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• ❓Can You Help With a Guest Question?
  A guest on the message boards asks: Is it possible to have cushing disease without high blood pressure? they are experiencing a lot of the other symptoms kidney stones, headache, fatigue, joint pain, stretch marks on back, abdomen, arms, breasts, hair loss, obesity in stomach area, potbelly, thin legs, memory issues, thinning of skin, irregular […]
• 🔟 Questions Every Cushing’s Patient Should Ask…
  What specific type of Cushing’s do I have? What stage? What does that mean? What are all my treatment options? Are there any clinical research studies underway for my Cushing’s? What are the studies investigating? On what research are these based? What “phase” studies are they and what do you hope to accomplish?…
• 👥 Register for Cortisol Summit 2025 November 7-8, 2025
  Two days of education, support, and networking at this patient conference held at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, AZ, special thanks for the invitation from Medical Director and Endocrinologist Dr. Kevin Yuen!
• ℹ️ The Difference between Cushing’s Syndrome and Cushing’s Disease
  What is the difference between Cushing’s Syndrome and Cushing’s Disease? Doctor’s Response: Any condition that causes the adrenal gland to produce excessive cortisol results in the disorder Cushing’s syndrome. Cushing syndrome is characterized by facial and torso obesity, high blood pressure, stretch marks on the belly, weakness, osteoporosis, and facial hair growth in females.
• 📰 Challenges of Cushing's Syndrome and Bariatric Surgery
  Cushing’s disease (CD), caused by an adrenocorticotropic hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma, is challenging to diagnose, especially in obese patients post-bariatric surgery. This report discusses a misdiagnosed case of CD in a 42-year-old obese male with hypertension. CD was suspected only after surgery, confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showing a pituitary macroadenoma.