Endocrine System
If you skew the endocrine system, you lose the pathways to self. When endocrine patterns change, it alters the way you think and feel. One shift in the pattern tends to trip another - Hilary Mantel
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Why Are So Many Women Being Told Their Hormones Are Out of Whack?
Across the internet, a biological scapegoat has emerged for almost any mysterious medical symptom affecting women. Struggling with chronic fatigue, hair loss, brain fog, or dwindling sex drive? When no obvious explanation is at hand, an out-of-whack endocrine system must be to blame. Women have too much cortisol, vloggers and influencers say; or not enough thyroxine, or the wrong ratio of progesterone to estradiol. Social media is brimming with advice from self-proclaimed hormone “gurus” and health coaches; the tag #hormoneimbalance has racked up a staggering 950 million views on TikTok alone.
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Spotlight On: The Endocrine System
On any given day, you may feel stressed, moody, happy, tired or thirsty. All of these feelings seem to move and change seamlessly—and they are all a result of your endocrine system.
The endocrine system and endocrine disruptors
A cocktail of synthetic chemicals in hundreds of everyday products is putting human health and wildlife at risk. Here’s what you should know about endocrine disruptors.
Articles of Interest
Feeling Hormonal: A Look at the Endocrine System
“Feeling hormonal?” Or, “It’s just the hormones!” We all complain about hormones without really knowing where they come from or what they do. Turns out, these chemical messengers don’t deserve as much flack as they’re getting.
Organization and Integration of the Endocrine System
The concept of a hormone as a chemical messenger that allows local, regional, or distant cellular communication challenges formerly narrow definitions. These newer concepts merge the views of separate signaling mechanisms by means of classic hormones and neurochemical networks into an integrated pattern from which can emerge a clearer understanding of homeostasis and its disturbances, at the extremes of which we recognize disease.
Scientists Tried to Break Cuddling. Instead, They Broke 30 Years of Research
Oxytocin, often lauded as the “hug hormone,” might not be necessary to induce affection.
The Endocrine Society’s Dangerous Transgender Politicization
Members we spoke with take exception to the group’s guidelines on ‘gender-affirming care.’
The Endocrine System
The neuroendocrine system is a highly complex and tightly controlled network of hormones released by endocrine glands throughout the body. The levels of some of the hormones are regulated in a fairly straightforward manner by the end products that they influence. Thus, blood sugar levels primarily regulate insulin and glucagon release by the pancreas.
Women Have Been Misled About Menopause
Hot flashes, sleeplessness, pain during sex: For some of menopause’s worst symptoms, there’s an established treatment. Why aren’t more women offered it?
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11 Surprising Facts About the Endocrine System
The body's hormones, and the glands that produce them, make up the endocrine system. There are eight major glands, and their job is to regulate the body's metabolism, reproduction, growth and sleep. Like the nervous system, the endocrine system is an information signal system. But rather than using neurons, it uses chemical messengers called hormones, each of which has its own unique function.
3 Vital Functions of Your Endocrine System
An unhealthy endocrine system can mean trouble for your body, because it is responsible for many different functions. Let us take a look at why the endocrine system is so important, its most important roles, and how you can help keep it in tip-top shape.
