Your pituitary is a small gland at the base of your brain. Pituitary disorders develop because of problems with your pituitary gland. A growth (tumor) in or near the pituitary often causes these ...

Benign pituitary tumors are not cancerous but can still cause problems if they compress your brain tissue or optic nerves. Some can lead to the under- or overproduction of certain hormones. Your ...

Hypopituitarism is a health condition in which there is a reduction in the production of hormones by the pituitary gland. The pituitary gland is located at the base of the brain and is responsible for ...

Patients with hypopituitarism should have their hormone levels restored as close to physiologic levels as possible, while taking into account potential interactions between hormones and other ...

Researchers have successfully used human stem cells to generate functional pituitary tissue that secretes hormones important for the body's stress response as well as for its growth and reproductive ...

Researchers have found that thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), a hormone produced in the anterior pituitary gland that regulates endocrine function in the thyroid gland, can promote bone growth ...

A tumor in your pituitary gland can disrupt hormones throughout the body. Weight loss after pituitary tumor surgery can be the natural result of hormones finding balance again. Pituitary tumors are ...

Above and behind the mouth cavity, tucked into a cradle of bone at the base of the human brain, lies a reddish nugget of tissue, no bigger than a big pea in normal adults—the pituitary gland. Galen, ...

A pituitary adenoma is a benign tumor in the front part of the pituitary gland. Doctors categorize these tumors by size, with the smallest type called pituitary microadenoma. Pituitary adenomas are ...