Getting mental health care help for patients with acromegaly

An article in Everyday Health features tips from a marriage and family therapist for people diagnosed with acromegaly on how to cope with the emotional effects of the disease.  The author even recommends the PNA! Read more: https://www.everydayhealth.com/hormones-metabolic-disorders/getting-support-for-acromegaly/

Spinal fractures and Cushing’s disease

An article in Cushing’s Disease News looks at an Italian study that found that vertebral fractures can occur early-on in Cushing’s patients, and were more severe in men and in people with high morning levesl of cortisol.

Read more:  https://cushingsdiseasenews.com/news/spinal-fractures-occur-early-cushings-disease-study-finds/

Pituitary patient misdiagnosed for 20 years

A study featured on Cureus.com presents the case of a 65-year-old woman with a pituitary tumor who was misdiagnosed for two decades. Doctors thought she had primary hypothyroidism and prescrived Levothyroxine. Read more: https://www.cureus.com/articles/464786-thyroid-stimulating-hormone-tsh-secreting-pituitary-tumor-misdiagnosed-for-20-years-possible-effect-of-long-term-treatment-with-thyroid-hormone#!/medications

Study proposes standardized protocol for imaging in acromegaly

A study in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism says that imaging for patients with acromegaly differs widely among medical centers and proposes “a standardized, tiered approach… guided by individual patient features and tailored to the anticipated therapeutic approach. An online tool, which can be adapted to the clinical context, is provided as an aid to decision-making.” Read more: https://academic.oup.com/jcem/advance-article/doi/10.1210/clinem/dgag179/8661978?searchresult=1