The following is a summary of “Plasma pharmacometabolomics of inhaled corticosteroid-related adrenal suppression in asthma,” published in the March 2025 issue of Journal of Allergy and Clinical ...

Adrenal cancers are much rarer. Certain medications can cause an increase in cortisol levels. Corticosteroid medications can cause high cortisol levels if you take them in high doses or for a long ...

Primary care clinicians are often the most accessible to patients and play a crucial role in the early detection and ...

Steroids are technically called corticosteroids or glucocorticoids. They’re synthetic compounds similar to cortisol, a hormone your adrenal glands produce naturally. Steroids can be taken orally ...

Intranasal corticosteroids are synthetic versions of hormones that are naturally produced in the adrenal glands. Better known as steroid nasal sprays, these drugs come in liquid form that is misted ...

Adrenal glands, responsible for producing hormones that manage the body’s stress response, can sometimes become overburdened. This can result in a commonly seen condition called adrenal fatigue ...

Addison’s disease is caused by damage to the adrenal glands — two small, triangular glands that sit above the kidneys and produce cortisol, aldosterone, and, to a lesser degree, sex steroids.

Adrenal cortical cancer (ACC) is very rare and also known as adrenocortical carcinoma. ACC starts in the outer layer of the adrenal glands, which are next to the kidneys. The adrenal glands are small ...

Kennedy said doctors were seeing “very, very good results” from treating the illness with a steroid called budesonide, an antibiotic called clarithromycin, and cod liver oil, a supplement high ...

A spinal steroid injection—also known as an epidural injection—may only reduce neck and back pain for a few months, according to a recent review by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN). Spinal ...