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 ...
Cortisol has been dubbed the "stress hormone" because of its primary role in our biological stress response. But people tend ...
The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis recovered in nearly three quarters of patients with Cushing disease (CD) within 2 years after successful trans-sphenoidal surgery (TSS), with a median ...
Dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is a hallmark of major depressive disorder. A number of studies have shown that this dysregulation is correlated with impaired forebrain ...
Research suggests that dogs might have a deeper and more biologically complex effect on humans than scientists previously believed ...
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 ...
Higher biochemical severity scores and younger age were associated with higher risk for adrenal insufficiency following unilateral adrenalectomy.