Endocrine Society experts encouraged more widespread screening for a common hormonal cause of high blood pressure known as ...

Using this model, they uncovered the molecular mechanisms behind the "renal counterbalance" phenomenon, a process where the ...

Hormone levels fluctuate like the tides, ebbing and flowing according to carefully orchestrated cycles. These hormones not only influence the body, but can cross into the brain and shape the ...

If cortisol stays elevated consistently, the blood-sugar spike it sets off can lead to weight gain around the midsection. It can also keep you up at night; people with persistently higher cortisol ...

Discover what recent studies say about the cognitive impact of short-term hormone therapy during menopause.

A paracrine hormone of skeletal muscle acts as an endocrine signal for the synthesis of a sex hormone. Scientists at McGill University have observed in mice how myostatin, which inhibits the ...

It is pertinent to inquire whether adrenomedullin inhibits the action of pressor hormones other than angiotensin II. Accordingly, Charles and colleagues (13) constructed angiotensin II/blood pressure ...

We evaluated the effects of angiotensin-(1-7) (Ang-(1-7)) on post-ischemic function in isolated hearts from adult male Wistar rats perfused according to the Langendorff technique. Local ischemia was ...

Male hormones (androgens), as their name implies, have an important role in promoting the formation of male sexual characteristics (secondary sexual characteristics). In addition, androgens have ...

Hormone imbalances occur when your body produces too much or too little of a certain hormone. They can also occur if your body doesn't respond to hormones.

Thyroid hormone plays a key role in regulating a range of physiologic functions, including metabolism, temperature, heart rate, and growth. It accomplishes this impressive array of activities by ...