Adrenal Disorders

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Cardiometabolic Risk

Adrenal Tumors Can Cause Severe Hypertension and Diabetes

06/23/2016

Rashmi Roy, MD, FACS, endocrine surgeon for the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro, outlines how adrenal tumors can cause patients to display symptoms of hypertension and diabetes.

06/23/2016

Research Summaries

Primary Aldosteronism

Aldosteronism Testing Is Rare, Despite Guidelines

01/04/2021

Despite guideline recommendations, evidence suggests there is inadequate testing for primary aldosteronism among patients with treatment-resistant hypertension. In a recent study, researchers examined the...

01/04/2021

Endocrinology

FDA Approves New Drug for Cushing Disease

03/09/2020

The new treatment is the first FDA-approved drug to address the overproduction of cortisol in Cushing disease by blocking the enzyme known as 11-beta-hydroxylase and preventing cortisol synthesis.

03/09/2020

Primary Aldosteronism

AF in Primary Aldosteronism: What Treatment Strategies Could Lower Incidence?

03/03/2020

Researchers aimed to determine whether target treatment to prevent new-onset atrial fibrillation was effective among patients with primary aldosteronism compared with controls with essential hypertension. ...

03/03/2020

Hormones

"Nonfunctional" adrenal tumors tied to increased diabetes risk

08/04/2016

By Marilynn Larkin NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Benign, so-called "nonfunctional" adrenal tumors may increase the risk of type 2 diabetes, researchers report.

08/04/2016

Endocrinology

Nuclear medicine helps localize tumor in ectopic Cushing's syndrome

07/23/2015

<p>Nuclear medicine imaging significantly improves the ability to localize the tumor in ectopic Cushing's syndrome, according to a new systematic review.</p>

07/23/2015

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