PURPOSE: To evaluate the incidence of sexual dysfunction in men with focal epilepsy and to establish their hormonal profiles. METHODS: We prospectively analyzed sexual functions and hormone blood levels in 40 male patients (age ranged from 18 to 44 years, with an average age of 27.6 ± 5.6 ...
Hormones regulate internal functions from metabolism and growth to sexual development and the induction of birth.
biological functions. Aiding in mood regulation is one of the crucial roles they perform. Some hormones aid in fostering positive emotions like pleasure and contentment; such hormones are called happy hormones. This blog is a comprehensive guide on happy hormones, their benefits, and methods to ...
The stimulating hormones send signals to tissues where hormones are manufactured for specialized functions. Table 3 and Figure 9 show how thyroid, cortisol, insulin, breast milk, and growth hormone are made along the hypothalamic-pituitary axis and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. We ...
Underlying their reactions to thiamine is the asynchrony of tasks that comes when the ability to consume and utilize molecular oxygen is restored and ATP production comes back online. To this point, the individual is likely experiencing and adapting to a severe and spiraling state of energy ...
Among the 22 micronutrients needed to convert macronutrient ATP, thiamine, along with its cofactor, magnesium, sit at the entry points to this process. That means that thiamine availability controls the rates of carbohydrate, protein, and fat metabolism and their subsequent conversion into ATP. Insuf...
Coffee impacts the absorption of levothyroxine (the synthetic thyroid hormone); this is why thyroid patients need to take their hormone replacement pill at least an hour before drinking coffee. The indirect but important point is that coffee contributes to estrogen dominance, cited above, and estroge...
All of the physiologically active steroids of the adrenal cortex affect the metabolism of water and electrolytes. The term “mineralocorticoids” has been used conventionally to designate those steroids such as deoxycorticosterone (DOC) and...
there were still strict systematic limits as to what they were permitted to do for us after that time. Not only was I without insurance yet again (my husband was too), but I was also now without the support system that had been my radiologist and their crew something that was much much...
Not only do molds and their toxins cause what would be called inflammation, they also attract the immune system’s weapons to try and eliminate the threat. This creates a bigger immune response, which ultimately, may create even more problems than the original exposure. The magnitude of this ...