When a 22-year-old woman arrived at ESIC Model Hospital in Bengaluru with suicidal thoughts, doctors initially suspected a psychiatric condition. But what emerg ...

Cushing’s syndrome is a hormonal condition defined by high cortisol levels, which can lead to insulin resistance that resembles type 2 diabetes. Weight gain, particularly around the midsection ...

Patients with Cushing's disease treated with bilateral adrenalectomy are also at risk for Nelson's syndrome (corticotroph tumor progression) which occurs in up to 50% of the patients. [1, 11, 19 ...

Clinical features of Cushing's syndrome also improved. The most significant adverse event was hyperglycemia with HbA1c increasing from 5.8 ± 0.2 to 6.7 ± 0.3% (p < 0.01). [60] ...

Cushing's syndrome: A condition resulting from prolonged exposure to high cortisol levels, either endogenous or exogenous. Hypercortisolaemia: An excess of cortisol in the bloodstream, leading to ...

The US FDA has approved a new orphan drug to treat patients with Cushing’s disease who cannot be helped through surgery. Novartis’ Signifor (pasireotide diaspartate) injection has been ...

Understanding the root causes and appropriate interventions is essential for effective and culturally sensitive hair growth management.

When women have high testosterone, the primary hormone in people assigned male at birth, it is medically known as hyperandrogenism. Underlying health conditions, medication side effects, or ...

The Cushing’s disease group comprised 54 patients with Cushing’s disease (including 12 males; mean age 41 years; with 64.8% of this population with controlled arterial hypertension – mean blood ...

Billy Joel’s first wife Elizabeth Weber offered well-wishes to her ex, whom she was married to from 1973 to 1982, following his recent brain disorder diagnosis.

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