The Dark Side of hormone prescription

Kendel, Reichstein, and Hench shared the Nobel Prize in 1950 for the isolation and therapeutic use of cortisone. Hench, a rheumatologist used the anti-inflammatory properties of cortisone to treat rheumatoid arthritis, with dramatic results. Soon afterward, Thorn and Forsham treated adrenal insuffic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Richard J Auchus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bioscientifica 2021-09-01
Series:Endocrine Connections
Online Access:https://ec.bioscientifica.com/view/journals/ec/10/9/EC-21-0039.xml