Endocrinology

Adrenal disorders happen when the adrenal gland produces either too much or too little of cortisol or aldosterone. These two conditions create either Addison’s disease (your body does not have enough cortisol and aldosterone, or Cushing’s syndrome, where your body has too much cortisol. This...

Endocrine disruptors are chemicals that disrupt the endocrine system. The endocrine system is the body’s glands and hormones that manage multiple important functions. The chemicals in this context can block or imitate hormones, which then changes the normal functions of the endocrine system,...

According to Britannica, in 1841, Friedrich Henle was the first to recognize “ductless glands” that secrete their products into the bloodstream and not into specialized ducts. In 1855 Claude Bernard distinguished the effects of these ductless glands from other glandular products by the term...