Hypothalamic obesity (HyOb) develops when brain damage or conditions like Prader-Willi syndrome disrupt the hypothalamus, impairing hunger and energy regulation. Traditional calorie-based weight-loss ...

Central hypothyroidism is when your thyroid hormone levels are low because your hypothalamus or pituitary gland isn’t functioning properly. Hypothyroidism — also called an underactive thyroid — is a ...

Prader-Willi syndrome presents differently across life stages, beginning with low muscle tone and feeding difficulties in infancy, and then shifting to insatiable hunger and rapid weight gain starting ...

Obesity associated with hypothalamic dysfunction was initially described in patients with craniopharyngioma. Hypothalamic obesity may also result from brain radiation, infection (eg, tuberculosis), ...

Hypothyroidism is classified based on the origin of the hormone deficiency, whether it stems from the thyroid gland itself (primary), the pituitary gland (secondary), or the hypothalamus (tertiary).

Sidra Medicine Publishes Report On Novel Treatment For Rare Pediatric Obesity Case. Doha: A case report by Sidra Medicine, a member of Qatar Foundation, has been published in Frontiers in Endocrinolog ...