An international team of scientists has discovered that bone plays an important role in controlling sugar metabolism, energy balance and weight, suggesting the skeleton is actually a member of the ...

Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have now identified a surprising and critically important novel function of the skeleton. They've shown for the first time that the skeleton is an ...

What Is the Endocrine System? The endocrine system is a network of glands in your body that make the hormones that help cells talk to each other. They’re responsible for almost every cell, organ, and ...

NEW YORK, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists determined that the human skeleton is an endocrine organ that helps the body control sugar metabolism and weight. Columbia University Medical Center ...

ANATOMY used to be a straightforward business. The body was divided up neatly into organs and systems that each had well-defined tasks. Indeed, for the past 150 years “Gray's Anatomy”—the 1858 ...

Reference Type I diabetes occurs when the pancreas stops producing insulin. Here's a look at causes, symptoms and treatment of the disease.