Office of Research on Women's Health Symposium on Family Hormonal Health: Understanding Pituitary Disorders and Planning for Future Research

摘要

The Office of Research on Womens Health (ORWH), in collaboration with the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the National Naval Medical Center, and the Pituitary Network Association, convened a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Symposium on Family Hormonal Health to discuss the impact of pituitary disorders, both from the scientific perspective of an internationally recognized group of experts and from the personal viewpoint of three patients. Overall, the goals of the meeting were to increase awareness and scientific understanding of the nature of pituitary disorders: to improve early diagnosis, to disseminate knowledge of state-of-the-art treatments, and to encourage collaboration among scientists and funders of research to determine the best way to proceed in order to improve treatment options and the quality and length of life for both men and women.