Hormone Health: Managing Adrenal, Thyroid & Sex Hormones

Managing hormone conditions involves regulating sex hormones like testosterone and estrogen while monitoring markers for thyroid and adrenal health.

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Effects of Masturbation on Testosterone

Despite what you may have heard, there's no evidence masturbation lowers your testosterone level in any significant way. Here's what you do need to know, though.

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Causes of Lower Than Normal Body Temperature

Not everyone has the "standard" body temperature of 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit. Your temperature may run a little higher or lower than this normally, and a slightly lower than normal temperature is generally nothing to worry about.

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Side Effects of Steroids in Women

The generic term steroids includes both corticosteroids and anabolic steroids. Each type of steroid can lead to side effects in both women and men. Here's what you need to know about these side effects.

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Hypothyroid Symptoms & Itching

People with hypothyroidism may experience skin changes reflecting diminished activity of cells within the skin. Some of these changes may cause itching.

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How to Reduce Estrogen in Men Through Diet

Even though estrogen is a hormone more often associated with women, the truth is, both men and women produce estrogen. And all men need to maintain a certain level of estrogen for proper [reproductive and sexual function](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4854098/).

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What Drugs Lower High Cortisol Levels?

The choice of drug treatment for high cortisol levels often depends on the cause, as well as possible side effects. If a single medication isn't adequate, combinations are often used.

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Low Estrogen Symptoms in Younger Women

Levels of estrogen β€” a group of female hormones β€” fall naturally when a woman approaches menopause. But sometimes younger women will also experience low estrogen.

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Which Herbs Are Bad for the Thyroid?

Your metabolism is controlled by the action of your thyroid gland and thyroid hormones, which regulate how fast or slow your other body organs work. When your thyroid gland is overactive, it produces too much thyroid hormone, which results in symptoms of hyperthyroidism, or Grave's disease.

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Facial Signs of Adrenal Fatigue

The adrenals are glands near the kidneys that produce numerous hormones, including the sex hormones and cortisol. Because cortisol plays a large part in how the body deals with stress, the adrenals can become fatigued when you are under significant stress.

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Herbal Treatments for Low Testosterone

Testosterone is the hormone our bodies produce that is responsible for our sex drive and our muscle mass. Its presence is greater in men than women and often results in aggressive behavior when the testosterone level is too high. As bad as having high testosterone can be, low testosterone is even more dangerous.

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Drugs for Hormonal Imbalance

Like the nervous system, the endocrine system is involved in communication and control between the body’s various organ systems. Hormones are produced in the body by organs called glands which release hormones in order to send messages to other organs.

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Normal TSH Levels in Children

Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) is released from the pituitary gland and stimulates the thyroid gland to release thyroid hormones T3 and T4. Measuring levels of TSH is one way to assay the function of a child's thyroid gland.

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