What is our Purpose In Life?

Daily, I communicate with a lot of people. I'm in outside sales in the building industry. And the one thing that stands out the most is that, with the majority of people (after the niceties are out of the way) our conversations always seem to turn to a more personal note.

I always have to laugh because while I drive home and reflect on my day; only about ten percent of my conversations with clients were actually to discuss business. The other 90 percent of the time spent with each other is always more focused on their personal feelings and concerns about their life outside of work.

A new study in the Journal Nature Genetics says Cushing's is linked to a genetic mutation that causes overproduction of adrenocorticotropin, a stress hormone. Read more in an article on HealthCanal.com here. Read another article on the subject here.

Touch Endocrinology published an article about the Quality of Life for pituitary patients. We have included part of the information here, to read the full article click here. 

Improving Quality of Life in Patients with Pituitary Tumours

Iris Crespo, Alicia Santos, Eugenia Resmini, Elena Valassi, Maria Antonia Martínez-Momblán, Susan M Webb
US Endocrinology, 2014;10(1):79–83

Abstract: Evaluation of health-related quality of life (QoL) in people with pituitary tumours has received much attention over the last 10–15 years. Most of them show impaired QoL, but little is known about how to prevent impairment or how to improve QoL. Our aim is to review what is known about QoL in pituitary tumours patients and to highlight the areas worth improving, for the patient's well being. The article has four sections: acromegaly, Cushing's syndrome, prolactinomas and non-functioning adenomas. Control of comorbidities is usually an important factor to prevent QoL impairment; however, each disease has specific characteristics that should be properly addressed in order to obtain full patient recovery after successful therapy.

The Pituitary Network Association is always working to provide educational materials to pituitary patients, their families and the health care providers that treat them. We are working on several ways to promote awareness and highlight the need for more extensive pituitary education in medical schools.

As part of our ongoing efforts, we are creating a series of Continuing Education (CE) courses for nurses so they can learn the signs and symptoms of pituitary disorders. This will help reduce the average amount of time it takes for patients to get an accurate diagnosis. Stay tuned for more information on this program in the coming weeks.

Another way that we are trying to facilitate early diagnosis is by petitioning the medical associations to take action. You can help us help you - by signing our petitions. It only takes a few moments; click on the links below and sign these petitions. Send the links and this month's newsletter to your friends and ask them to support the PNA's efforts.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/356/743/864/pituitary-tumors-urge-cap-college-of-american-pathologists-to-use-protocols-for-synoptic-reporting/

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/490/672/146/

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/843/975/749/one-in-5-people-worldwide-have-a-brain-tumor-sign-on-for-yearly-pituitary-screening/

Together we can do so much more!