It begins in the prostate gland, which sits between the penis and the bladder. Experts do not know what causes it, but the risk increases with age. The prostate has various functions. These ...

The thyroid gland produces and regulates thyroid hormones. These hormones can affect energy levels, mood, even weight. They can also be factors in depression. Read on to find out what causes ...

However, most studies have found that in people with obesity, levels of T3 are generally high. Thyroid diseases impact the gland's production of hormones, which in turn can affect a person's ...

Axial MRI T1 post-contrast with fat saturation demonstrating the lesion to be in the superior-lateral orbit in the area of the lacrimal gland (b). On examination, best corrected visual acuity was ...

Medicare covers MRI scans when a doctor deems them medically necessary for diagnosis. The Medicare part that covers an MRI will depend on a person’s hospital status. Most people in the United ...

Here, we report conservation of this mechanism and found that in addition to the mammary gland, constitutive Notch1 signaling induces a basal-to-luminal cell fate switch in adult cells of the lacrimal ...

and reduced lacrimal gland branching without impacting lens development, suggesting that Shp2 only partially mediates Grb2 recruitment. In contrast, we observed that FGF signaling is required for the ...

The standard mammogram is sometimes used with breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to detect or rule out breast cancer for people at high risk of the disease. Breast MRIs can detect tumors that ...