The pituitary gland may be responsible for a wealth of ailments that go undiagnosed -- but why? Crucial: Professor Chris Thompson of Beaumont Hospital explains that if the pituitary malfunctions, ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES Many of us suffer from fatigue, headaches, infertility and weight gain. Most of us would never think those symptoms could possibly add up to a brain tumor. Pituitary disorders may affect ...

Testosterone is the primary androgen — or male hormone — in your body. Low testosterone affects up to 39 percent ...

The pituitary gland is the size of a pea. It is located at the base of the brain and controls the function of the body’s hormones. Disorders of the pituitary gland are relatively rare. Symptoms are ...

Autoimmune hypophysitis forms part of a spectrum of pituitary disorders characterised by an immune‐mediated inflammatory attack on the gland. Clinically, patients may present with symptoms such as ...

The pituitary gland is a structure located at the base of the brain, which dictates and manages the functions of the majority of other endocrine glands throughout the body. The pituitary gland has ...

Researchers created pituitary glands straight from mouse embryonic stem cells, and then even transplanted the organs into mice, where they worked like regular pituitary glands. The work is an ...