Pituitary Awareness Week: 20-27 July 2008

Pituitary Awareness Week (PAW) is staged each July and features a series of activities in each state, usually at major city hospitals.
 
The week aims to:
 
- Raise awareness and understanding of pituitary disorders
- Provide education and information about pituitary disease and encourage early medical 
consultations, diagnosis and treatment 
- Encourage health professionals to recognise, accurately diagnose and appropriately refer 
patients for specialist treatment
- Improve understanding of pituitary disorders among patients, their families and carers to 
boost long-term self-management and the quality of life
 
Activities include information seminars, displays and media publicity. Most events are free.
 
Details may be obtained from the Australian Pituitary Foundation site.
 
HealthInsite has a topic page on Pituitary Hormones.

Created July 21 2008

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