Neurocrine Biosciences won Food and Drug Administration approval late Friday for the first new treatment for an adrenal disease in decades.

The field of molecular and biochemistry diagnostics of adrenal tumors is rapidly evolving, driven by the need to accurately diagnose and manage these complex conditions. Adrenal incidentalomas, which ...

“Cortisol is a life sustaining hormone. We cannot survive without cortisol,” Dr. Anjanette Tan, an endocrinologist at the ...

Dr. Hatipoglu may then want to do testing such as a milligram dexamethasone suppression test (which measures whether cortisol secretion by the adrenal gland can be suppressed) or a 24-hour urine ...

Feeling overwhelmed by stress? Maybe you're tossing and turning at night, or perhaps you're sleeping too much. Your ...

Some patients with critical illnesses appear to have inadequate adrenal responses to stress, because their serum total cortisol does not rise to expected levels. But most serum cortisol is bound ...

See which test fits you best ... The two small glands above your kidneys — your adrenal glands — make cortisol. Cortisol levels vary throughout the day. They’re typically highest when ...

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SpaceX’s Starship rocket will be launched for a sixth test flight next week, the latest experiment by the Elon Musk-owned aerospace firm to create reusable spacecraft after a previous test ...

These factors include some medications, alcohol, caffeine, adrenal gland tumors ... Thankfully, you can consult a physician and test your cortisol levels. Ruling out such illnesses, however ...