Patients with obesity sometimes have leptin resistance, and the "full" feeling does not get through to the brain. The new ...

Obesity is known to increase the risk of many serious diseases, including diabetes, heart disease, and certain types of ...

Obesity increases the body's need for insulin, forcing cells in the pancreas known as beta cells to ramp up insulin ...

Study finds childhood PFAS exposure, especially PFOA, linked to lower adolescent bone mineral density and possible higher ...

In addition to new medications to treat this enzyme deficiency, research is underway on easier hormone sampling and fixing the gene mutation that causes CAH.

Men have nipples, mammary glands and the hormones required, but the ability for male lactation rarely turns on. Here’s why evolution mostly suppresses it.

For years, researchers have suspected that a hormone called relaxin could be an effective treatment for certain ...

Microglia (immune cells) and the RANK protein are essential for triggering puberty and maintaining fertility in the brain.

Once absorbed by the body, EDCs — doppelganger hormones — have free rein to decrease or increase normal hormone levels, or alter natural hormone production. Thus, EDCs thrift Hermes’ messenger bag and ...

The kick-off signal for puberty begins in the brain. Specifically, in the hypothalamus, where specific neurons release a hormone that activates the hypophysis, at the base of the skull, which then ...

A new study suggests that growing up in poverty accelerates biological development. For adolescent girls, this early onset of ...

During AY2025-2026 the CUNY Office of Research funded 16 Research in the Classroom (RIC) grants for faculty to incorporate authentic research activities into their undergraduate courses. This ...