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Links to information on Pituitary Tumors

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Home Sweet Homeostasis

"Homeostasis: a state of balance in the body. The ability of the body to maintain a stable internal environment."

Click on the Brain Tumor Ring of Hope for more information..

Bulletin Boards

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ToMajestic - Message Board for Pituitary Patients available on this website. NEW!! Post a comment or question.....or.... Answer a Question! Your participation is welcomed!

Duggan's Page -Join the Mail Service for Pit Patients!!! See this page for information and to join....its free, and its great! Currently, 175 pit patients belong to the list and we all learn from each other through daily emails and discussions on various pituitary related subjects.

MGH Guestbook - a service provided by Harvard/ Mass. General Hospital...this is my favorite place to contact people with pit tumors. Click on "Guestbook", then "Current Guestbook Log" once you get in! If you can write to one person and let them know everything will be okay, you have truly done a good thing!!

Women Helping Women - health, family and career.

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Chat with Fellow Pit Tumor Owners

America online Chatroom: Category: Life / Pituitary Disorders. 10pm EST, Sundays

Look for me online too! Screen Name: ToMajestic (America Online)

Write to fellow Pit Tumor Owners- This is a group of people that are new to this problem or have been riding the rollercoaster for a while. Email them directly....this is a great way for all of us to meet and support each other!

Steve built this page to share his experience with having a pit tumor as well as his surgery and recovery.

Schedule for Michigan Support Group - Henry Ford Hospital Pituitary Disorders and Support Group meeting schedule on the bottom of this page.

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National / International Organizations

The Brain Tumor Society - support and information on all types of tumors

The Brain Tumor Society - basic information

American Brain Tumor Association - Will send great information to your home, free of charge and a monthly newsletter.

PITUITARY TUMOR NETWORK ASSOCIATION - I don't support the PTNA, but feel their website can lead you to information you can use without buying a thing.

National Library of Medicine (United States)

Internet "Grateful Med" - The National Library of Medicine

Korolinska Institutet - Valuable collection of Endocrine related links

Wegweiser - Support group newly founded in Switzerland. (German and French languages)

Australian Pituitary Foundation - information, research articles and links.

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Major Hospitals / Research

Tillison Research - Assistance for Patients with Brain Tumors

Mayo Clinic

Dictionary for Brain Tumor Patients - Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School

Henry Ford Hospital Research Project - contact Teresa Sullivan at Sully@ismi.net to participate!

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Pituitary Tumors and Weight Problems

Prolactinomas and Body Weight Changes - it took eight months to find this!! Once you get to the MedLink screen, Click Proceed, then search the word "Prolactinoma"

Healthy Weight - How much do you really have to lose?

Sample Survey - 100 People with Pituitary Tumors shared their experience with me

Current Research Projects / Surveys

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Everyone is asked to PLEASE participate in these projects!!

Henry Ford Hospital - department of Neurosurgery: see this page for details on how to participate in this upcoming study. They need the support of as many people as possible...worldwide and locally!!

What is a Pituitary Tumor?

What is a Brain Tumor? - This page explains it well!

What is a Pituitary Tumor? - National Institute of Health

Whole Brain Atlas - Photographs and diagrams of the brain

Background and Symptoms of a Pituitary Disease - PTNA

The Atlas - American Medical Association "Atlas of the Endocrine System"

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Prolactinoma

Too Much Prolactin? - this site explains what happens

Recurrent Pituitary Adenomas - Harvard / Massachusetts General Hospital

Prolactinoma - causes, incidence and risk factors

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Gamma Knife / Endoscopic Surgery/MRI

Gamma Knife - Gamma Knife Surgery Slide Show

MRI - What is an MRI? and info on "Open MRI's"

Endoscopic Endonasal Transsphenoidal Surgery - 50 patients experience

Pituitary Tumor Surgery- a patient's experience and an email address to contact him

Endocrine Surgery - Surgery, thyroid and parathyroid information

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Medications for the Treatment of Pit Tumors

Clinical Pharmacology Online - search engine for just about any medication

The Search Engine for Health and Medicine - this is a great site!

Dostinex (Cabergoline)- Information on the newest drug for treating Prolactinomas

Parlodel (Bromocriptine) - the most info I have found in one place on Parlodel

Hormones

Human Endocrinology - a great place to learn about chemical signals and hormones.

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Other Resources/ Search Engines

Dreamline - Free air travel for children coping with serious illness. Donate your frequent flyer miles to this great cause. The goal is to get 1,000,000 miles the first year...enough to help 40 people.

Healthlink USA - links to information on brain tumors.

Search Endocrine.web - a very useful engine

www.adam.com - this is a site to lead you to Adam software. This is a great program and has really good information on the endocrine system. The program I use is "A.D.A.M. the Inside Story"

Suite 101.Com - this website will lead you to information on many topics, including pituitary diseases. It highlights the "Top 5" sites in each category to make your searching easier.

Patient Information Services - this page is huge and contains tons of info on all kinds of disorders

The Virtual Medical Center - Interesting page covering a lot of topics

Just for Fun! - this will make you smile!!!

Interactive Health Quiz - all kinds of health quizes

Library of Resources - plan on spending the day here, this site contains all kinds of links, everything you can think of . . . Bill Clinton's email address, figure skating, National Parks and tons of health links.

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