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Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH)

A group of inherited disorders that affect the adrenal glands, leading to excess androgen production.

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Jan 19, 2026

What are the safety data and drug interactions for high‑dose L‑tyrosine supplementation in people with thyroid disease?

High-dose L‑tyrosine is biochemically plausible to affect thyroid physiology because tyrosine is a building block for thyroid hormones, and multiple clinical sources warn that supplemental tyrosine ca...

Jan 6, 2026

What underlying conditions or hormones can cause macropenis in children and adults?

Macropenis — variously called macropenis, megalopenis or macrophallus in the literature — is an uncommon finding with no single agreed diagnostic cutoff and a heterogeneous set of causes that differ b...