Sentences with phrase «rare endocrine»

Acromegaly is a rare endocrine disease caused by growth hormone excess.

Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare endocrine cancer with limited therapeutic options and overall poor outcome.

In fact, as I discuss extensively in Chapter 16 of The Whole Soy Story: The Dark Side of America's Favorite Health Food, soy protein isolate and other soy protein products are well - established risk factors for the exocrine type of pancreatic cancer that killed actors Michael Landon, Patrick Swayze and astronaut Sally Ride, but not for the much rarer endocrine type that killed Jobs.

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You should also be aware that it is rare that breast fed babies who have gained more than their normal weight are connected to health conditions such as heart failure, endocrine disorders or renal problems.

In rare cases, failure to gain weight can turn out to be a result of a lung problem, such as cystic fibrosis; a nervous system problem, such as cerebral palsy; a chromosome problem, such as Down syndrome; heart disease; anemia; or a metabolic or an endocrine disorder, such as growth hormone deficiency.

The Endocrine Society issued a Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) for the diagnosis and treatment of two types of rare adrenal tumors — pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas — that can raise the risk of cardiovascular disease and even death if left untreated.

Prof. Dawkins is currently Chair of the National Rare Diseases Coordinating Committee; National Rare Diseases Working Group; and National Neuromuscular Diseases Registry Advisory Group and a member of the Coordinating Board of the endocrine virtual laboratory (endoVL) funded under the National eResearch Collaboration Tools and Resources (NeCTAR).

Addison's disease (also called adrenal insufficiency) is a rare, endocrine disorder where the adrenal glands do not produce sufficient steroid hormones.

It is probably not rare to have a need of anesthetizing small animal patients with common endocrine diseases, such as diabetes mellitus, hyperthyroidism and hypoadrenocorticism.

According to my research, most other endocrine disorders in cats, such as Cushing's disease (hyperadrenocorticism) seem to be relatively rare.