Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Endo News

Limitations of nocturnal salivary cortisol and urine free cortisol, in the diagnosis of mild Cushing’s syndrome Neither a normal UFC nor a normal NSC excludes mild Cushing's Syndrome. Multiple samples (urine/saliva) and DST are needed to make the diagnosis of mild CS...


Update in Pituitary Disease--Cedars Sinaii Publication (UPDATE WITH FULL ARTICLE), new vistas....in unraveling the challenges of pituitary disease A recent paper, for the first time, proposed the aryl hydrocarbon receptor interacting protein (AIP) gene as predisposing to pituitary adenoma...


Stress hormone impacts memory Cortisol production is controlled by the hypothalamic-pituitary axis (HPA), a hormone-producing system involving the hypothalamus and pituitary gland in the brain and the adrenal gland located near the kidney. People with poorly controlled diabetes often have an overactive HPA axis and excessive cortisol produced by the adrenal gland...

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