(Photo Credit: iStock/Getty Images) Your thyroid controls your metabolism. It also makes and releases hormones that direct many functions in your body, including how you use energy, how you ...

A team of researchers has uncovered a previously unrecognized role of mitochondrial protein synthesis in the maintenance of intracellular iron distribution. Disruption of this process was found to ...

Blood tests. You may get your thyroid hormone levels checked. This won't tell you if you have cancer, but it gives more information about how your thyroid is working. Ultrasound. You'll get this ...

Thyroid hormones help regulate the body's metabolic rate, which is a measure of how efficient it is at using energy. When the thyroid isn’t producing enough of certain hormones, metabolism slows down; ...

Both high and low levels of cortisol -- also known as the "stress hormone" -- can leave you dealing with symptoms that make you feel "off" and unlike yourself. The good news is that there are ...

Abstract: Mutual coupling in non-uniform antenna arrays is much more complicated and difficult to describe than their uniform counterparts. Therefore, traditional non-uniform antenna array synthesis ...

A team of biomaterial engineers, environmental resource specialists and industrial design researchers affiliated with a host of institutions across Japan has developed a biodegradable material ...

McGill University researchers have developed an AI-powered method to verify the origin of honey, ensuring that what's on the label matches what's in the jar. The breakthrough, published in ...

Armour Thyroid is a type of desiccated thyroid (DTE) medication used to treat hypothyroidism by replacing missing thyroid hormones, specifically T4 and T3. Some people prefer it because it provides ...

The hypothalamus stimulates the pituitary gland to release follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH), both of which act on the testes. LH stimulates testosterone production ...