The endocrine system consists of glands and tissues that produce and secrete hormones to regulate and coordinate vital bodily functions. This article, the second in an eight-part series on the ...

Ageing is marked by subtle incremental changes in all biological systems, including endocrine ensembles. A central regulator of endocrine axes is the hypothalamic–pituitary unit, comprising brain ...

The major endocrine glands in the human body are the pineal, pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, thymus, adrenals, pancreas, ovaries (female), and testes (male). The endocrine glands do not have any ...

A team of researchers at the IRCM, supervised by Dr. Jacques Drouin, reprogrammed the identity of cells in the pituitary gland and identified critical mechanisms of epigenetic cell programming. This ...

Yes, you can live without a pituitary gland. You’ll need to take hormone replacement medications for the rest of your life to make up for the hormones the pituitary usually makes. Your pituitary gland ...

Circulating Tumor DNA Measurements As Early Outcome Predictors in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Of 222 patients in the study, 189 were evaluable by actuarial analysis, with a median follow-up of 4.4 ...

Pituitary neuroendocrine tumors (PitNETs) are commonly associated with visual disturbances and endocrine abnormalities; however, many patients also experience cognitive deficits, particularly in ...

A new study from Kunming Medical University suggests that hormonal imbalance and gut microbiota alterations may contribute to cognitive decline in patients with pituitary neuroendocrine tumors.