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"Hormone" is also the NATO reporting name for the Soviet/Russian Kamov Ka-25 military helicopter. A hormone (from Greek horman - "to set in motion") is a chemical messenger from one cell (or group of cells) to another. All multicellular organisms produce hormones (including plants - see article phytohormone). The best-known animal hormones are those produced bi endocrine glands of vertebrate animals, but hormones are produced by nearly every organ system and tissue type in an animal body ...
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Resources
- AACE Physician Finder (American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists)
- ACTH (Adrenocorticotropic Hormone) Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- Adrenal Crisis Causes Death in People Who Got hGH (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- Alcohol Alert: Alcohol and Hormones (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
- Aldosterone and Renin (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- Atlas of the Body: The Endocrine System (American Medical Association)
- Bioidentical Hormones (The North American Menopause Society (NAMS))
- Cortisol Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- Endocrine Disruptors in the Environment (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
- Endocrine Glands & Their Hormones (National Cancer Institute)
- Endocrine System (Nemours Foundation)
- Endocrinology and Hormone Rhythms (Endocrine Society, Hormone Foundation)
- Estrogen Tests (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- Evaluation Process of Adults with Growth Hormone Deficiency (MAGIC Foundation)
- Evolution of Estrogen (Hormone Foundation)
- Find an Endocrinologist (Hormone Foundation)
- Frequently Asked Questions about Testosterone and the IOM Report (National Institute on Aging, NIH, HHS)
- Genes and Disease: Glands and Hormones (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
- Hormone Abuse (Hormone Foundation)
- Hormone Foundation
- Hormones (National Institutes of Health)
- Hormones (Medline Plus)
- Hormones and Epilepsy (Epilepsy Foundation, The)
- Hormones and Obesity (Hormone Foundation) - Links to PDF File - English and Spanish material
- Human Growth Hormone and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- Information for People Treated with NHPP Human Growth Hormone (hGH) (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- Insulin Resistance Syndrome (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Interactive DES Self-Assessment Guide (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- LH (Luteinizing Hormone) Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- Many Men and Physicians Miss the Signs of Hormone Deficiency (American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists)
- Men: What's Normal, What's Not, As You Age (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Most Frequently Asked Questions When Beginning Growth Hormone Therapy (MAGIC Foundation)
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- Organizations for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- Pills, Patches, and Shots: Can Hormones Prevent Aging? (National Institute on Aging)
- Testosterone Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry, Inc.)
- Testosterone Therapy: The Answer for Aging Men? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Understanding Estrogen Receptors, Tamoxifen, and Raloxifene (National Cancer Institute)
- What Is an Endocrinologist? (Hormone Foundation)
- Women and Testosterone? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Youth in a Syringe? Growth Hormone Ignites Debate (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
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