Levels of thyroid hormones in serum are tightly regulated by the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis (Figure 1). Hypothalamic TSH-releasing hormone (TRH) is secreted mainly from the paraventricular ...

This article was reviewed by Felix Gussone, MD. Key Takeaways: Your endocrine system regulates many bodily functions, from ...

Thyroid disorders affect approximately 12% of people worldwide, but women experience these conditions at rates up to eight times higher than men. This stark gender disparity stems from complex ...

Nat Clin Pract Endocrinol Metab. 2008;4(12):683-694. Traumatic brain injury, subarachnoid hemorrhage, lymphocyte hypophysitis, or Sheehan syndrome, any time up to several decades previously, might ...