The synthesis of parathyroid hormone (PTH) and parathyroid hormone–related peptide (PTHrP) is shown on the left, and their target sites of action are shown on the right. Both act by means of the ...

Routine exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals adds up to an annual cost to the US health care system in excess of $340 billion, according to NYU researchers.

Alarmed by the rising numbers of breast and testicular cancers and the prevalence of reproductive disorders amongst young male Europeans, scientists call on European leaders to take urgent ...

Cite this: Perspectives in the Study of Thyroid Hormone Action on Brain Development and Function - Medscape - Nov 01, 2003. Abstract and Introduction The Brain as a Target of Thyroid Hormone ...

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are special types of pollutants defined as “an exogenous chemical, or mixture of chemicals, that interferes with any aspect of hormone action” (Ref. 3).

Stimulation of brain hormone action may improve pneumonia survival Peer-Reviewed Publication. Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University ...

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals are not produced by the human body but influence the way your hormones function, Bloom said. Hormones are essential to many biological processes in the body, such as ...

Pearce: Endocrine disruptors are chemicals that we are exposed to in the environment that have the potential to alter any of the endocrine systems’ hormone synthesis, hormone action, hormone ...

Experts don’t debate that hormones in general can contribute to a person’s risk of cancer. Conditions like breast cancer can occur when there is “unchecked hormone action,” meaning that a ...