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| | Does Your Neighborhood Hurt Your Endocrine System? - Lieberman - IRED.Com |
 | | The endocrine system is largely responsible for growth, reproduction, storage of energy, balance and reaction to stimuli such as fright and agitation. | | | The endocrine system consists of glands throughout your body that do not have ducts and other similar structures. | | | According to published data, the exact relationship between human disease and effects on the endocrine system is still not well understood. |
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http://www.ired.com/news/lieberman/021103.htm
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| | Questions about Endocrine Disruptors |
| | This is not surprising, as the basic function of the endocrine system, in addition to controlling sex characteristics and reproductive functions and responding to perceived hostility (adrenaline release), is to maintain homeostasis (even keel) among the diverse functions of the body. | | | Human epidemiology studies which have examined the relationship between the manufacture and use of endocrine disruptors and health effects are far from conclusive. | | | Significant research and biological plausibility also support that responses to endocrine disruptors are dose/potency related: there is a no-effect threshold. |
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http://extoxnet.orst.edu/faqs/pesticide/endocrine.htm
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| | NRDC: Endocrine Disruptors FAQ |
| | Because endocrine disruptors affect the development of the body's vital organs and hormonal systems, infants, children and developing fetuses are more vulnerable to exposure. | | | Should humans be concerned for their health based on evidence that animals have been affected? | | | Should humans be concerned for their health based on evidence that fish, birds and alligators have been affected? |
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http://www.nrdc.org/health/effects/qendoc.asp
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| | EPA Endocrine International Workshop on Endocrine Disruptors |
| | Where awareness of endocrine disruptors is present, concern is most likely to be focused on human impacts, not effects on wildlife. | | | Canada has reached the conclusion that endocrine disruptors are already having an effect on wildlife though they have not undertaken any major assessment activity yet. | | | The sense of the group was that the concept should be given further thought and consideration. |
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http://www.epa.gov/endocrine/Pubs/smithrep.html
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| | Developmental Effects of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals in Wildlife and Humans |
| | Mechanisms underlying the disruption of the development of vital systems, such as the endocrine, reproductive, and immune systems, are discussed with reference to wildlife, laboratory animals, and humans. | | | In another study using the infants of mothers who ate Lake Michigan fish and infants of mothers exposed to a PCB "farm incident," both cohorts experienced growth retardation and neurological effects which were related in a dose-dependent manner to umbilical cord serum PCB concentrations (reflecting the levels in fetal blood) (79). | | | This paper identifies the need for a greater awareness about the long-term health consequences associated with exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals during early life. |
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http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/members/1993/101-5/colborn-full.html
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| | OSH Answers: Endocrine Disruptors |
| | The endocrine system is comprised of a number of glands in the body that do not have ducts and other similar structures. | | | The endocrine system is important because it coordinates and regulates many essential body functions such as | | | Where are endocrine disruptors often found and what are examples? |
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http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/chemicals/endocrine.html
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| | The Endocrine Society : Awards & Grants |
| | Awarded to MD fellows (or equivalent clinical care certification) presently enrolled in an established US or Canadian endocrine science training program who is conducting research as a major investigator in clinically relevant aspects of thyroid disease. | | | Awarded to MD (or equivalent clinical care certification) in final year of fellowship training in established endocrine science training program. | | | The Solvay Clinical Research Award provides funding for up to two years for the recipient to perform clinical research related to hypogonadism and/or testosterone replacement. |
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http://www.endo-society.org/quickcontent/student/awardsgrants.cfm
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| | MSN Encarta - Endocrine System |
| | The pancreas, an organ often associated with the digestive system, is also considered part of the endocrine system. | | | The earliest reference to the endocrine system comes from ancient Greece, in about 400 bc. | | | Endocrinologists are medical doctors who specialize in researching and treating disorders and diseases of the endocrine system. |
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http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761574274
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| | Endocrine System |
| | This site provides access to public-orientated resources about the endocrine system and related diseases and conditions. | | | Collected resources on endocrine system drugs from the online British Medical Journal. | | | Pharmaceutical Preparations; Endocrine System Diseases / drug therapy; Endocrine System; Collected Works [Publication Type]; |
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http://omni.ac.uk/browse/mesh/D004703.html
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| | Endocrine System |
| | But even though the nervous system and endocrine system are separate systems, they often work together to help the body function properly. | | | KidsHealth > Teens > Your Body > Body Basics Library > Endocrine System | | | This turnoff process is called a negative feedback system. |
