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Thyroid Gland Pituitary Gland
1,366 wordsAccording to the American Thyroid Association, millions of Americans (especially women) suffer from a thyroid disorder, and many of them dont even know it. In fact, thyroid disorders occur much more often than even many doctors realize. The butterfly-shaped thyroid is in the neck, its two wings wrapped around the windpipe just below the Adams apple. This vitally important gland normally weighs less than an ounce, but it can have an enormous impact on your health. Think of it as your bodys metabo...
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Performance Enhancing Drugs Men And Women
1,175 wordsDrugs in sports can cost a player his or her scholarship (s) and more seriously, their lives. Everyday athletes that you may not think are doing anabolic steroids or the human growth hormone are the athletes who are the big users. 1. There are three major performance enhancing drugs that are used by the super star athletes: anabolic steroids, amphetamine, and the human growth hormone pills. 2. These performance enhancing are found in just about all fifty states and the problem is rapidly growing...
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Overproducing Thyroid Hormone Renders It Incapable Disease
406 wordsGraves' disease is a basic defect in the immune system, causing production of antibodies, which stimulate and attack the thyroid gland, causing growth of the gland and overproduction of thyroid hormone. Similar antibodies may also attack the tissues in the eye muscles and in the pre tibial skin (the skin on the front of the lower leg). There are three components to Graves disease: Hyperthyroidism (overproduction of the thyroid hormone) Ophthalmopathy, especially protrusion of the eyeballs Dermop...
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Males And Females Pituitary Gland
1,352 wordsAcromegaly (Greek for appendage enlargement) is a rare but very serious disease frequently referred to as Gigantism or Giantism. It is the direct result of an overproduction and secretion of the adenohypophyseal growth hormone GH. True to its name, the disease is characterized by an enlargement of the organs, bones, and soft tissues, as well as a thickening of the skin and bodily membranes; and is frequently difficult to diagnose, as symptoms often do not appear until middle age. Typically the d...
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Pituitary Gland Growth Hormone
1,320 words... and when GH levels are normal, acromegaly may still be present by means of adenoma ta. The Role of Plasma Measurements of Growth Hormone and IGF-I in the Assessing Growth Hormone Secretion in Humans: This article summarizes how the peptide hormone GH controls the expression of the IGF-I complex then goes on to discuss ways in which the IGF levels are measured. The majority of the circulating Igf's exist in the liver where they bind to the IGF-I complex with a negative feedback response to th...
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Parts Of The Body Prostate Cancer
928 wordsProstate cancer is cancer of the prostate gland. The prostate is part of the male reproductive system. This gland is locates inside the body at the base of the penis, just below the bladder and in front of the rectum. It is composed of the glandular and fibrous tissue enclosed in a capsule of connective tissue. The prostate is in the shape of a donut and about the size of a walnut. It surrounds the first inch or so of the urethra, the tube that carries urine from the bladder. Normal functions of...
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A Study On Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome
3,095 wordsA STUDY ON POLY CYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME S. No TABLE OF CONTENT PG. NO 1. INTRODUCTION 3 2. RESEARCH 4 2. 1 WHAT IS POLY CYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME? 4 2. 1. 1 A NORMAL MENSTRUAL LOOP 4 2. 1. 2 A DISTURBED MENSTRUAL LOOP 5 2. 2 WHAT CAUSES PCOS? 5 2. 3 WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF PCOS? 6 2. 4 HOW IS PCOS DIAGNOSED? 6 2. 4. 1 DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS 7 2. 5 WHAT ARE THE CHANGES THAT OCCUR DUE TO PCOS? 8 2. 6 WHAT ARE THE RISK FACTORS INVOLVED WITH PC...
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Taking Into Consideration Prostate Cancer
1,648 wordsProstatic Cancer Introduction In the research paper we will examine prostate cancer. The essay comprises of three parts: Introduction, the research on prostate cancer (factors that contribute to disease, symptoms and clinical implications of a person having prostate cancer) and Conclusion. We will dwell on factors that influence the onset of the disease and discover clinical implications. In the last part of research we will summarize all the studied information and make a conclusion concerning ...
