Reviewed by Felix Gussone, MD. Key Takeaways: Hormones control essential processes like growth, metabolism, mood, and reproduction, but when their balance is disrupted, it can lead to an endocrine ...

The endocrine system is made of glands that produce hormones (chemical messengers), which all have different jobs in the body. An endocrine disorder occurs when your endocrine system produces too much ...

Women who have close family members with endocrine diseases, including type 2 diabetes, thyroid diseases and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), are at higher risk of pregnancy loss, a new study has ...

Osteoporosis—weakening of the bones with age—affects millions worldwide, and this figure is increasing annually as the global population ages. It is associated with the aging, or "senescence," of bone ...

There is no definite answer to whether thyroid disease is curable or just manageable There are a lot of factors that ...

In their study published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society, Dillon and colleagues provide an important population-based assessment of autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) in the U.S. using NHANES ...

Reviewed by Felix Gussone, MD. Your endocrine system is a network of glands that produce and release hormones directly into your bloodstream. These hormones act like tiny, powerful messengers, ...