be valuable. Glucocorticoids are one of three groups of hormones (including mineralocorticoids and androgens) produced in the adrenal cortex, part of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA ...

Liddle syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder caused by hyperactivity of the amiloride-sensitive sodium channel (ENaC) of the principal cell of the cortical collecting tubule. In 1963, Liddle ...

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

Erythropoiesis is a critical homeostatic process responsible for the production of red blood cells, essential for oxygen delivery to tissues. This review provides a brief overview of erythropoiesis: ...

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is a group of conditions that affect your child’s adrenal glands. Congenital means that your child had this at birth, and hyperplasia means that the glands are ...

Hormone replacement therapy remains the cornerstone – glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids for Addison’s disease, levothyroxine for hypothyroidism and insulin for type 1 diabetes. Some caution ...

Also, the relative deficiency of mineralocorticoids may further contribute to systemic hypoperfusion, a subsequent decrease in oxygenated blood delivery to the periphery and further end-organ damage.

Background: The World Health Organization declared that COVID-19 is no longer a public health emergency of global concern on May 5, 2023. Post-COVID disorders are, however, becoming more common. Hence ...