Neuroendocrinology News

A minority of patients display a diversity of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor hormone secretion at tumor diagnosis or during the course of their disease.

A 52-year-old man was referred to our clinic for the evaluation and management of a large pituitary mass.

In ovulating women with obesity, estrogen priming appears to yield improvements in hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis function and proinflammatory profiles, according to recent findings.

An increase in BMI following 6 months of therapy for a hypothalamic tumor in children is a risk factor for mortality caused by hypothalamic obesity, with the risk rising in children diagnosed at age 6 years or younger, according to research in Pediatric Obesity.

Children in early to mid-puberty are prone to evening light sensitivity and suppressed melatonin levels, potentially leading to disrupted sleep patterns after repeated evening light exposure, according to research in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Adults with acromegaly controlled with octreotide therapy achieved normal insulin-like growth factor I levels when assigned Somatuline Depot at extended-dose intervals, according to research in European Journal of Endocrinology.

A 30-year-old man was referred for evaluation of a pituitary mass. The patient reported he was previously well until he developed a severe, unrelenting headache.

Unless symptoms are severe or progressive, conservative management is the recommended choice for primary hypophysitis, according to recent study findings published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

NASHVILLE. Tenn. — In this video exclusive, Maria Fleseriu, MD, FACE, of Oregon Health & Science University, discusses Cushing’s disease with a focus on ectopic ACTH.

Many newborns are exposed to bisphenol A, but healthy, full-term infants are able to quickly and effectively metabolize the chemical, according to research in The Journal of Pediatrics.