QUOTE FOR THURSDAY:

“With Cushing disease, the pituitary gland releases too much ACTH. ACTH stimulates production and release of cortisol, a stress hormone. Too much ACTH causes the adrenal glands to make too much cortisol. It can be exogenous or endogenous.”

US library of medicine (Medline Line Plus – NIH.government).

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