Cushing's syndrome happens when your dog’s body makes too much of a hormone called cortisol. This chemical helps them respond to stress, control their weight, fight infections, and keep their blood ...

Amy Schumer is looking back at how her followers helped her reach a medical diagnosis. Nearly one year after sharing her diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome, a disorder that occurs when your body makes ...

For as long as it has been described, Cushing’s syndrome has presented physicians with a problem. Harvey Cushing first described it in 1932, and the diagnosis, differential diagnosis and treatment of ...

BOSTON — The prevalence of Cushing syndrome (CS) in the United States may be considerably higher than currently appreciated, new data from a single US institution suggest. In contrast to estimates of ...

"I wasn't too familiar with Amy Schumer at first, but now we have this connection," Lynsey Hildebrand, 21, told Newsweek, as she praised the actress for speaking publicly about her recent Cushing's ...

A 36-year-old woman with HIV presented with recent weight gain, marked abdominal striae and proximal muscle weakness. She had a four-year history of type 2 diabetes mellitus that had been well ...

Cushing's syndrome is a debilitating endocrine disorder which results from hypercortisolemia. While endogenous Cushing's syndrome can be caused by an adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH)-dependent or ...

In a total of 242 new obese patients observed in a period of two years, 29 patients, or 12 per cent, of the total group were found to have colored abdominal striae. Twenty-four patients (12 per cent ...