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  2. Sheehan's syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Other hormone-secreting cells of the pituitary undergo rapid growth in pregnant women as well, which contribute to the gland's enlargement. [10] The anterior pituitary is supplied by a low pressure portal venous system. [15] The anterior pituitary is more commonly affected in Sheehan's syndrome because of the structure of the portal venous system.

  3. Proton therapy - Wikipedia

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    In medicine, proton therapy, or proton radiotherapy, is a type of particle therapy that uses a beam of protons to irradiate diseased tissue, most often to treat cancer.The chief advantage of proton therapy over other types of external beam radiotherapy is that the dose of protons is deposited over a narrow range of depth; hence in minimal entry, exit, or scattered radiation dose to healthy ...

  4. 'Pregnant' for 15 months: Inside the 'miracle' fertility scam

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    In her desperation, she visited a “clinic” offering an unconventional “treatment” - an outlandish and disturbing scam preying on women desperate to become mothers that involves the ...

  5. Fertility fraud - Wikipedia

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    Jan Karbaat, a fertility doctor in the Netherlands, fathered 90 confirmed children and may have as many as 200 children. [25] He died in 2017. In 2021, Norman Barwin, an Ottawa fertility doctor, paid out a settlement of $13.375 million to his seventeen children conceived in his clinic in Canada in the 1980s. A total of 244 former patients and ...

  6. Pituitary adenoma - Wikipedia

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    Pituitary adenomas are tumors that occur in the pituitary gland. Most pituitary tumors are benign, approximately 35% are invasive and just 0.1% to 0.2% are carcinomas . [ 1 ] Pituitary adenomas represent from 10% to 25% of all intracranial neoplasms , with an estimated prevalence rate in the general population of approximately 17%.

  7. Assisted reproductive technology - Wikipedia

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    As a result of the 1992 Fertility Clinic Success Rate and Certification Act, the CDC is required to publish the annual ART success rates at U.S. fertility clinics. [29] Assisted reproductive technology procedures performed in the U.S. has over than doubled over the last 10 years, with 140,000 procedures in 2006, [30] resulting in 55,000 births ...

  8. Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 - Wikipedia

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    Multiple endocrine neoplasia occurs when tumors are found in at least two of the three main endocrine glands (parathyroid, pituitary, and pancreatico-duodenum). Tumors can also develop in organs and tissues other than endocrine glands. If the tumors become cancerous, some cases can be life-threatening. The disorder affects 1 in 30,000 people.

  9. Memory-boosting supplement Prevagen is a scam ... - AOL

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    The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), along with the New York State Attorney General's office, is angling to give a Wisconsin-based supplement company a legal battle it won't soon forget.Their case ...