Thyroid nodules are solid or fluid-filled lumps or bumps. They're found on your thyroid, a small gland in your neck. This gland makes thyroid hormone, which affects your metabolism (the ...

Descartes believed the pineal gland was the seat of the soul, and doctors later thought it was man’s third or inner eye. The pineal (from the Latin word for pine cone, which it resembles in ...

There are 2 adrenal glands, one above each kidney. They make hormones that help the body work properly and are vital to life. Most tumours of the adrenal gland are called adenomas. These are not ...

Not all thymus cancers (thymomas and thymic carcinomas) cause signs or symptoms when they are found. Some are found when an imaging test of the chest (such as an x-ray or CT scan) is done for some ...