Welcome -- Introduction -- How the whole thing works -- Presenting the cast -- The unknown hypothalamus -- Leader of the endocrine band: the pituitary -- The metabolism maestro: the thyroid -- The keep-the-beat adrenals -- The sugar-balancing pancreas -- The endangered gonads -- Your protector: the thymus -- The balancing parathyroids -- The mysterious pineal -- Leptin: courtesy of your fat -- Can these bones walk? -- Digestion -- Symptoms -- The problem with doctors -- Endocrine enemies.