Researchers led by Jacques Drouin and his team at the IRCM discovered an intercellular communication mechanism behind the balance of hormones needed to keep a human healthy. Hormonal balance is ...

When periods of feeling a lack of human connection persist, it can place a burden not only on your emotions but also on your body. The mechanisms being researched for this involve the relationship bet ...

Sleep is necessary not only for rest: during it, the body repairs tissues, regulates metabolism, and supports brain function.

Researchers have discovered a new mechanism that is used by a male sex hormone essential for muscle and bone function. The findings could lead to the development of new drugs with fewer side effects, ...

Hormone levels fluctuate like the tides, ebbing and flowing according to carefully orchestrated cycles. These hormones not only influence the body, but can cross into the brain and shape the behavior ...

"My weight hasn't increased that much, but fat is accumulating inside my abdomen." Visceral fat is related not only to appearance but also to glucose and lipid metabolism, liver fat, and inflammation.

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is a medical treatment that aims to alleviate the symptoms of menopause by replenishing hormones like estrogen and progesterone, which naturally decrease as women age ...

In early postmenopausal women (within 5 years of their last menstrual period), systemic estrogen slightly improves sexual function (i.e., desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction, and pain).

Estrogen-only therapy singled out in retrospective study ...