Sandy Allen—the world's tallest woman, according to Guinness World Records—died on Wednesday (August 13) in the Indiana nursing home where she lived, the Associated Press reports. Allen was 53 years ...

In 1783, Charles Byrne — whose birth name may have been Charles O’Brien — died at 22 years old. During his short life, Byrne struggled with several health conditions including alcoholism and pituitary ...

Pituitary adenomas can occur due to genetic alterations. The known genes involved with pituitary tumours can be seen on Figure 1. Figure 1: Genetic aspects of pituitary tumours The most recently ...

A woman who has one of the world’s worst cases of gigantism has stopped growing for the first in more than a decade, RadarOnline.com is reporting. At 21, Tanya Angus was 5 feet 8 inches tall and a ...

A teenager living with a rare form of gigantism will start the school year off with some new shoes – thanks to the kindness of strangers who first heard his plight on Indianapolis’ WXIN-TV. Shoes had ...

Scientific, technological and medical advances made in the past two decades are leading to more definitive diagnoses, earlier and more effective treatment options and better outcomes for patients ...

While pituitary adenomas usually are not due to an inherited condition, in about 5-7% of the cases they occur due to inherited changes in DNA. There are a number of syndromes known to cause pituitary ...