Abstract The endocrine system consists of glands and tissues that produce and secrete hormones to regulate and coordinate vital bodily functions. This article, the fourth in an eight-part series on ...

The endocrine system comprises glands and tissues that produce hormones to regulate and coordinate vital bodily functions. This article, the third in an eight-part series on the endocrine system, ...

Similar to plants, certain special chemicals called hormones regulate the various activities of our body. Hormones are chemical messengers, which help in controlling and coordinating the activities of ...

Reviewed by Felix Gussone, MD. Key Takeaways: Hormones control essential processes like growth, metabolism, mood, and ...

When these hormones become imbalanced, it can lead to the development of an endocrine disorder. “An endocrine disorder occurs when your body produces either too much or too little of a particular ...

A gland is a structure which secretes a specific substance in the body. Endocrine glands are ductless glands which secretes a chemical substance called hormone. Being ductless gland they release their ...

This article was reviewed by Felix Gussone, MD. Key Takeaways: Hormones play a major role in regulating metabolism, mood, ...

Unlike humans and other animals, plants do not have an endocrine system or endocrine glands. But they do have hormones, which affect various processes related to plant growth, including gene ...

People with the rare Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) have a high risk of developing cancer. Almost all those affected will develop cancer once, and in many cases several times, during their lifetime. LFS ...

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