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  1. Stretch marks - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

    Cortisol is a hormone produced by the adrenal glands. It weakens elastic fibers in the skin.

  2. Exercise and stress: Get moving to manage stress - Mayo Clinic

    For most healthy adults, the Department of Health and Human Services recommends getting at least 150 minutes of moderate aerobic activity or 75 minutes of ...

  3. SPI-62 as a Treatment for Adrenocorticotropic Hormone-dependent Cushing’s Syndrome - Mayo Clinic

    Cushing's syndrome is caused by an excess of cortisol, a hormone produced by the adrenal glands. SPI-62 has the potential to reduce symptoms associated with ...

  4. Cushing Syndrome Clinical Trials

    Endogenous Cushing's syndrome resulting from cortisol overproduction by the adrenal glands is the subject of this protocol. Patients with exogenous Cushing's ...

  5. Collaboration that changes lives - Mayo Clinic News Network

    Laboratory tests of Elyn's saliva and urine confirmed high cortisol levels. An MRI revealed why: Elyn had a noncancerous tumor on her pituitary gland. Located ...

  6. A Study to Learn More about Using Sensor Data-Streams and Salivary Cortisol Measurements for the Detection of High and Low-levels of Mental Stress - Mayo Clinic

    A Study to Learn More about Using Sensor Data-Streams and Salivary Cortisol Measurements for the Detection of High and Low-levels of Mental Stress.

  7. Corticobasal degeneration (corticobasal syndrome) - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Learn about this rare disease that affects brain cells. The disease can make it hard to speak, move and think.

  8. Importance of prompt treatment for severe hypercortisolism secondary to ectopic Cushing syndrome: Cases from the endocrine teaching clinics

    However, the serum cortisol concentration after an overnight 1-mg dexamethasone suppression test was markedly abnormal at 88 mcg/dL, prompting referral to ...

  9. Hydrocortisone (oral route) - Mayo Clinic

    Hydrocortisone is a corticosteroid (cortisone-like medicine or steroid). It works on the immune system to help relieve swelling, redness, itching, and allergic ...

  10. Mayo Clinic Minute: How weighted blankets may lift anxiety

    "A decrease of cortisol, which is sort of our stress hormone, and an increase of serotonin and dopamine — two neurotransmitters that really affect our mood," Dr ...