The discovery of a gut-to-brain regulation pathway in flies calls for additional consideration on how certain medications, especially GLP-1 agonists, can be used to treat obesity and diabetes in ...

Stress, the body's natural response to different types of challenges and daily problems, is an inherently harmless state ...

Women are more than twice as likely as men to develop stress-related conditions such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), ...

The placenta and the hormones it produces may have played a crucial role in the evolution of the human brain, while also leading to the behavioral traits that have made human societies able to thrive ...

Recent research findings put a spotlight on the link between human growth hormone (HGH) and Alzheimer’s disease. Could taking HGH increase your risk of Alzheimer’s? Ultimately, scientists say they ...

Ghrelin is a hormone your stomach makes that signals your body when you're hungry. You might think of it as an "on switch" for appetite. Your small intestine, pancreas, and brain also release small ...

Weizmann Institute molecular geneticist discovers what makes humans ‘tick’ and causes disruptions during menstruation, ...

Scientists have discovered that breast cancer can disturb the brain’s daily stress hormone rhythms early in disease ...