I would be so tired in the afternoon, like completely exhausted by one o’clock and I was like, something’s wrong with me,” ...

Researchers from Cambridge and London have completed a study that is a world first of its kind and gives patients an ...

A woman has shared her horrifying ordeal after her "blurry vision" during pregnancy was actually caused by a golf ball-sized ...

Abbie Keet, 24, developed a golf ball-sized tumour and started having eye problems when she was pregnant with her first child ...

Central hypothyroidism is a rare disorder that occurs when an otherwise healthy thyroid doesn't produce enough hormones due to problems that originate in the pituitary gland, the hypothalamus, or both ...

When blood levels of thyroid hormones fall, the hypothalamus (in your brain) releases a hormone (thyrotropin-releasing hormone) that communicates with the pituitary gland. In response, the pituitary ...

The trans-sphenoidal approach to pituitary surgery has been performed for some ... was used to distinguish residual tumor from normal gland and postoperative changes, permitting more precise ...

The condition is caused by the reduced production of hormones in the pituitary gland, a pea-size organ that sits behind the bridge of the nose at the base of the brain. Dr Mok Shao Feng ...

SURGEONS have continually sought an operative approach to pituitary tumors and to the normal pituitary gland that would be maximally effective, safe and innocuous. We have examined in detail the ...

Giant pituitary tumors were defined by a main diameter > 40mm. Macroprolactinomas sensitive to dopamine agonists were excluded. All patients were operated by a single neurosurgical team. After surgery ...

The 26-year-old will undergo surgery on Friday to remove a growth on the roof of her mouth that came back positive for mucoepidermoid carcinoma, a type of salivary gland cancer. "Unfortunately I ...