The latest trend in health and fitness tracking may sound familiar: wearing continuous glucose monitors (CGMs). Many people ...

If cortisol stays elevated consistently, the blood-sugar spike it sets off can lead to weight gain around the midsection. It ...

One common trigger, says Dr. Messer, is smoking. “Smoking makes Graves’ so much worse, so I always ask people to quit,” she says. Psychological stress can make the symptoms of Graves ...

or there’s something actually wrong with the adrenal gland,” says Dr. Caroline Messer, an endocrinologist in New York City. Very low cortisol levels can cause symptoms including weight loss ...