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

A doctor has taken to social media to shed some light on something women need 'dramatically' more of than men, and it's all ...

The thyroid gland produces thyroid hormone, which regulates many of your body’s functions, including metabolism. Kaitlyn Frazier, M.D., a head and neck endocrine surgeon in the Department of ...

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

cortisol is a hormone that plays a key role in the body’s stress response. “When the body senses danger, the brain signals the adrenal glands to make cortisol, which mobilizes the body to resp ...

Hormones are small molecules or peptides that act in signalling between one cell or cell set and another. They are generally involved in high-level processes of an organism such as growth ...

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 ...