February 2021
Case Study: COVID and Cushing’s
An article in Cushing’s Disease News looks a case study from Japan of a woman who had Cushings and COVID-19 simultaneously. Read more:
Obesity Raises Risk for Pituitary Disease
An article in Healio looks at a study that concluded that adults who suffer from obesity, especially as young adults, have a higher risk for developing a pituitary tumor
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Almost 1/5th of Pediatric Brain Tumors Occur in the Pituitary
An article in Healio looks at a study that found that brain tumors in children strike in the pituitary almost 20% of the time, and that they are significantly more prevalent in girls, with diagnosis most likely to occur in the early teens. Read more:
