Tis the season for the many varieties of amphibians, and April is National Frog Month – a way to bring attention to the need for conservation efforts to protect them. Frogs represent transition – ...

Thyroid nodules are lumps that occur in the thyroid gland in the front of the throat. There may be no symptoms, but people may feel a bump in the neck. Thyroid nodules can be a sign of iodine ...

They also inhibit the actual release of thyroid hormone by your thyroid gland and disrupt the peripheral conversion of the thyroid storage hormone T4 into the active thyroid hormone T3. In very large ...

A total of 336 patients who underwent parotid gland mastectomy in Nanchong Central Hospital from January 2015 to December 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. The clinicopathological and ultrasound ...

World Frog Day is more than just a date on the calendar – it’s a global wake-up call. For 265 million years, frogs have hopped through Earth’s ever-changing landscapes. They outlived dinosaurs, ...

The London Zoo recently established a breeding colony to save the frog from extinction. By Franz Lidz The folk song “Frog Went a-Courtin’” recounts the efforts of a sword- and pistol-toting ...

Diagnosis was confirmed by autopsy or needle biopsy of the liver in 8 cases. Normally, the parotid glands are not palpable, and a concavity exists in the region between the superior ramus of the ...

Their diet primarily consists of insects, smaller lizards, frogs, carrion, mice ... Gila Monsters Produce Venom in Modified Salivary Glands Gila monsters produce venom in modified salivary glands in ...

Here we report a new antimicrobial peptide belonging to the cathelicidin family, cathelicidin-MH (cath-MH), from the skin of Microhyla heymonsivogt frog. Cath-MH has a single α-helical structure in ...