Feelings of loneliness and hopelessness affect the majority of people with Cushing’s disease, according to a survey conducted by…
Patricia Inácio, PhD
Patricia holds her PhD in cell biology from the University Nova de Lisboa, Portugal, and has served as an author on several research projects and fellowships, as well as major grant applications for European agencies. She also served as a PhD student research assistant in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Columbia University, New York, for which she was awarded a Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) fellowship.
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Articles by Patricia Inácio, PhD
Psychosis may be more common with Cushing’s disease than previously thought, according to a recent U.S. case report…
Being male, having high cortisol levels at the time of Cushing’s diagnosis, and undergoing multiple surgeries were identified as…
The first symptoms of Cushing’s syndrome due to a neuroendocrine tumor in the right lung were severe psychiatric…
Surgery to remove adrenal tumors without taking the entire adrenal gland — given to Cushing’s syndrome patients to lower cortisol…
An 81-year-old woman being treated for a severe and persistent electrolyte imbalance was found to have a tumor in her…
Radiation therapy, which is often used when surgery fails to completely remove a pituitary tumor, led to the development…
Patients with persistent Cushing’s disease may benefit from combining Signifor (pasireotide) with cabergoline, according to the findings of a Phase…
A 31-year-old woman exhibited unusual symptoms of Cushing’s disease following childbirth, but didn’t show some of the disease’s…
Etomidate helped normalize dangerously high cortisol levels in a woman with Cushing’s syndrome who had an adrenal gland tumor before…