Your chewing gum may have some of the same ingredients as plastic grocery bags and tires, but a U.K. campaign aims to put a stop to this. Environmental nonprofit City to Sea is teaming up with plastic ...

Gingivitis is a type of gum disease in which the tissue at the base of your teeth becomes inflamed and irritated. It happens when plaque builds up on your teeth, turns into tartar and causes ...

Central hypothyroidism is a rare disorder that occurs when an otherwise healthy thyroid doesn't produce enough hormones due to problems that originate in the pituitary gland, the hypothalamus ...

Since 2005, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation has held an annual symposium addressing contemporary issues in pituitary disease. The faculty includes Cleveland Clinic Foundation staff, physicians and ...

When blood levels of thyroid hormones fall, the hypothalamus (in your brain) releases a hormone (thyrotropin-releasing hormone) that communicates with the pituitary gland. In response ... if you have ...

Growth hormone (GH) is a classic pituitary-derived hormone crucial to body growth and metabolism. In the pituitary gland, GH production is stimulated ... the export of these cells in experimental ...

Researchers are planning a nationwide study into how animals kept at zoos and aquariums contract bacteria that causes gum disease when wild animals are rarely found with any. Yoshihito Shimazu ...