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Nov 27, 2024 | 
cushingsdiseasenews.com | Esteban Cerezo |Patricia Inacio |Jessica Bracy |Andrea Lobo
The diagnosis of a 33-year-old woman with Cushing’s disease was delayed due to the presence of mild, nonspecific symptoms, a tumor in the adrenal glands, and normal blood levels of the adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), according to a new case study. The woman’s move from Canada to the U.K. also complicated her diagnosis and treatment, the researchers noted.
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May 27, 2024 | 
cushingsdiseasenews.com | Noura Costany |Catarina Louro-Matos |Jessica Bracy |Paris Dancy
Since my diagnosis with Cushing’s disease in 2020, I’ve felt more alone than ever. My friends and family are very loving, and they want to understand, but I’ve needed to connect with people who have been through the same health challenges. Finding others who are chronically ill has been imperative for my mental health. I’ve met incredible people through my work at BioNews, the publisher of this website, and on social media.
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May 22, 2024 | 
cushingsdiseasenews.com | Steve Bryson |Andrea Lobo |Jessica Bracy |Patricia Inacio
About 80% of people with recurrent Cushing’s disease who underwent a second surgery to remove tumors from the brain’s pituitary gland achieved remission, according to a real-world study.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
cushingsdiseasenews.com | Noura Costany |Jessica Bracy
Having Cushing’s disease has changed me in a thousand ways. In some ways, I’m better off. I’m kinder, I have an amazing community full of chronically ill friends, and I’ve become an advocate for people with Cushing’s. In other ways, my life is worse. I’m in constant pain, I have brain fog all the time, and some days I can barely function. My illness isn’t a secret, but that doesn’t mean everyone knows about it. On several occasions I’ve felt the need to “come out” about being sick.
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Apr 22, 2024 | 
cushingsdiseasenews.com | Noura Costany |Jessica Bracy |Brandy Moody
Living with Cushing’s disease is a daily battle. With insomnia, weight gain, vision problems, and bone density issues, managing my symptoms takes up a large part of my day, every day. Cushing’s disease can be debilitating; it can take over both my physical and mental health if I let it. That’s why it’s so important for those of us with Cushing’s to take care of ourselves and celebrate our strength.
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Mar 15, 2024 | 
cushingsdiseasenews.com | Margarida Maia |Noura Costany |Teresa Carvalho |Jessica Bracy
Doctors should suspect Cushing’s syndrome when they see patients with purple stretch marks and metabolic conditions such as diabetes, even if those symptoms aren’t the reasons for a medical visit, physicians in Japan wrote in a case study describing how they reached that diagnosis for a woman in her early 30s.
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Jan 26, 2024 | 
cushingsdiseasenews.com | Marisa Wexler |Jessica Bracy |Noura Costany |Andrea Lobo
Two unusual cases of Cushing’s syndrome caused by pancreatic tumors that had spread to the liver were described in a recent report, highlighting the importance of assessing the presence of Cushing’s in people with pancreatic tumors who continue to show signs of the disorder. The disorder, called ectopic ACTH syndrome (EAS), “is an emergency endocrine disease requiring an urgent response,” researchers wrote.
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Jan 17, 2024 | 
cushingsdiseasenews.com | Andrea Lobo |Steve Bryson |Jessica Bracy |Patricia Inacio
More biomarkers are necessary for the differential diagnosis of Cushing’s syndrome subtypes in children and adolescents, as well as to predict disease progression more effectively — allowing for quicker and less invasive assessments of patients. That’s according to the results of a new, large, observational study, which also reported on data on the prevalence of Cushing’s-related health complications in pediatric patients, together with their long-term outcomes.
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Jan 8, 2024 | 
cushingsdiseasenews.com | Noura Costany |Jessica Bracy |Patricia Inacio
When I first started to experience Cushing’s disease, I had no idea what was happening to my body. Doctors blamed my symptoms on depression, anxiety, polycystic ovary syndrome, eating issues, and more. I thought I was going crazy, until I finally learned about Cushing’s disease. After that, it felt like something had finally clicked in my head. Finally, a word existed to describe what I’d been experiencing.
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Jan 5, 2024 | 
cushingsdiseasenews.com | Andrea Lobo |Jessica Bracy |Noura Costany |Patricia Inacio
A 27-year-old woman in China has become the first reported case of an adult developing ectopic Cushing’s syndrome as a result of a rare yolk sac tumor in the pancreas producing high levels of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) precursors, according to researchers. A yolk sac tumor is a rare, malignant tumor that arises in cells that line the yolk sac — a tissue attached to the embryo that’s required for early blood supply during pregnancy — which later form reproductive organs.
