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  • Endocrine Surgery
    Health - 3 Jan 2023
    Surgery performed with its focus on one or more of the endocrine organs is referred to as endocrine surgery. The endocrine organs are glands located throughout the body, which secrete hormones that...
  • Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2A (MEN2A)
    Health - 25 Jun 2019
    Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A (MEN2A) is an inherited condition that involves a tumor of excessive growth of at least two of the thyroid gland, parathyroid gland, and adrenal glands. It is an...
  • How Does the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus (SCN) Control Circadian Rhythm?
    Health - 26 Feb 2019
    Circadian rhythms are biological cycles within organisms that allow them to adjust their physiology and behavior to anticipate and adapt to changes in the outside environment. Circadian rhythms are...
  • What is Epinephrine (Adrenaline)?
    Health - 18 Jul 2023
    Epinephrine (ep-uh-nef-rin, -reen) is also known as adrenaline. It is a hormone that is secreted by the adrenal glands. (1, 3)
  • What is an Endocrinologist?
    Health - 14 Jun 2023
    Endocrinology is a complex study of the various hormones and their actions and disorders in the body. Glands are organs that make hormones. These are substances that help to control activities in the...
  • What is Gynecomastia?
    Health - 2 May 2023
    Gynecomastia is defined as the benign proliferation of male breast glandular tissue with a size exceeding two centimeters. When examined, it appears as a firm, palpable, subareolar gland and ductal...
  • Addison's Disease Treatments
    Health - 13 Jun 2023
    Addison’s disease is primarily characterized by declining secretion of steroid hormones from the adrenal glands. Primarily there are low levels of cortisol and aldosterone. Treatment is aimed at...
  • Cushing's Syndrome and Skin Problems
    Health - 2 Jan 2023
    Cushing's Syndrome (sometimes called hypercortisolism) is a hormonal disease caused by an abnormally high level of the hormone cortisol in the body. This may arise because of an endogenous or...
  • What is an Adrenal Crisis?
    Health - 30 Dec 2022
    Adrenal crisis (also known as the acute Addisonian crisis) is the most important – and potentially fatal – complication of hypoadrenalism (i.e. decreased activity of the adrenal glands). This...
  • Limbic System and Behavior
    Health - 24 May 2021
    The limbic system is defined as the brain networking system responsible for controlling emotional drives and memory formation.

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