Sentences with phrase «produce small amounts of the hormone»

While testosterone is typically associated with men, women also naturally produce small amounts of the hormone.

Most of it is produced in testicles, but adrenal cortex and ovaries also produce a small amount of this hormone.

Not exact matches

At the end of this week, your body begins to produce small amounts of the pregnancy hormone human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), which can sometimes (but not always) lead to early pregnancy symptoms like tender, swollen breasts and fatigue.

There are so many amazing hormones, are all produced by the placenta, that are taken out of your body with the birth of the placenta (which is why some experience baby blues, drops in energy, etc.) By encapsulating, you are providing your postpartum body the opportunity to benefit from small amounts of these while recovering from birth and caring for your little one.

A number of radiotherapies that marry a small but potent amount of radioactive material and a targeted molecular compound have been gaining traction as progressive treatments for malignant NETs, which can develop wherever nerve cells and hormone - producing endocrine cells are present (e.g., gastrointestinal tract, pancreas, lungs, thyroid).

While the ovaries stop producing progesterone, estrogen, and testosterone at this time, a small amount of these vital hormones can still come from the adrenal glands.

The adrenal glands also produce adrenaline and small amounts of sex hormones called androgens, among other hormones.

Growth hormones in animal products, both animal flesh, milk and cheese, are made of synthetic estrogen, similar to a hormone that is naturally produced in very small amounts by a woman's body.

In addition to neurotransmitters and cortisol, the adrenals also produce small amounts of the sex hormones, estrogen and testosterone (and their precursors).

However, this hormone is also produced in the body of men, albeit in much smaller amounts.

However, women also produce small amounts of testosterone (the primary male sex hormone) and it appears that boosting testosterone levels in females improves their sex drive and well - being.

This condition causes the parathyroid glands, four small glands that are located in the neck near the thyroid gland, to produce abnormally large amounts of parathyroid hormone.