An unexpected observation has led researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot to challenge a 200-year-old doctrine regarding the embryonic origins of the pituitary gland at the base of ...

In a new study published in Cell Reports, Finnish researchers show that pituitary macrophages, the immune cells located in the pituitary gland, help regulate hormonal balance. It is possible that in ...

A recent study found that tumors of the pituitary gland are more common than many health care professionals realize, with national prevalence rates averaging 16.7 percent. To neurosurgeon Dr. Gail ...

High TSH levels can mean you have an underactive thyroid or a pituitary gland tumor. Low TSH levels can mean you have an overactive thyroid or issues with the pituitary gland. TSH levels are first ...

The pituitary gland is the size of a pea. It is located at the base of the brain and controls the function of the body’s hormones. Disorders of the pituitary gland are relatively rare. Symptoms are ...

Researchers created pituitary glands straight from mouse embryonic stem cells, and then even transplanted the organs into mice, where they worked like regular pituitary glands. The work is an ...

Your two adrenal glands sit on top of each of your kidneys. While small in size, your adrenal glands are responsible for numerous hormone-related functions in your body. The adrenal glands are part of ...

Only once did I waver in my desire to become a surgeon; when I briefly flirted with training as an endocrinologist – a doctor specialising in hormone diseases, including those affecting the pituitary ...

A study investigated pituitary dwarfism in Karelian Bear Dogs and found a link to a variant of the POU1F1 gene. The results can also help understand the gene's significance to the human pituitary ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have shown that gonadotrophs, cells in the pituitary gland with a key role in puberty and reproduction, come from two different populations, with the ...