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http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/body_basics/endocrine.html
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| | Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 |
| | Since the type of pancreatic endocrine cancer associated with MEN1 can be difficult to recognize, difficult to treat, and very slow to progress, doctors have different views about the value of surgery in managing these tumors. | | | There is no clear evidence, however, that aggressive surgery to prevent pancreatic endocrine cancer from spreading actually leads to longer survival for patients with MEN1. | | | One approach is to "watch and wait," using medical, or nonsurgical treatments. |
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http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/endo/pubs/fmen1/fmen1.htm
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| | The Hormone Foundation: Endo 101 |
| | Endocrine disorders happen when one or more of the endocrine systems in your body are not working well. | | | They know how to treat conditions, which are often complex and involve many systems and structures within your body. | | | Your regular doctor refers you to an endocrinologist when you have a problem with your endocrine system. |
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http://www.hormone.org/endo101
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| | NRDC: Endocrine Disruption - Overview |
| | Gina Solomon, a physician at NRDC is working to educate the medical community and the general public about this issue. | | | This means that they do not get rapidly flushed out of the body, but rather are stored in fat. | | | More disturbingly, many health care workers and physicians are also unfamiliar with the scientific and health issues related to endocrine disruption. |
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http://www.nrdc.org/health/effects/bendrep.asp
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| | Endocrine Disruptors |
| | Statement from the Work Session on Environmental Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: Neural, Endocrine and Behavioral Effects; Follow-up to "Wingspread" statement, Erice, Sicily, Italy, November, 1995. | | | This group met a second time in November 1995 in Erice, Italy and issued another statement that provides further evidence of the impact of hormone disruptors on neurological and behavioral development. | | | This research on endocrine disruptors provides powerful new evidence that may explain the many increases in health problems that are occurring nationwide -increases such as in hormone related cancers, male and female reproductive disorders, infertility and learning disabilities. |
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http://www.ccaej.org/projects/endocrine.htm
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| | Endocrine Practice Online Index |
| | The primary mission of Endocrine Practice is to enhance the health care of patients with endocrine diseases through continuing education and practicing endocrinologist. | | | For reprints of Endocrine Practice articles or an entire issue, click here for more information. | | | Endocrine Practice is a peer-reviewed journal published six times a year and is the official journal of the American College of Endocrinology (ACE) and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE). |
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http://www.aace.com/pub/ep
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| | Pediatric Endocrinology Nursing Society |
| | This includes the establishment and continual advancement of standards of practice, the enhancement of nursing research, the advancement of clinical expertise, and the promotion and recognition of excellence in nursing practice. | | | He said, "What we are beginning is really important." Well, what we do as pediatric endocrine nurses is really important. | | | PENS members have the opportunity to share their expertise, increase their knowledge by networking with colleagues and enhance personal and professional development in the field of pediatric endocrinology. |
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http://www.pens.org
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| | Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong-- Our Specialized Centers - Children's Endocrine Center |
| | Our team of providers works hard to provide optimal physical, psychosocial, and emotional growth and development of our patients. | | | Our experienced team includes three board-certified pediatric endocrinologists, as well as a support staff of nurse practitioners, a social worker, and a Child Psychology fellow. | | | Endocrine disorders can display a wide variety of symptoms. |
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http://www.stronghealth.com/services/childrens/centers/endocrine.cfm
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| | E/E Letter Links |
| | Identification and Assessment of Endocrine Disruptors Limitations of in Vivo and in Vitro Assays | | | Environmental Endocrine Disruption An Effects Assessment and Analysis | | | Opinion on Human and Wildlife Health Effects of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, with Emphasis on Wildlife and on a Ecotoxicology Test Methods expressed at the 8th CSTEE plenary meeting, Brussels, 4 March 1999 |
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http://www.eeletter.com/links.htm
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| | Endocrine |
| | Indeed the hypothalamus is an excellent example of the blurring of functions as well as the interactions between the three major physiologic systems of the human body (the endocrine, the neurologic and the immune). | | | Furthermore endocrine activities have been identified in certain organs, such as the heart, kidneys, duodenum and liver, which are normally associated with other system functions. | | | Because the pituitary is located in the brain and has both neural and humoral (blood) connections to the hypothalamus, it is also the endocrine gland traditionally associated with cognitive control. |
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http://www.bio-logicsolutions.com/endocrin.htm
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| | PANNA: PANUPS: U.S. Assesses Endocrine Disruptors. June 16, 1997. |
