Adrenal News

Both low-dose and high-dose adrenocorticotropic hormone stimulation tests have similar diagnostic accuracy in identifying adrenal insufficiency; however, the tests have limitations and cannot necessarily rule out the condition, according to research in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Raised evening cortisol levels in adults were predictive of new-onset type 2 diabetes and impaired glucose metabolism 9 years later, according to research in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

The diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency may be made using the serum free cortisol response to cosyntropin as an alternative to serum total cortisol, according to recent findings.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark office recently granted a patent to Strongbridge Biopharma Plc for the company’s investigational drug COR-003 for the treatment of Cushing’s syndrome.

In patients with Erdheim-Chester disease, endocrine impairment is common and patients should be evaluated for these symptoms at diagnosis and during follow-up.

Increased levels of LDL and total cholesterol are often found with high levels of postmenopausal follicle-stimulating hormone, according to recent study findings published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Studies reporting on psychological outcomes after growth hormone treatment for short stature in children include a high risk for bias, in part due to a failure to mask participants in most randomized trials and a failure to control for potential confounding factors, according to a systematic review in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

In identifying primary aldosteronism in Chinese patients, the optimal post-saline infusion test cut-off value was 11.45 ng/dL, according to recent study findings published in The Journal of Clinical Metabolism and Endocrinology.

Women with fluctuating estradiol levels due to entering menopause were more likely to have emotional sensitivity to psychosocial stress, which may contribute to depression when experiencing a stressful life event, according to recently published data.

A high risk for ischemic stroke in men was found with extremely low endogenous testosterone concentrations, according to study findings published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.