Glenwood, MN - Hormones do much more than regulate monthly cycles or menopause. They influence mood, energy, sleep, ...

Hormones are chemical messages that send signals throughout the body. They work slowly and affect body growth, development, metabolism, sexual function, mood, and other functions. Many medications are ...

More than 500 million people worldwide suffer from diabetes. Roughly 2.6 billion are overweight. Something that both groups have in common is that the hormone insulinhormones does not work nearly as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you have Type 1 diabetes, you need to use insulin, a hormone normally produced in the pancreas, because your body doesn't ...

UC Davis chemist Marie Heffern is pioneering a new field, metalloendocrinology, exploring how metals such as iron, zinc and copper influence hormones. (Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis) Metals such as zinc, ...

New Joslin-led study uncovers role of appetite-related melanin concentrating hormone (MCH) in the brain to beta cell growth and insulin secretion. Findings may lead to treatments that stimulate ...

“Insulin injections remain a daily burden for many patients,” said Associate Professor Shingo Ito. “Our peptide-based ...

Every cell in your body responds to the hormone insulin, and if that process starts to fail, you get diabetes. In an unexpected finding, scientists at Joslin Diabetes Center have identified four ...

Gynaecologist Dr Thaïs Aliabadi, or 'Dr A', has revealed how to 'reverse' one hormonal problem that impacts millions of women ...

The prevalence of diabetes, a condition related to the body’s inability to appropriately produce a hormone called insulin, has been steadily increasing worldwide over the last 30 years. According to ...

Belly fat, sometimes referred to as core obesity or abdominal adiposity in medical terminology, is becoming a major worry for many people. Understanding how to tackle belly fat. According to Dr ...

Metals such as zinc, copper and chromium bind to and influence a peptide involved in insulin production, according to new work. The research is part of a new field of 'metalloendocrinology' that takes ...