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Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have shown that gonadotrophs, cells in the pituitary gland with a key role in puberty and reproduction, come from two different populations, with the ...

The problem of using male anatomy as the default in medicine is that it doesn’t always read across to female bodies.

What do pipe cleaners and duct tape have to do with a college-level anatomy course? Using hands-on demonstrations and ...

Pediatric pituitary adenomas and cysts were incidentally rare and tended to be small, nonfunctioning, and stable among children and adolescents.

This is a summary of “Impact of pituitary adenomas on cognitive performance: a systematic review,” published in the April ...

Nestled underneath the corpus callosum, in the middle of the brain, a tiny, pine-cone-shaped gland sits and spits out melatonin. It’s called the pineal gland, after its shape, and its main job that we ...

The production of ketones, referred to as ketogenesis, plays an essential role in maintaining energy homeostasis during prolonged fasting/starvation, which primarily stems from its ability to serve as ...

SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains major spoilers from “How Do I Live,” the Season 21 finale of ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy.” “Grey’s Anatomy” is no stranger to shocking season ...

(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday it has approved the expanded use of Merck's cancer drug to treat two rare types of adrenal gland tumors. The drug, Welireg ...

(3) After all of the AVP stored in the posterior pituitary gland has been released, a third phase of diabetes insipidus develops if >80-90% of the AVP-secreting neuronal cell bodies in the ...