The endocrine system is the name for the glands that produce hormones in a person’s body. These glands include the thyroid gland, pituitary gland, and adrenal gland. The endocrine system produces ...

The endocrine system is a control system of ductless glands that secrete chemical messengers called hormones that circulate within the body via the bloodstream to affect distant organs. Hormones act ...

Ageing is a process characterized by a progressive decline in cellular function, organismal fitness and increased risk of age-related diseases and death. Several hundred theories have attempted to ...

Endocrine surgery is a way of managing endocrine disorders through surgery. Disorders of the endocrine system involve a network of glands and organs that control and coordinate the body’s metabolism, ...

In a recent study published in Microorganisms, researchers briefly outlined how viral infections trigger endocrinopathies in humans. Viruses can transiently or permanently damage endocrine organs by ...

Fred Hutch Cancer Center and UW Medicine’s Endocrine Tumor Program (ETP) uses an integrated, multidisciplinary team approach to treating patients with thyroid cancer and other endocrine cancers and ...

Endocrine therapy remains a backbone of adjuvant therapy for women with hormone receptor–positive early-stage breast cancer. Numerous studies have demonstrated the benefit of ovarian function ...