A grant from the National Institute of Health to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will help researchers ...

Patients with acromegaly make too much growth hormone, which causes them to grow disproportionately large bones, organs and ...

The pituitary gland, also known as the "master gland," is responsible for controlling essential body functions and regulating hormone levels. Although it may sound unusual, specific exercises can ...

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

Introduction: The T2-signal intensity (SI) of somatotroph pituitary neuroendocrine tumors (sPitNET) is associated with treatment response and granulation pattern. Our aim was to evaluate SI assessment ...

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 ...

Like pituitary tumors, surgery is typically the first option ... Surgery to remove the adrenal gland with the tumor is the first line of treatment for adrenal tumors. In severe cases, it’s ...

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

When levels are normal, the pituitary gland stops producing TSH. The TSH test measures how much or how little ... It's mostly used to help guide the treatment of thyroid cancer. Thyroidectomy ...