Endocrine disruptors are natural or artificial chemicals that interfere with the body’s endocrine system. The endocrine system includes a number of glands and organs that synthesize, store, and ...

Female rats exposed to endocrine disrupters during early development end up with fewer eggs in their ovaries and are at risk of losing their ability to reproduce at an earlier age. The findings have ...

Endocrine disruptors (EDCs) are natural or man-made chemicals that mimic, block, or interfere with the body's hormones, which regulate essential physiological functions. These chemicals have been ...

In this anatomy course, part of the Anatomy Specialization, you’ll learn about the various digestive, endocrine, and reproductive organs, their functions, and pathways of nerves and blood vessels ...

1 Department of Physiology and The Key Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology of Ministry of Education, Second Military Medical University, 800 Xiangyin Road, Shanghai 200433, China 2 Department of ...

In a new study, researchers have investigated how the endocrine-disrupting substance linuron affects reproduction in the West African clawed frog, Xenopus tropicalis. The scientists found that linuron ...

Endocrine disruptive chemicals are found in heavy metals and anything to do with oil. The endocrine system is the hormonal ...

This self-assessment tests your knowledge after reading the following article: Knight J (2024) Pregnancy 5: effects on the endocrine, nervous and reproductive systems. Nursing Times [online]; 120: 1.

We’ve all been told time and time again to wear sunscreen—even when it’s not glaringly sunny. So, of course, we dutifully dab on a daily tinted moisturizer with SPF or slather on tons of sunblock at ...

Due to their toxicity, polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, have emerged as a significant environmental and public health problem. The EPA states that PCBs were produced domestically in the US from ...

What do you know about the endocrine system? In school, we learned that hormones and the glands that produce them comprise this essential system. Eight major glands are responsible for regulating ...