Cortisol has been dubbed the "stress hormone" because of its primary role in our biological stress response. But people tend ...

Diagnosis of drug-induced adrenal insufficiency (AI) continues to pose challenges to clinicians, not only due to nonspecific presenting symptoms but also due to the increasing list of drugs that ...

Medically reviewed by Roxana Ehsani, RD Key Takeaways Caffeine consumption raises cortisol levels because of how it activates the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis.The spike in cortisol depends on ...

Research suggests that dogs might have a deeper and more biologically complex effect on humans than scientists previously believed ...

Cortisol is a hormone that naturally occurs in your body, but can cortisol supplements really reduce stress? We asked experts to find out. Joshua Cox-Steib is a sociologist and freelance writer. He ...

Higher biochemical severity scores and younger age were associated with higher risk for adrenal insufficiency following unilateral adrenalectomy.

The researchers conducted the study in order to clarify the role of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) in adrenal suppression. The largest metabolomic study of asthma to date investigated the effect of ...