Lijun Gao, Hong Huang, Lu Zhang, Ningjing Zhang, Yuzhe Fu, Dalong Zhu, Yan Bi, Wenhuan Feng
南京大学医学院附属鼓楼医院
Gao et al. compared the efficacy and safety of beinaglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogue with metformin in lowering the bodyweight of patients who were overweight/obese and non-diabetic.
Quantification of salivary cortisol is one of the highly sensitive and specific screening parameters for Cushing’s syndrome (CS). However, only late-night salivary cortisol is part of the standard screening procedure. In this study, the authors aimed to analyze salivary cortisol day profiles in patients with different types of CS to test whether specific patterns might be relevant for diagnosis and subtyping.
