Encyclopedia - Pituitary Gland: Encyclopedia - Pituitary Gland
The pituitary gland, or hypophysis, is an endocrine gland about the size of a pea that sits in the small, bony cavity (sella turcica) at ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hypopituitarism: Encyclopedia Ii - Hypopituitarism - Physiology
The primary hormones of the anterior pituitary are proteins and include growth hormone (GH) - growth and glucose homeostasis luteinizing...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cortisol: Encyclopedia Ii - Cortisol - Synthesis
Cortisol is synthesized from progesterone, the precursor of all steroid hormones. The conversion involves hydroxylation of C-11, C-17 an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cortisol: Encyclopedia - Cortisol
Cortisol (hydrocortisone) Cortisol is a corticosteroid hormone that is involved in the response to stress; it increases blood pressure ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cortisol: Encyclopedia Ii - Cortisol - Physiology
The amount of cortisol present in the serum undergoes diurnal variation, with the highest levels present in the early morning, and lower ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cortisol: Encyclopedia Ii - Cortisol - Pharmacology
As an oral or injectable drug, cortisol is also known as hydrocortisone. It is used as an immunosuppressive drug, given by injection in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jeffrey Hudson: Encyclopedia Ii - Jeffrey Hudson - A Medical Perspective
It is possible to deduce that Jeffrey Hudson must have been affected by congenital hypopituitarism, as few known conditions other than gr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Growth Hormone Deficiency: Encyclopedia Ii - Growth Hormone Deficiency - Terminology
The term hypopituitarism is often used interchangeably with GH deficiency by endocrinologists but more often denotes GH deficiency plus d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Childbirth: Encyclopedia - Childbirth
Childbirth (also called labour, birth, partus or parturition) is the culmination of a human pregnancy with the emergence of a newborn inf...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Childbirth: Encyclopedia - Childbirth
Childbirth (also called labour, birth, partus or parturition) is the culmination of a human pregnancy with the emergence of a newborn inf...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Endocrinology: Encyclopedia Ii - Endocrinology - Background
As evolution drove the emergence of multicellular organisms it became necessary to develop “coordinating systems to regulate and integr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Diseases Starting With H: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Diseases Starting With H - He
List of diseases starting with H - Hea-Hei. Headache, cluster Hearing disorder Hearing impairment Hearing loss Heart aneurysm Heart bl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Infertility: Encyclopedia Ii - Infertility - Causes
Infertility - Primary vs. secondary. According to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, infertility affects about 6.1 million...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Follicle-stimulating Hormone: Encyclopedia Ii - Follicle-stimulating Hormone - Activity
In both males and females, FSH stimulates the maturation of germ cells. In females, a FSH initiates follicular growth, and with the conco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Childbirth: Encyclopedia Ii - Childbirth - The Normal Birth
Childbirth - First stage: contractions. A typical human childbirth will begin with the onset of contractions of the uterus. The frequen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Luteinizing Hormone: Encyclopedia Ii - Luteinizing Hormone - Activity
In both males and females, LH stimulates the production of sex steroids from the gonads. Leydig cells in male testes respond to LH by pro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Icd-10 Chapter E: Endocrine Nutritional And Metabolic Diseases: Encyclopedia Ii - Icd-10 Chapter E: Endocrine Nutritional And Metabolic Diseases - E00-e35 - Endocrine Diseases
ICD-10 Chapter E: Endocrine nutritional and metabolic diseases - E00-E07 Thyroid gland / Thyroid hormone. (E00) Congenital iodine-defi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Luteinizing Hormone: Encyclopedia Ii - Luteinizing Hormone - Activity
In both males and females, LH stimulates the production of sex steroids from the gonads. Leydig cells in male testes respond to LH by pro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Diseases Starting With H: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Diseases Starting With H - Hi
List of diseases starting with H - Hib-Hip. Hibernian fever, familial Hiccups Hidradenitis suppurativa familial Hidradenitis suppurati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Diseases Starting With H: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Diseases Starting With H - Ha
List of diseases starting with H - Hag-Ham. Hageman factor deficiency Hagemoser Weinstein Bresnick syndrome Hailey-Hailey disease Hair...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Icd-10 Chapter E: Endocrine Nutritional And Metabolic Diseases: Encyclopedia Ii - Icd-10 Chapter E: Endocrine Nutritional And Metabolic Diseases - E70-e90 - Metabolic Diseases
ICD-10 Chapter E: Endocrine nutritional and metabolic diseases - E70-E79 Metabolic disorders of proteins fats and carbohydrates. (E70...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Icd-10 Chapter E: Endocrine Nutritional And Metabolic Diseases: Encyclopedia Ii - Icd-10 Chapter E: Endocrine Nutritional And Metabolic Diseases - E40-68 - Nutritional Diseases
ICD-10 Chapter E: Endocrine nutritional and metabolic diseases - E40-E46 Malnutrition. (E40) Kwashiorkor (E41) Nutritional marasmus (E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Diseases Starting With H: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Diseases Starting With H - Ho
List of diseases starting with H - Hod-Hol. Hodgkin lymphoma Hodgkin's disease Hodophobia Hoepffner Dreyer Reimers syndrome Hollow vis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Endocrinology: Encyclopedia Ii - Endocrinology - Work
The medical specialty of endocrinology involves the diagnostic evaluation of a wide variety of symptoms and variations, as well as the lo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Childbirth: Encyclopedia Ii - Childbirth - Professions Associated With Childbirth
Midwives are experts in normal birth. Midwives believe that childbirth is a normal process that is best accomplished with as little inter...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Childbirth: Encyclopedia Ii - Childbirth - Complications And Risks Of Birth
Problems that occur during childbirth are called complications. They can affect the mother or the baby. Sometimes they cause injury or ev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Childbirth: Encyclopedia Ii - Childbirth - Pain
The amounts of pain experienced by women during childbirth vary. For some women, the perceived pain is intense and agonizing; for other w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Childbirth: Encyclopedia Ii - Childbirth - Social Aspects
In some cultures, childbirth is considered to be the beginning of a person's life, and a person's age is defined relative to it. Many fam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Endocrinology: Encyclopedia Ii - Endocrinology - Hormones
Endocrinology - Overview. The endocrine system is comprised of several glands located in diverse areas of the body. Morphologically the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Infertility: Encyclopedia Ii - Infertility - Psychological Impact
Infertility may have profound psychological effects. Partners may become more anxious to conceive, ironically increasing sexual dysfuncti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Infertility: Encyclopedia Ii - Infertility - Costs
Not everyone has insurance coverage for fertility investigations and treatments, especially when a couple already has children. 2005 appr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Infertility: Encyclopedia Ii - Infertility - Definition
The International Council on Infertility Information Dissemination (INCIID) considers a couple to be infertile if1: they have not concei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Infertility: Encyclopedia Ii - Infertility - Social Impact
In many cultures, inability to conceive bears a stigma. In closed social groups, a degree of rejection (or a sense of being rejected by t...   » Read the article