Adrenal gland diseases are disorders characterized by hyperfunction or hypofunction of the adrenal glands, resulting in either high levels or low levels of the hormones produced by the adrenal glands.

Hormones produced in the adrenal glands have important functions in digestion and metabolism but also affect ... although there is still much to learn about this fascinating but complex field of ...

Up to now, there have been no reports in English literature of UPS originating from the adrenal gland. This case report presents a 44-year-old female patient with UPS of the adrenal gland, who has ...

The most commonly used staging system was developed by the ENS@T group and takes into account tumor size and whether the cancer has spread from the adrenal glands to surrounding tissues ...

Hannah, a 45-year-old Brit from the future, has chronic back pain, thinning hair, sagging skin, swollen legs and red, baggy ...

The thyroid gland is part of the endocrine system (along with the adrenal glands, hypothalamus, pituitary, ovaries, and testes, and other endocrine organs). The thyroid gland releases hormones into ...

An adrenal tumor is an abnormal growth on one or both adrenal glands. These relatively rare tumors are most often benign (noncancerous), but they can also be malignant (cancerous). While many adrenal ...

Hannah, a 45-year-old Brit from the future, has chronic back pain, thinning hair, sagging skin, swollen legs and red, baggy ...

Peptides, short chains of amino acids, are believed to play a pivotal role in the complex interplay of biological processes.

is a research associate in the department of physiology and biophysics at Weill Cornell Medicine. GC-A is expressed in various tissues—including the kidneys, blood vessels, adrenal glands ...