Cortisol

Adolescents with depression were more physiologically reactive to acute social media use vs. controls, according to results of a prospective, cross-sectional study published in Journal of Psychiatric Research.

Adults with mild autonomous cortisol secretion have a higher frailty index score when compared with those with nonfunctioning adrenal adenomas, reflecting the possibility of cortisol secretion-induced accelerated aging, study data show.

Recent study data indicate that an increased cortisol level may serve as a predictor of mortality in patients with COVID-19. It was the top story in endocrinology last week.