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Title: Long-Term Survival Benefits of Early Diagnosis, Treatment of Acromegaly.
Publication: Internal Medicine News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2001
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 34Issue: 13Page: 10

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Chapters: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Hypothyroidism, Cretinism, Hyperthyroidism, Hypopituitarism, Acromegaly, Addison's Disease, Growth Hormone Deficiency, Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2b, Adrenocortical Carcinoma, Hyperparathyroidism, Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1, Hypoparathyroidism, Sertoli Cell Tumour, Leydig Cell Tumour, Myxedema, Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumour, Acanthosis Nigricans, Acral Acanthosis Nigricans, Acanthosis Nigricans Associated With Obesity, Insulin-Resistant States, and Endocrinopathy, Acanthosis Nigricans Associated With Malignancy, Saha Syndrome, Familial Acanthosis Nigricans, Hair-An Syndrome, Another Syndrome, Acral Dry Gangrene, Androgen-Dependent Syndromes, Thyroid Acropachy, Acanthosis Nigricans Type Iii, Alopecia-nail Dystrophy-ophthalmic Complications-thyroid Dysfunction-hypohidrosis-ephelides and Enteropathy-respiratory Tract Infections Syndrome, Hyperandrogenism-insulin Resistance-acanthosis Nigricans Syndrome, Multiple Mucosal Neuroma Syndrome, Mucosal Neuromata With Endocrine Tumors, Wagenmann-froboese Syndrome, Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2a, Wermer Syndrome, Pheochromocytoma and Amyloid Producing Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma, Sipple Syndrome, Arrhenoblastoma, Adrenal Carcinoma, Seborrhoea-acne-hirsutism-alopecia. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 248. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Hypopituitarism is the decreased (hypo) secretion of one or more of the eight hormones normally produced by the pituitary gland at the base of the brain. If there is decreased secretion of most pituitary hormones, the term panhypopituitarism (pan meaning "all") is used. The signs and symptoms of hypopituitarism vary, depending on which hormones are undersecreted and on the underlying cause of the abnormality. The diagnosis o...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=754658 ... Read more

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The Acromegaly Medical Guide is a publication which has been designed to better help readers understand Acromegaly . This Qontro Medical Guide has been designed with the reader in mind, and is a useful information source for readers at all levels looking to learn more about Acromegaly . The Acromegaly Medical Guide is highly recommended for those interested in understanding and learning more about Acromegaly . ... Read more

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Includes: Physiology of Growth Hormone Secretion and Action by Felipe F. Casanueva, Clinical Actions of Growth Hormone by Darrell M. Wilson, Etiology of Pituitary Acromegaly by Shlomo Melmed and 11 others. ... Read more

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Avoiding hard-to-understand medical jargon, the four-volume “Gale Encyclopedia of Children’s Health” uses language that parents can understand, while still providing enough depth to benefit today's health science students. The set provides in-depth coverage of pediatric diseases and disorders, along with issues related to physical and cognitive/behavioral development.

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It has been over 100 years since the first patient was treated for acromegaly. In 1893 the rudimentary treatment consisted of raising a skull flap to relieve headaches. The patient died three months later. Treatment is now much more sophisticated, involving a combination of surgery, radiotherapy and drug therapy. The indications for each of these have now become clearer and treatment in the majority of patients is indicated because life expectancy is reduced with active acromegaly. This text gathers many of the world's leading researchers on acromegaly - physicians, surgeons and radiotherapists - to present data relating to various treatments. It also discusses the best methods for treating individual patients with the aim of formulating a rationale for treatment. The book should interest physicians, endocrinologists and surgeons involved in the diagnosis and treatment of pituitary disorders. ... Read more

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Chapters: Hypothalamus, Pituitary Gland, Testosterone, Schizoaffective Disorder, Vasopressin, Acromegaly, Sexually Dimorphic Nucleus, Cortisol Awakening Response, Somatostatin, Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal Axis, Prolactinoma, Hyperprolactinaemia, Supraoptic Nucleus, Autoimmune Hypophysitis, Proopiomelanocortin, Pituitary Adenoma, Allostasis, Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone, Hashimoto's Encephalopathy, Paraventricular Nucleus of Hypothalamus, Arcuate Nucleus, Psychoneuroendocrinology, Posterior Pituitary, Circumventricular Organs, Gigantism, Berta Scharrer, Allostatic Load, Rathke's Cleft Cyst, Subfornical Organ, Sheehan's Syndrome, Ventromedial Nucleus, Empty Sella Syndrome, Magnocellular Neurosecretory Cell, Median Eminence, Pineal Gland Cyst, Organum Vasculosum of Lamina Terminalis, Neuroendocrine, Pinealoblastoma, Pineocytoma, Corticotropin-Like Intermediate Peptide, Pinealectomy. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 218. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Testosterone is a steroid hormone from the androgen group. In mammals, testosterone is primarily secreted in the testes of males and the ovaries of females, although small amounts are also secreted by the adrenal glands. It is the principal male sex hormone and an anabolic steroid. Testosterone is evolutionarily conserved through most vertebrates, although fish make a slightly different form called 11-ketotestosterone. In men, testosterone plays a key role in the development of male reproductive tissues such as the testis and prostate as well as promoting secondary sexual characteristics such as increased muscle and bone mass and hair growth. In addition, testosterone is essential for health and well-being as well as preventing osteoporosis. On average, an adult human male body produces about ten times more testosterone than an ad...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=30983 ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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Acromegaly is a relatively rare chronic disease. Nevertheless, it is life-threatening in its sequelae, for example, hypertension and cardiovascular disease. Since it also has disfiguring properties - especially of the head and face - acromegaly has serious psychological consequences which are reinforced by the awareness of factors such as excessive sweating. It is precisely on these signs and symptoms that Sandostatin R has a rapid effect, thus improving the patient's quality of life as well as counteracting the underlying processes. SandostatinÊ ... Read more

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Chapters: Growth Hormone Treatment, Bovine Somatotropin, Acromegaly, Growth Hormone Deficiency, Hgh Controversies, Saizen, Gigantism, Sermorelin, Jintropin, Mecasermin, Hygetropin, Serostim, Somatomedin, National Cooperative Growth Study. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 82. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Growth hormone (GH) is a peptide hormone secreted by the pituitary gland that stimulates growth and cell reproduction. In the past growth hormone was extracted from human pituitary glands. GH is now produced by recombinant DNA technology and is prescribed for a variety of reasons. GH therapy has been a focus of social and ethical controversies for 50 years. This article describes the history of GH treatment, current uses, risks, and social controversies arising from GH use. Other articles describe GH physiology, diseases of GH excess (acromegaly and pituitary gigantism), deficiency, the recent phenomenon of HGH controversies, and growth hormone for cows. Growth hormone (GH l) is also called somatotropin (British: somatotrophin). The human form of growth hormone is known as human growth hormone, or hGH (similarly ovine growth hormone, or sheep growth hormone, is abbreviated oGH). GH can refer either to the natural hormone produced by the pituitary (somatotropin), or biosynthetic GH for therapy. Cadaver growth hormone is the term for GH extracted from human pituitary glands between 1960 and 1985 for therapy of deficient children. In the U.S., cadaver GH, also referred to as NPA growth hormone, was provided by the National Pituitary Agency, and by other national programs and commercial firms as well. In 1985 it was associated with the development of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, and was withdrawn from use. rhGH refers to recombinant human growth hormone (somatropin). It contains the i...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=622411 ... Read more