| | The interim report examined nearly 300 peer-reviewed studies on the relationship of chemicals to the endocrine systems of humans, laboratory animals and wildlife. | | | This definition states that an endocrine disruptor is "an exogenous substance that changes endocrine function and causes adverse effects at the level of organism, its progeny, and/or (sub)populations of organisms." Some representatives of public interest organizations decried the use of "adverse effects" in the language. | | | However, it emphasized that there are large data gaps and that, in theory, many of the human effects that have been hypothesized could indeed be the result of endocrine disrupting chemicals. |
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http://www.panna.org/resources/pestis/PESTIS.1997.45.html
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| | Endocrine Disruptors : 1. What are Endocrine Disrupters? |
| | endocrine systems in the body that regulate processes as diverse as blood pressure, smooth muscle contraction, fluid balance, and bone resorption." | | | Global Assessment of the state-of-the-science of Endocrine disruptors" | | | "Endocrine disruption is not considered a toxicological end point per se but a functional change that may lead to adverse effects. |
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http://www.greenfacts.org/de/endokrin-disruptoren/l-3/endocrine-disruptors-1.htm
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| | Overview of Endocrinology |
| | Second, an integrated approach to understanding the multi-hormone control of several important phenomena is provided. | | | Endocrinology is the study of hormones, their receptors and the intracellular signalling pathways they invoke. | | | As will be repeatedly demonstrated, the nervous and endocrine systems often act together to regulate physiology. |
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http://arbl.cvmbs.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/endocrine/basics/overview.html
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| | The Endocrine System |
| | Students will enhance their writing skills by writing about the endocrine system. | | | Annotation: Many resources about the endocrine system and disorders. | | | Standard: Identifies organs and their functions in these systems: circulatory, respiratory, reproductive, skeletal, digestive, nervous, endocrine lymphatic, and skin. |
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http://www.glc.k12.ga.us/BuilderV03/lptools/lpshared/lpdisplay.asp?Session_Stamp=&LPID=48898
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| | Human Endocrinology |
| | The essence of multicellularity is the coordinated interaction of the various kinds of cells that make up the body. | | | This page will examine the properties of endocrine signaling. | | | endocrine - the chemicals are secreted into the blood and carried by blood and tissue fluids to the cells they act upon. |
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http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/H/Hormones.html
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| | Endocrine Oncology Program: Michigan Endocrine Tissue Bank (METB |
| | Thus, the conditions are ideal for the creation of an endocrine tissue bank. | | | The University of Michigan has a strong tradition in the treatment of endocrine disease, including rare diseases such as adrenal cortical carcinoma. | | | The availability of a fully catalogued endocrine bank and pathology database would be a tremendous asset to the University of Michigan Endocrine Program and the Millie Schembechler Program in Adrenal Cancer Research. |
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http://www.cancer.med.umich.edu/research/endometb.htm
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| | Hypothalamus and ANS |
| | The "set-point" theory is an old one in diet science, but until recently the mechanics of maintaining that set point were unknown. | | | Ultimately the hypothalamus can control every endocrine gland in the body, and alter blood pressure (through vasopressin and vasoconstriction), body temperature, metabolism (through TSH), and adrenaline levels (through ACTH). | | | The hypothalamus controls body weight and appetite, but it is not entirely clear how. |
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http://thalamus.wustl.edu/course/hypoANS.html
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| | Endocrine System Diseases |
| | Patients and laypersons looking for guidance among the target sources of this collection of links are strongly advised to review the information retrieved with their professional health care provider. | | | Case Studies in Endocrine Disorders - Tulane Univ. (US) | | | Atlas of the Endocrine System [Peyrin and Vandroux] - Univ de St. Etienne (FR) |
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http://www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/c19.html
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| | MedlinePlus: Endocrine Diseases |
| | Atlas of the Body: The Endocrine System (American Medical Association) | | | The primary NIH organization for research on Endocrine Diseases is the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases | | | Hyperinsulinemia (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) |
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/endocrinediseasesgeneral.html
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| | Open Directory - Science: Environment: Environmental Health: Endocrine Disruptors |
| | e.hormone: At the Cutting Edge of Endocrine Disruptor Research. | | | Endocrine Disruptors Research Initiative - Describes the coordination of U.S. federal government efforts to examine the hypothesis that there are chemicals present in the environment of humans and wildlife that, by virtue of their ability to interact with endocrine systems, are causing a variety of adverse health effects. | | | Endocrine Disruptors Low-Dose Peer Review - Report evaluating the low dose effects and dose response relationships for endocrine disrupting chemicals in mammalian species that relate to human health. |
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http://dmoz.org/Science/Environment/Environmental_Health/Endocrine_Disruptors
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| | Endocrine System |
| | Why is this regarded as regulation by negative feedback? | | | Recognize that the endocrine system, like the nervous system, is a | | | Identify an endocrine hormone associated with the posterior lobe of the pituitary and describe its effects. |