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Prostate Cancer Radiation Therapy
1,592 words... radioactive seeds into the prostate (brachytherapy). External beam radiation therapy is given over a course of 6 to 8 weeks through carefully defined portals. Refinements in technique have allowed greater doses of radiation to be administered with a lower risk of morbidity. Three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy is the preferred method of administration in a dose of 75 to 80 Gy. (Greenlee 32). Radiation therapy cannot cure nodal metastases. Disease-specific, 7 -year survival with radiation...
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Cortisol And The Chemical Effects To Body
693 wordsCortisol and the Chemical effects to the body. The hormone cortisol, which is released in the body during stressed or agitated states, has gained widespread attention as the so-called "stress hormone. " (Stoppler, M. C, M. D. , 2005) Cortisol is secreted by adrenal glands. It is the main glucocorticoid hormone, which is produced in response to any physical or emotional stress. Cortisol regulates the level of carbohydrates, muscle proteins and fats. The concentration of cortisol can be increased ...
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The Role Of Progesterone In Sexual Attraction
1,033 wordsThe Role Of Progesterone In Sexual Attraction Progesterone is a sex hormone, which controls the second half of the menstrual cycle. It belongs to a group of sex hormones, called the gonadal hormones. These hormones are the ones involved in sexual attraction process. The other two related to progesterone hormones are estrogen and testosterone. The gonadal hormones are secreted primarily by the testes and ovaries, placenta (the sac of nutritive tissue that supports and protects the fetus), and adr...
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Cystic Fibrosis Genetically Engineered
1,365 wordsGene therapy by gene supplementation in somatic cells may help those suffering from genetic conditions such as cystic fibrosis. Although a mutant gene occurs in all cells of the body only those tissues particularly affected (where the gene is switched on) by the mutant gene would be targeted for therapy, i. e. the lungs of a cystic fibrosis sufferer, blood cells in the bone marrow in &solid; thalassemia and the muscles in Duchemme muscular dystrophy. As cells eventually die, so do the tissues be...
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Central Nervous System Withdrawal Symptoms
2,507 wordsGHB, or gamma-hydroxy butyrate, is a nutrient that is part of the metabolism process in mammalians. It can be found in every cell of the human body. The greatest quantities can be found in the kidney, heart, skeletal muscles, and brown fat tissues (Chin and Kreutzer, 1992). Chin and Kreutzer also believe it to be a neurotransmitter, however that has not yet been proven. GHB is known to be a metabolite and also a precursor of the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid). GHB and...
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Endocrine Glands Amino Acids
1,069 wordsHormones are organicHormi? one Introduction Hormones are organic substances that are secreted by plants and animals and that function in the regulation of physiological activities and in maintaining homeostasis. They carry out their functions by evoking responses from specific organs or tissues that are adapted to react to minute quantities of them. The classical view of hormones is that they are transmitted to their targets in the bloodstream after discharge from the glands that secrete them. T...
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Pineal Gland Autoimmune Diseases
2,133 wordsSet deep in our brains is a tiny gland called the pineal gland. This tiny gland is in charge of the endocrine system, the glandular system that controls most of our bodily functions. The pineal runs our body clocks+, and it produces melatonin; the hormone that may prove to be the biggest medical discovery since penicillin, and the key to controlling the aging process. The pineal gland controls such functions as our sleeping cycle and the change of body temperature that we undergo with the changi...
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Drugs That Mimic Oregon Patients With Anorexia Hormone
398 wordsA bulimics or anorexics I-function may also be positively affected by drugs which can change its neuro-chemical environment. In this chemical fashion relief may be found for affected individuals. Numerous hormones, cortisol, oregon A, oregon B, luteinizing hormone, luteinizing-hormone-releasing factor, and follicle-stimulating hormone, have been linked to these eating disorders. These hormones are all present in healthy people, while in those affected with an eating disorder the levels or distri...
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Male Hormone Testosterone Steroid Abusers
3,636 wordsIt? s amazing what athletes will do to achieve higher levels of performance and to get an edge on the rivaled competition. Often people do not realize the long-term effects that result from the decisions they make early in life. This resembles the obvious phenomenon with steroids. Steroids became a spreading exposure to athletes in the Olympics and other major sporting events during the 1950? s. This use of steroids among athletes became apparent when Canadian sprint runner Ben Johnson tested po...
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