Glands are important organs located throughout the body. They produce and release substances that perform certain functions. Though you have many glands throughout your body, they fall into two types: ...

The thyroid is a small gland located in the front of the neck. It is responsible for setting the body’s metabolism. It is this gland that sets the thermostat for the rate at which the body will use ...

Are any of you familiar with the Thymus Gland? It's located in our upper chest behind the breast bone. When we automatically slap our chest with our open palm in a moment of surprise, we are actually ...

The human parathyroid gland, which regulates the level of calcium in the blood, probably evolved from the gills of fish, according to researchers from King's College London. The human parathyroid ...

We all sweat – it’s one of the body’s most normal functions. Running to catch a bus, a stressful meeting and hormonal changes are just some things that can trigger it. And while sweat helps regulate ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Turns out the same glands that make you sweat are responsible for another job vital to your health: they help heal wounds. Human skin is rich with millions of eccrine sweat glands ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Cell Biology, researchers demonstrated the susceptibility of salivary glands to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection ...

Salivary function in mammals may be defective for various reasons, such as aging, Sjogren’s syndrome or radiation therapy in head and neck cancer patients. Recently, tissue-specific stem cell therapy ...