This is an interview that I conducted with sci-fi & horror genre actor, Carel Struycken. He is best known and most recognized for his role in the three 1990s “The Addams Family” movies, in which he played Lurch, the giant of a butler for the Addams family (played by Ted Cassidy in the 1960s version). ...
“Acromegaly?” “Yes, it’s a very rare disease, glandular in origin, activated by a defective pituitary.” “Doctor can’t you tell me in plain English what’s wrong with me and how serious it is?” “I’m trying to tell you. You have a glandular disorder, a disorder of the pituitary gland; a disease so rare that medical science ...
Many people assume that high blood glucose levels occur only in individuals with diabetes. However, there are other more unusual causes of high glucose levels in the blood (also called hyperglycemia). Primary causes of hyperglycemia do include type I and type II diabetes mellitus. Type I diabetes results solely from lack of insulin secretion due ...
Do you look at your tongue when you brush your teeth? Do you know that physicians recommend you to use a tongue scraper every time that you brush your teeth? A tongue scraper is very effective in relieving oral malodor caused by sinus dranage. In fact, the latest research associates the bacteria in our mouth ...
One of the most common hormone produced by the pituitary is the growth hormone. The pituitary is a small, pea-sized gland located in a bony area behind the bridge of the nose called the sphenoid bone. The growth hormone produced by the pituitary gland is responsible for the growth of different body cells including muscles ...
