We all know something about sex, many know something about hormones but there are some weird ideas floating about where the two of them are concerned. Professor Howard Jacobs tries to give some factual information here.
Osteoporosis is the most common bone disease, affecting one in three women and one in twelve men.
In this condition, the skeleton gradually loses bone material with increasing age, leading to an increase in its fragility. Patients with disorders of the pituitary may be at particular risk of osteoporosis. Before the advent of CT and MR imaging, imaging the pituitary was difficult and often unsatisfactory. Both of these techniques are made possible by the combination of advanced imaging and the arrival of modern computer technology, and together they have made an enormous impact on diagnosis and monitoring techniques. As the head is full of brain and the skull itself cannot expand, there is very little room for the pituitary to expand without affecting surrounding structures.