The sex hormones in the human body work together like a complex clockwork. They control not only the development of the female and male sexual characteristics such as the vagina, ovaries and breasts or the penis and testicles, respectively, but also their sexual and reproductive functions. Fluctuations in the balance of sex hormones are normal: […]

If a child grows significantly slower or is much smaller than their peers, parents generally get worried. While this may just be a temporary delay that balances out in later growth phases, a lack of growth can also have endocrine causes and may persist: Such growth disorders require treatment and stem from a lack of

As Mary S. (71) puts down her heavy shopping bag, she suddenly feels a sharp pain in her forearm. Her general practitioner, whom she visits the next day, immediately refers her to radiology. The x-ray confirms the suspected diagnosis of a fractured radius. But that is not all. Mary also appears to suffer from osteoporosis,

Abnormally elevated blood pressure (hypertension, HT) is a major cause of premature death and a challenge worldwide, with an estimated number of >1 billion adults aged 30–79 years having hypertension, many of them unaware of being affected. Unfortunately, HT can be a symptom of various diseases with very different causes, making diagnostics difficult. The adrenal

It is easy to tell that this year‘s cold season, which started at the end of summer with a relatively high number of infections, is now fully on: runny noses, cough, etc. are bringing more and more patients: Runny noses, cough, etc. are bringing more and more patients into the doctor’s practices, as did the