Hormones can be helpful heroes, supporting the immune system and a healthy sleep-wake schedule. But they can also be culprits ...

Sleep is essential for our survival—just like food and water. Yet, almost two out of three people in the US don’t get enough ...

Infertility was once a topic rarely discussed, often surrounded by shame and seen as a problem only affecting women. Today, with increased awareness and the availability of medical advances like In ...

Limbic system and sexual behavior Male sexual behavior is predominantly controlled by the medial preoptic area of the hypothalamus. Gonadal hormones facilitate the release of dopamine in the ...

Your brain makes insulin – the same insulin produced by your pancreas. The same insulin that is not produced in people with type 1 diabetes and the same insulin that does not work properly in people ...

Period loss, or amenorrhea, affects approximately 3% to 4% of women of reproductive age. It can be the body’s response to an ...

Many of your body’s functions are regulated via the endocrine system.   When these hormones become imbalanced, it can lead to ...

Schools require kids to digitalise early – though Prof Manfred Spitzer, a pioneering Neuropsychiatrist, from Germany reported ...

Over a short period in the late 1990s, three groups converged on the discovery of a neuropeptide system, centred in the dorsolateral hypothalamus, that regulates arousal states, influences feeding ...

Alterations in thyroid gland function result from the action of stimulating or blocking autoantibodies on cell membrane receptors. Three principal thyroid autoantigens are involved in AITD.

A goiter is a noncancerous enlargement of your thyroid gland that can affect anyone at any age, but it’s more common in women and those over 40 years old. The most common cause is iodine deficiency.