The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Neurocrine Biosciences' drug to treat a type of genetic disorder, the ...

“Cortisol is a life sustaining hormone. We cannot survive without cortisol,” Dr. Anjanette Tan, an endocrinologist at the ...

The avian endocrine system consists of a series of glands that produce and secrete substances known as hormones. These steroids or proteins travel through the bloodstream and act as chemical ...

IISER Pune researcher finds how bioactive lipids work in a way similar to hormones to control various processes in the body ...

Fetal growth restriction (FGR) is defined as a pathological in utero growth disorder primarily caused by factors related to ...

Endocrinologist whose insight into how the brain controls the endocrine system shaped our understanding of bodily functions.

The adrenal gland is a small, triangular endocrine organ above the kidney. It is a hormone-producing organ and plays an important role in stress response, electrolyte balance, and blood pressure ...

Hormones are chemical messengers that control a variety of functions in your body. Hormones control almost every aspect of organ function, from metabolism to growth. Sex hormones control reproductive ...

The thyroid gland is part of the endocrine system (along with the adrenal glands, hypothalamus, pituitary, ovaries, and testes, and other endocrine organs). The thyroid gland releases hormones into ...

Scientists have linked a group of chemicals used in fragrances to numerous adverse health outcomes, including insulin ...

This new “super scan” helps pinpoint tiny lumps, called nodules, in hormone glands. These nodules produce a hormone called ...