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Cortisol helps to maintain blood pressure, immune function and the body's anti-inflammatory processes.

The severity of symptoms or how a child with McCune-Albright syndrome will be affected throughout life is difficult to predict.

Leukodystrophy refers to a group of inherited disorders that affect the white matter of the brain, which causes loss of normal brain functions.

Hormones can be thought of as chemical messages that communicate with the body and bring about changes.

Hirsutism in women is the excess growth of dark and coarse hair over areas of the body where it ordinarily wouldn’t grow, such as the face and back. About one woman in 10 is affected.

Generally, pituitary tumours are benign and slow growing, and pituitary cancers are extremely rare.

A person with amyloidosis produces aggregates of insoluble protein that cannot be eliminated from the body.

Common causes of fainting include heat, pain, distress, the sight of blood, anxiety and hyperventilating.

Well-managed anger can be a useful emotion that motivates you to make positive changes.

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) can affect a child's normal growth and development, including normal growth of the genitals.