* World News Quick Take Oct 30, 2009
Montse Ventura, 55, said a woman sitting opposite her on a Barcelona bus nine months ago saved her life by telling her to have tests for acromegaly X a disorder resulting from an excess of growth hormone. She had no idea what the woman was talking about, but accepted a piece of paper where the woman had written down the names of two clinical tests. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Turner Classic Movies & Universal Studios Home Entertainment Team Up to Offer Made-to-Order DVDs of Rare Films Oct 29, 2009
House of Horrors (1946) - The legendary Rondo Hatton, whose acromegaly deformed his face and made him a frequent Hollywood villain, marked one of his last roles with this offbeat film. Martin Kosleck plays a mad artist who, after saving Hatton and making a bust of his face, uses the disfigured hulk to murder art critics. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Clues To Gigantism Provided By Family In Borneo Mountains Aug 25, 2009
24, 2009) An indigenous family living in a mountainous area of Malaysian Borneo helped Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) researchers to discover information about genetic mutations associated with acromegaly, a form of gigantism that often results in enlarged hands, feet, and facial features ... Researchers located a 31-member aboriginal family that included individuals with acromegaly living in a mountainous region of Borneo, Malaysia when the effects of the family patriarch s growing... (Science Daily)
Giant feet, hands? Blame the genes Aug 24, 2009
The discovery could lead to better screening for the disease, acromegaly, which stems from a benign pituitary gland tumour that can be deadly if left untreated, but which is difficult to detect until later stages when features become pronounced. Researchers located a 31-member aboriginal family that included individuals with acromegaly living in a mountainous region of Borneo, Malaysia when the effects of the family patriarch's growing pituitary tumour necessitated medical treatment ...... (India Times, India)
The Endocrine System - Glands and H... Aug 11, 2009
Growth hormone results in acromegaly. Cortisol results in Cushing syndrome. (Suite101.com)
The Greatest Drunk on Earth, Richard English, Modern Drunkard (2006) Aug 5, 2009
Shortly after his birth, he was diagnosed with a rare glandular disease, acromegaly, which caused his body to over-produce growth hormones ... Giants are not made long for this world, and toward the end of his life injuries and health problems caused by the acromegaly caught up with Andre. (Harper's Magazine)
Woman With Rare Illness Weighs 476 Lbs., Stands 6'6 Jul 25, 2009
Angus, who appeared on in June, lives in Nevada and suffers from a condition known as acromegaly, also referred to as gigantism. At 20-years-old, Angus stood 5-foot, 11-inches and weighed just 115 pounds, but her height and her weight soon started to spiral out of control. (Fox News)
Shes 6-foot-6, 480 pounds and still growing Jun 24, 2009
Today, at 30, the rare disorder acromegaly has made her 6-foot-6 and 480 pounds ... June 23: Tanya Angus tells TODAYs Meredith Vieira about her battle with a rare, life-altering chronic growth dysfunction called acromegaly ... TODAYJune 23: Tanya Angus tells TODAYs Meredith Vieira about her battle with a rare, life-altering chronic growth dysfunction called acromegaly. (MSNBC -- Health)
Aldrins journey from moon to alcoholism Jun 24, 2009
Buzz Aldrins journey from moon to alcoholism - Biography and memoirs. Buzz Aldrins journey from moon to alcoholism. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Video: Data on More Than 15 Novartis Oncology Compounds at ASCO Highlight Progress Toward Targeted Therapies for Diverse Tumor Types May 28, 2009
Sandostatin LAR is a long-acting, injectable depot formulation of octreotide acetate, that is approved for the treatment of acromegaly, diarrhea/flushing episodes associated with advanced carcinoid tumors and profuse watery diarrhea associated with VIP-secreting tumors ... In addition, octreotide substantially reduces and in many cases can control growth hormone and/or normalize IGF-1 levels in patients with acromegaly, a disease caused by a GH-secreting pituitary adenoma. (PR Newswire)