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http://www.indiana.edu/~phys215/lecture/lecnotes/chap11NE.html
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| | News brief: Index of Endocrine Disruptor Resources |
| | The Natural Resources Defense Council provides its views and definitions of the human endocrine system and endocrine disruptors. | | | The Women's Health and the Environment Network, which is part of the Citizens for a Better Environment, offers its views on how individuals can reduce their exposure to hormone disruptors. | | | This three-page fact sheet by the National Science and Technology Council’s Committee on Environment and Natural Resources explains why endocrine disruptor research is being undertaken and describes the council’s research activities in this area. |
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http://www.riskworld.com/NEWS/99q1/nw9aa081.htm
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| | European Federation of Endocrine Societies - Home Page |
| | Its major objectives are to promote communication between all who are interested in endocrinology and to advance research and education in endocrinology. | | | American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons issue a position statement on diagnosis and management of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) | | | EUROPA, the website of the European Union, have dedicated an entire section of their website to research in endocrine disrupters |
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http://www.euro-endo.org
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| | Characterization of Potential Endocrine-Related Health Effects at Low-Dose Levels of Exposure to PCBs |
| | "The Characterizing the Effects of Endocrine Disruptors on Human Health at Environmental Exposure Levels," workshop provided a forum to discuss the methods and data needed to improve risk assessments of endocrine disruptors. | | | The data set on endocrine effects includes results obtained from mechanistic methods/ and models (receptor based, metabolism based, and transport protein based), as well as from in vivo models, including studies with experimental animals and wildlife species. | | | Other low-dose effects induced by PCBs, such as neurodevelopmental and reproductive effects and endocrine-sensitive tumors, have been evaluated with respect to a possible causative linkage with PCB-induced alterations in endocrine systems. |
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http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/docs/1999/suppl-4/639-649brouwer/abstract.html
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| | Endocrine Disruptor Page |
| | European Commission's Directorate-General of Research website, which focuses on endocrine disrupter research in Europe. | | | Report: Global Assessment of the State-of-the-Science of Endocrine Disruptors (WHO/PCS/EDC/02.2). | | | Press release: Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: New Publication Shows Need For Further Research [available on the WHO site] |
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http://iccvam.niehs.nih.gov/methods/endocrine.htm
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| | EUROPA - Research - Endocrine Disrupters - Homepage |
| | “Enhanced International Collaboration in the Field of Endocrine Disrupters: How to Do It in Practice?” | | | Welcome to the website of the European Commission's Directorate-General of Research which focuses on endocrine disrupter research in Europe. | | | EUROPA > European Commission > Research > Endocrine Disrupters |
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http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/endocrine/index_en.html
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| | Pancreatic cancer, endocrine |
| | Endocrine pancreatic cancer is a disease in which cancerous cells originate within the tissues of the pancreas that produce hormones. | | | Nonfunctional endocrine tumors frequently produce the same symptoms as cancer of the exocrine pancreas such as abdominal pain, jaundice, and weight loss. | | | Twenty-five percent of gastrinomas and less than 10% of insulinomas occur in MEN patients. |
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http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/pancreatic_cancer_endocrine.jsp
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| | EPA/OSCP: Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program |
| | The endocrine system regulates all biological processes from the conception of an organism through adulthood and into old age regulating many functions of a body, including metabolism, blood sugar levels, growth and function of the reproductive system, and the development of the brain and nervous system. | | | Disrupting the endocrine system can occur in various ways. | | | However, the relationship of human diseases of the endocrine system and exposure to environmental contaminants is poorly understood and scientifically controversial. |
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http://www.epa.gov/scipoly/oscpendo/edspoverview/primer.htm
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| | the endocrine system |
| | Most of the similarities among the endocrine systems of crustaceans, arthropods, and vertebrates are examples of | | | Women's Health: Hormone Replacement Choices for Women in Midlife This site presents many issues relating to hormone replacement therapy, who should consider it, and more importantly, who should not. | | | Most animals with well-developed nervous and circulatory systems have an endocrine system. |
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http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookENDOCR.html
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| | Endocrine System / Introduction to the Endocrine System |
| | The endocrine system, along with the nervous system, functions in the regulation of body activities. | | | Endocrine System / Introduction to the Endocrine System | | | The word endocrine is derived from the Greek terms "endo," meaning within, and "krine," meaning to separate or secrete. |
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http://training.seer.cancer.gov/module_anatomy/unit6_1_endo_intro.html
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