Essential Oils & Hormones
Other than a healthy diet, proper exercise, and a consistent sleep schedule, there is not a whole lot more you can to support your endocrine system and hormone production. The three main areas just mentioned play a huge role in keeping your body in check. However,...
Hormones & Mood
While hormones affect a lot within the body, many people don’t know much about their role in our mental state. Putting it in simple terms, certain hormones have a direct effect on the moods we experience. In women, fluctuations in hormones during pregnancy and...
Keeping Your Endocrine System Healthy
The endocrine system is an important part of our bodies that creates hormones that help us properly function. The endocrine system makes up every little aspect of our bodies from fighting diseases, to losing weight, to gaining muscle. Taking care of our endocrine...
Osteoporosis & The Endocrine System’s Role
Osteoporosis is most easily described as the steady decline of bone mass. The bones become porous, which makes them weaker and more susceptible to fractures. Although there are many different causes, such as, low testosterone levels, chronic kidney disease, and...
Testing the Endocrine System
There are a variety of tests that can be performed to diagnose diseases and issues within the endocrine system. Medical testing is especially important for the endocrine system because the hormones produced provide bodily function instructions for the body. If a...
Endocrine System Self-Screenings
The endocrine system is an essential part of maintaining a healthy body. The hormones produced by each gland are responsible for keeping things running smoothly. While your endocrine system keeps tabs on your bodily functions, who is keeping an eye out for your...
How Hormones Regulate the Body
Hormones can be thought of as chemical messengers for various bodily functions. All hormones are created by glands in the endocrine system. Then, the glad distributes the hormone to the correct place through the blood. The little messengers provide instructions which...
Transoral Video Assisted Thyroidectomy. Anatomical Principles and Rationalisation of Surgical Technique: Part 3
Discussion The technique described has the potential to be a break through in the new procedures that are being used to operate on the thyroid gland. It combines a minimal access with a scar less technique. The procedure is feasible and has already had human trials....
Transoral Video Assisted Thyroidectomy. Anatomical Principles and Rationalisation of Surgical Technique: Part 2
In this way, it would surpass the present robotic technique via a transaxillary approach as it is less invasive and it would outdate the presently utilised video assisted procedures that require a minimal incision in the neck. There have been descriptions in the...
Common Reasons for Thyroid Surgery
Thyroid surgery is by far the most common when it comes to glands in the endocrine system. There are a variety of reasons that surgeries are necessary, ranging from cancer removal to removal due to overactivity. There are three main types of surgeries conducted on the...