What Were We Looking At? Cushing’s Disease is caused by a pituitary tumor that constitutively secretes ACTH, resulting in chronically elevated cortisol levels. Excess glucocorticoids are known to be associated with increased adiposity, increased muscle breakdown and insulin resistance; however, the process by which these occur is not well understood. Therefore, we wanted to determine… Read More
Event details: When: Friday, September 18, 2015 Where: Hamilton Eye Institute Freeman Auditorium 930 Madison Ave. 3rd Floor Time: 7:30a.m. – 12:30p.m. RSVP details: Please email utcme@uthsc.edu or call 901-448-5128 by 9/9/15 to reserve a seat. Agenda: 7:30 am Registration and Continental Breakfast 8:00 am Welcome Address and Program Introduction: The Obesity… Read More
Diabetes Mellitus is a disease of absolute or relative insulin insufficiency, i.e., DM1 (absolute) and DM2 (relative). The US now has a very costly epidemic of obesity with enormous negative impact on public health. This obesity very frequently leads to DM2. These patients are usually obese, diabetic, hypertensive, hyperlipidemic and at high risk of coronary… Read More
