BOSTON — Constantine A. Stratakis, MD, a senior investigator and head of the section on genetics and endocrinology at the Eunice Kennedy Shrive National Institute of Child Health and Human Development ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . BOSTON —In this video exclusive, Richard J. Auchus, MD, PhD, describes a possible new treatment paradigm for ...

The adrenal glands, two small acorn-sized glands, are situated atop each kidney. These glands are part of the endocrine system and are responsible for the control of the “fight or flight” hormones — ...

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is a group of hereditary disorders that affect the adrenal glands. The adrenal glands produce the hormones cortisol and aldosterone. CAH is caused by genetic ...

Neuroblastoma is a childhood cancer, most commonly affecting children aged between 2 -3 and can be fatal. Since the tumor cells resemble certain cells in the adrenal glands, a joint research group ...