Obesity and hypertension frequently coexist and are major contributors to cardiovascular disease. 1,2 Beyond hemodynamic and ...

Here are the basic facts about pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID), a common condition in older horses. Also known as Cushing’s disease, PPID occurs when an enlarged and overactive pituitary ...

A closely watched clinical trial in Britain that screened blood for early detection of cancer did not show a reduction in diagnoses at later stages of the disease. By Rebecca Robbins and Gina Kolata A ...

For years hundreds of chemists have been trying to solve one of organic chemistry’s toughest problems: artificial synthesization of a compound with all the biological (and hence medical) properties of ...

Morning serum cortisol is a reliable way to screen for adrenal insufficiency in patients with cancer treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), according to a study published in Clinical ...

Cushing syndrome causes hypertension and increased cardiovascular risk. The hypertensive mechanisms are not clearly defined. We hypothesized that glucocorticoid excess would induce salt-sensitivity, ...

ABSTRACT: Primary aldosteronism (PA), a prevalent form of secondary hypertension, compared with essential hypertension, PA patients exhibit significantly higher risks ...

Comparison of sequential intravesical gemcitabine and docetaxel versus bacillus Calmette-Guérin in the treatment of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer: A meta-analysis. A first-in-human trial of ...