Our plastics are rubbing off on us. Endocrine-disrupting compounds called phthalates, used to make polymer resins softer and more flexible, leach from many plastics and cosmetic products. The ...

Hormones control essential processes like growth, metabolism, mood, and reproduction, but when their balance is disrupted, it ...

Beyond enabling movement, muscle tissue acts as a critical endocrine organ that secretes various factors, known as myokines, therefore influencing systemic metabolic balance. in a recent study ...

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 ...

Your thyroid doesn’t see light, but your brain does. Discover how late-night screen habits confuse your master clock and ...