Sentences with phrase «linked endocrine system»

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There are concerns they may interfere with the body's endocrine system, linked to human reproduction.

Adversity, especially in early childhood, has a powerful effect on the development of the intricate stress - response network within each of us that links together the brain, the immune system, and the endocrine system (the glands that produce and release stress hormones, including cortisol).

Dioxin, by far the most toxic of chemicals regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency, is linked to cancer, birth defects, liver damage, skin diseases, immune system disorders and changes in endocrine regulation.

BPA has been identified as an endocrine disruptor and has been linked in numerous animal studies to adverse health effects, including in reproductive and metabolic systems, which have prompted public concern.

To further probe the links between the endocrine system and aging, he focused on the effects of hormones upon the brain.

This sits in the hypothalamus, responsible for regulation of internal body processes using the endocrine system, which is linked to hormone secretion, via the pituitary gland.

Endocrine disrupters — pollutants that unbalance hormone systems — are known to harm fish, and there is growing evidence linking them to health problems in humans, including infertility and various cancers.

Some chemical issues that Geoff?s team deals with have a high - profile, like endocrine - disrupting substances; many chemicals, both natural and man - made, are known to adversely effect the hormone systems of humans and animals, and there is growing concern about the link between the presence of these substances in their environment and their harm to wildlife.

«Pre-clinical study suggests Parkinson's could start in gut endocrine cells: Protein linked to Parkinson's could spread from gut to nervous system.»

The hypothalamus links the nervous system to the endocrine system by synthsizing and secreting neurohormones, often called releasing hormones, as needed that control the secretion of hormones from the anterior pituitary gland â $» among them, gonadotropin - releasing hormone (GnRH).

Lotions have parabens that can mess with your endocrine system and / or raise breast cancer risk and most antiperspirants contain aluminum, which can be linked to Alzheimer's and more... and the list went on and on.

If our emotions are linked to our neurology, immune, and endocrine system, then it makes sense that when we feel something, it creates a physical change.

Probiotics are also linked to improvements in immune, cognitive, digestive, and endocrine system functions, and taking probiotics can even cheer you up!

«We don't know all of the hazardous effects of PFOA yet, but we have some evidence of a link to cancer, as well as to effects on the immune, nervous, and endocrine systems,» says David Carpenter, MD, director of the Institute for Health and the Environment at the University at Albany.

Perfluorooctanoic acid is linked to damaging the human immune system, altering the endocrine system, causing infertility, damaging children's health and producing development problems, and has been found to be carcinogenic.

In a study done by Environmental Working Group in 2012, it was found that newborn babies had over 200 different chemicals in them including: Mercury — harms brain development and function Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons — linked to cancer Polybrominated dibenzodioxins and furans — toxic to endocrine system Perfluorinated chemicals — linked to cancer,... Read More»

This chemical has been linked to endocrine disruption, organ system toxicity, and / or developmental / reproductive toxicity and is toxic to coral reefs.

And a few of the active ingredients commonly used in sunscreen have been linked to endocrine disruption, organ system toxicity, and / or developmental / reproductive toxicity.

But some of these active ingredients (such as homosalate and oxybenzone) have been linked to endocrine disruption, organ system toxicity, and / or developmental / reproductive toxicity.

It links the nervous system to the endocrine system through the Pituitary Gland.

The digestive system is intimately linked to the immune, endocrine, circulatory and central nervous systems.

According to the EWG's Skin Deep Cosmetic Database, dioxins are known endocrine disruptors, strongly linked to cancer and toxic to the organ system and human development.

Linked to immune system and endocrine system dysfunction.

The well - informed eater knows the answer is no, and that pesticides have been linked to endless amounts of modern health issues like the disruption of your endocrine system and many kinds of cancers.

Yoga can also help stimulate the circulatory, digestive, nervous, and endocrine systems — four main physiological systems that are linked to the immune system.

Studies show that dioxin even in low or trace levels may be linked to abnormal tissue growth in the abdomen and reproductive organs, immune system suppression, hormonal and endocrine system disruption.

According to a report published by the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) last November, a variety of flea and tick pesticides contain chemicals called «organophosphate insecticides,» or OPs, which have been linked to brain damage, harm to the human endocrine system, and certain kinds of cancer.

Evidence linking psychological stress to asthma continues to grow with our increased understanding of the natural history of asthma and the neurobiology underlying stress vulnerability.1 - 3 Stress exposure during infancy and early childhood may exert particularly robust effects on the physiological systems that respond to stress.4 - 6 Evidence from animal and human studies strongly suggests that early life adversity shapes stress neurobiology, 7 resulting in disturbed regulation of endocrine and autonomic processes (eg, hypothalamic - pituitary - adrenal [HPA] axis, sympathetic - adrenal - medullary system).

It is not known to what extent neural and endocrine changes contribute to the increased salience of peer social status during adolescence, but it is likely that changes such as remodeling of the fronto - striatal dopaminergic systems and a puberty - linked rise in sex hormones could contribute to an increase in motivations to obtain and defend social status among peers (Nelson et al., 2005; Blakemore, 2008; Steinberg, 2008; Crone and Dahl, 2012).