A pituitary tumor is an abnormal growth in your pituitary, which is a small, bean-shaped gland in your head. The majority of these tumors are benign (not cancer) and often called adenomas. Because the ...

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Cancer is a group of diseases characterised by uncontrolled cell growth that can eventually spread to other parts of the body ...

The risk of cancer goes up with age, in part because aging impedes the body's ability to detect and destroy cells with damaged DNA. Aging also comes with cumulative damage to cells; low-grade, chronic ...

In the 1970s, panhypopituitarism was treated by injecting patients with human growth hormones extracted from the healthy pituitary glands of people who had died. At the time, this was common ...

Fearing stigma, looking for "designer children," parents ask for growth shots. Sept. 15, 2009— -- For more than 30 years, Dr. Paul Desrosiers has treated children with growth disorders-- some ...

Boys with autism and related disorders had higher levels of growth hormones than other boys, which may explain why children with the condition often have larger heads, researchers reported on Friday.