HORMONES


  • HORMONE THERAPY FOR BREAST CANCER

    HORMONE THERAPY FOR BREAST CANCER

    Hormone therapy for breast cancer is a treatment for breast cancers that are sensitive to hormones. The most common forms of hormone therapy for breast cancer work by blocking hormones from attaching to receptors on cancer cells or by decreasing the body’s production of hormones. Hormone therapy is only used for breast cancers that are…


  • Addison disease

    Addison disease

    Addison disease is a disorder that occurs when the adrenal glands do not produce enough hormones. What are the symptoms of Addison’s disease? People who have Addison’s disease may experience the following symptoms: muscle weakness fatigue and tiredness darkening in skin color weight loss or decreased appetite a decrease in heart rate or blood pressure low blood…


  • Baby Hair : Causes and How to get rid of them.

    Baby Hair : Causes and How to get rid of them.

    If you’ve got “baby hairs”—those wispy little hairline strands —you’ve no doubt blamed them on breakage, new growth, or stress. But it turns out, some of us are simply genetically predisposed to hair thinning (sorry), and those genetic factors interfere with the way our hair responds to androgens, or “male” hormones like testosterone. Confused? We got…