by STE_Admin | Aug 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
Metabolism is the process your body uses to get or make energy from the food you eat. Chemicals in your digestive system break the food parts down into sugars and acids, your body’s fuel. A metabolic disorder occurs when abnormal chemical reactions in your body...
by STE_Admin | Jul 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
In hyperthyroidism, the thyroid gland is overactive. It produces too much of its hormone. Hyperthyroidism affects about 1% of women. It’s less common in men. Graves’ disease is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism, affecting about 70% of people with an overactive...
by STE_Admin | Jun 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
One way the body keeps itself in balance is by using chemical messengers called hormones to regulate various functions. Just above each of your kidneys is a small adrenal gland. These glands make hormones essential to a healthy life. When they don’t make enough...
by STE_Admin | May 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
Hyperglycemia means high glucose in the blood. Your body needs glucose to properly function. Your cells rely on glucose for energy. Hyperglycemia is a defining characteristic of diabetes—when the blood glucose level is too high because the body isn’t properly...
by STE_Admin | Apr 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
The pituitary gland is a tiny organ, the size of a pea, found at the base of the brain. As the “master gland” of the body, it produces many hormones that travel throughout the body, directing certain processes or stimulating other glands to produce other hormones....
by STE_Admin | Mar 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Hirsutism is a condition of unwanted, male-pattern hair growth in women. Hirsutism results in excessive amounts of dark, course hair on body areas where men typically grow hair — face, chest and back. Hirsutism is a medical condition that can arise from excess male...
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