Medically reviewed by Aviv Joshua, MS, RDN Hormones are chemical messengers that the glands of your endocrine system produce.

After a quick search online or a talk with a friend, you might encounter a condition called adrenal fatigue. It’s becoming ...

A newly discovered line of communication between body muscle and the pituitary gland may play an unexpected role in female ...

A newly discovered line of communication between body muscle and the pituitary gland may play an unexpected role in female fertility, according to a new study. Researchers found that a protein ...

A newly discovered line of communication between body muscle and the pituitary gland may play an unexpected role in female ...

What do you know about the endocrine system? In school, we learned that hormones and the glands that produce them comprise ...

Optical measurements through the skin are challenging because they usually represent averages across the various layers of skin that are illuminated. A study in Nature Metabolism uses a depth ...

Although no single food can improve mental sharpness, focus, and memory, some research shows that a nutrient-rich diet with plenty of omega-3 fats, antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals is important ...

The brain interprets these sensory cues to understand what’s going on outside and inside the body. This allows a person to use their body to interact with their surrounding environment and ...

A man with paralysis who had electrodes implanted in his brain can pilot a virtual drone through an obstacle course simply by imagining moving his fingers. His brain signals are interpreted by an ...

Many non-mammalian vertebrates like fish, however, are known to detect color and brightness with the pineal gland, which is part of the brain. An Osaka Metropolitan University research group has ...

Zebrafish are known to detect color and brightness with the pineal gland, which is part of the brain. How they do so is now being elucidated. We see color because photoreceptor cones in our eyes ...