Month: May 2019

📞 Webinar: Adrenal Insufficiency/Addison’s Disease

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Presented by

Irina Bancos, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Endocrinology Department
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Space is limited. Reserve your webinar seat.

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Contact us at webinar@pituitary.org if you have any questions.

Date: Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time

Webinar Description

Learning Objectives:

  1. To distinguish between primary and secondary adrenal insufficiency
  2. To understand the pitfalls of current diagnostic tests to diagnose adrenal insufficiency.
  3. To describe physiological replacement therapy for adrenal insufficiency
  4. To distinguish between adrenal insufficiency and glucocorticoid withdrawal syndrome.

Presenter Bio

Dr. Irina Bancos is the Assistant Professor of Medicine and works in the Pituitary-Adrenal-Gonadal subdivision of Endocrinology division at Mayo Clinic, Rochester. She also serves as Director of the Endocrine testing center. Dr. Bancos received her M.D. from the Iuliu Hatieganu Medical University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. She has completed her Internal Medicine Residency at Danbury Hospital in CT and Endocrinology Fellowship at Mayo Clinic, Rochester. In addition, Dr. Bancos completed a two year research fellowship (Mayo Foundation Scholarship) at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom where she received training in steroid profiling and adrenal disorders. In 2015 she returned to Mayo Clinic, where her clinical and research interests include adrenal and pituitary tumors, adrenal insufficiency, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, Cushing syndrome, and mechanisms of steroid regulation of metabolism. Between 2015 and 2018, Dr. Bancos was the principal investigator and leader of the Transform the Adrenal Practice team at Mayo Clinic. Dr. Bancos has published 77 scientific articles. In addition to clinical practice in the pituitary-adrenal-gonadal clinic, Dr. Bancos enjoys teaching fellows, residents and medical students. She is the principal investigator of several ongoing prospective studies in Cushing syndrome, adrenal insufficiency, prolactinoma, and adrenal tumors. Dr. Bancos currently holds several grants in the field of steroid regulation of aging, metabolism and body composition.

📞Theodore Friedman Webinar on Treatments for Insomnia, June 2, 2019

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Dr. Theodore Friedman hosts Jay Khorsandi, DDS and Barbara Burggraaff, MD from Snore Experts for an important webinar on insomnia

Topics to be discussed include:
• What are the causes of insomnia?
• How do hormone imbalances lead to insomnia?
• What lifestyle changes can you do to help with insomnia?
• What supplements are helpful for insomnia?
• What medicines are helpful for insomnia?

Sunday • June 2nd • 6 PM PST

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Join by phone: (855) 797-9485

Meeting Number (Access Code): 807 924 444
Meeting Password: hormones

Your phone/computer will be muted on entry. There will be plenty of time for questions using the chat button.

For more information, email us at mail@goodhormonehealth.com

🎬 Video: Cushing’s Syndrome – Story of a Patient

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Cushing’s syndrome is a rare disease which affects 65 patients in one million inhabitants of the EU. Cushing’s syndrome is a state where the body is chronically exposed to a high concentration of cortisol.

The signs of the disease are often overlooked. It took 14 years to diagnose Ida with the disease and to start treating it successfully. On Cushing’s Awareness Day, Ida emphasizes the importance of communication between the patient and the doctor.

👥 Register for Johns Hopkins Pituitary Day October 19, 2019!

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The 11th annual Pituitary Day will take place on October 19, 2019  Patients living with pituitary disorders can hear lectures from our pituitary specialists, see movies of pituitary surgeries and hear from other patients about their experience living with pituitary disease and undergoing surgery.

Attendance is free, and patients can bring one guest.

Call 410-955-3921 or reserve your spot by email at pituitaryday@jmhi.edu

More information at www.hopkinsmedicine.org/neurology_neurosurgery/centers_clinics/pituitary_center/index.html