body your dentist knows the most about. In fact, it's possible that your dentist is able to alert you of a potentially serious condition long before you even think about going to a primary care doctor. Here's a list of some of the medical c...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Greeks Gone West: The Geneticist Helping To Treat 'Gigantism'
Constantine A. Stratakis - Greeks Gone West by HuffPost_Greece In the third episode of HuffPost Greece's video series 'Greeks Gone West,' we introduce Constantine A. Stratakis, M.D. D.Sc., a tenured investigator in the NICHD, who has been the head of the Section on Genetics and Endocrinology (SEGEN) since its inception in 1999. His work is focused on treating the rare condition of 'gigantism.' The research began with a family who came to the the U.S. National Institutes of Health for treatment for gigantism in the mid-1990s. In that family, the mother and two of her sons all had the condi...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - October 16, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
How Big Could a World Record Pumpkin Get?
This article originally appeared on Inverse. By Ben Guarino Thanks to the efforts of Illinois farmer Gene McMullen, the North American record for the heaviest pumpkin now sits at 2,145 pounds. McMullen's Cucurbita Maxima Brobdingnag is the second greatest pumpkin the world has ever known, trailing only Beni Meier of Switzerland's monster fruit, which tipped the scales at 2,378 pounds in 2014. The most remarkable thing about these overachieving gourds is that their size is not singular: The weight of the massive pumpkin growth has been linear over the past few decades according to an analysis by University of Wisconsin-...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - October 2, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Indian boy with giant hands from local gigantism gets life changing operation
Mohammad Kaleem, eight, from Jharkhand State, eastern India, was born with a form of giantism which has seen his hands and arms grow until they weighed a colossal two stone between them. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 10, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why Were Dinosaurs So Big?
Why were dinosaurs so big?: originally appeared on Quora: The best answer to any question. Ask a question, get a great answer. Learn from experts and access insider knowledge. You can follow Quora on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+. Answer by Marc Srour, Invertebrate Paleontologist Image by MathKnight There is actually no uncontroversial explanation for the as-of-yet unparalleled size of dinosaurs. If you look at the distribution of large sizes in dinosaurs, one distinction becomes clear: the only dinos that were small (less than 1m) were carnivorous theropods. Except for the 70 cm Fruitadens Haagarorum, no herbivorou...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - July 7, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Research Goal: 'No More Giants'Research Goal: 'No More Giants'
A gene linked to 'gigantism' may hold the key to identifying and treating babies who otherwise would grow extremely tall and have shortened life spans. Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology (Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines)
Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines - April 25, 2015 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology Commentary Source Type: news
Funding for nurses wishing to attend ECE 2015
An educational programme for endocrine nurses has been arranged at ECE 2015 in Dublin. It includes a half-day pre-congress course on Acromegaly on Saturday 16 May and 3 dedicated nurse sessions as part of the ECE Programme on 17 and 18 May. There will also be opportunities for networking during catering breaks and poster presentations.
An unrestricted educational grant which can fund up to 55 nurses with a €500 travel grant to attend the Acromegaly course and ECE meeting has been provided by pharmaceutical sponsors; these will be awarded on a first-come-first-serve basis.
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Source: Society for Endocrinology - March 26, 2015 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Chiasma Announces Completion of $70 Million Series E Financing
NEWTON, Mass. and JERUSALEM, Feb. 27, 2015 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Chiasma, Inc., a U.S. privately-held biopharma company developing octreotide capsules, its lead product for the orphan condition acromegaly, today announced the closin... Biopharmaceuticals, Venture CapitalChiasma, octreotide capsules, acromegaly (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - February 27, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Acromegaly Responds to Oral Drug in Trial (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Tradeoff between convenience and lower response rate versus injectable treatments. (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - February 10, 2015 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
New Indications for Somatostatin Analogs
(MedPage Today) -- FDA okayed pasireotide for acromegaly and lanreotide for gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - December 19, 2014 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
FDA Okays Pasireotide (Signifor LAR) for AcromegalyFDA Okays Pasireotide (Signifor LAR) for Acromegaly
The long-acting somatostatin analog pasireotide has been approved for the additional indication of treatment of acromegaly in the US, for patients who don't respond well to surgery or first-line agents. FDA Approvals (Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines)
Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines - December 17, 2014 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Alert Source Type: news
