ASK THE GOAT: Cushing's Syndrome
There have been more diagnosed cases of Cushing's Syndrome each successive year in the ultra-running community, and it is starting to raise some flags. What is Cushing's (sometimes referred to as Cushing's Disease or Disorder), and why would it be more …
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Psychiatric symptoms as a clinical presentation of Cushing's syndrome
Cushing's syndrome can present with a spectrum of symptoms; however, it is less recognised that psychiatric symptoms can form part of the clinical presenting features. In the investigations for an organic cause for a psychiatric illness, Cushing's …
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Hyperthyroidism Due to Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Secretion After Surgery for …
Hyperthyroidism Due to Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Secretion After Surgery for Cushing's Syndrome: A Novel Cause of the Syndrome of Inappropriate Secretion of Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone. Daisuke Tamada,; Toshiharu Onodera,; Tetsuhiro Kitamura, …
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Pituitary tumor size not definitive for Cushing's
SAN FRANCISCO – The size of a pituitary tumor on magnetic resonance imaging in a patient with ACTH-dependent Cushing's syndrome can't differentiate between etiologies, but combining that information with biochemical test results could help avoid costly …
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Should Obesity Be Defined as a Disease? The AMA Thinks So
In 2004 Health and Human Services declared obesity a disease and it didn't change anything," he says. "It's not one problem, it's many diseases. The reason for Cushing's syndrome obesity is not the same for Down syndrome obesity, or muscular dystrophy …
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Fundraiser held for Apex girl who died from rare disease
They said doctors first she thought had was weight problem, but months later discovered she had a disease called Cushing's syndrome — when a tumor grows on a gland and produces excessive hormones. Her family said Kiera died from cardiac arrest earlier …
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