Oxytocin promotes love, and relationships and also benefits your health. But scientists say there is a dark side to this ...

Valentine's Day is all about the hearts: heart-shaped chocolates, cards, balloons and even pizza. But the heart hasn't always ...

Medically reviewed by Aviv Joshua, MS, RDN Hormones are chemical messengers that the glands of your endocrine system produce.

Chronic stress leads to obesity and increased cancer risk, but regular exercise and intermittent fasting can help break this ...

The hypothalamus integrates neurohormonal signaling from gut and adipose tissue. Specific hypothalamic nuclei, including the dorsomedial nucleus (DMN), paraventricular nucleus (PVN) and ...

The arcuate nucleus (ARC) in the hypothalamus and area postrema in the brainstem have direct access to circulating hormones relaying information about satiety, adiposity and caloric intake.

Hormone replacement therapy, which was a routine treatment until 2002, is widely passed over, owing to a misinterpreted study 1 that prompted fear of its use. The outlook for managing menopause is ...

There are two brain structures that regulate cortisol production: the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland. When cortisol levels are insufficient, the brain releases stimulating hormones ...

Researchers from the University of Tasmania have provided new insights into auxin, a master plant hormone, and its vital role in starch production—the powerhouse of the world's most important crops.

It’s estimated that nearly 5% of Americans above the age of 12 live with hypothyroidism, a condition that occurs when the body experiences a deficit of thyroid hormone. The thyroid gland ...