Your endocrine system controls all of your hormones. It’s made up of many different glands, including the pituitary gland. The pituitary gland (including the anterior pituitary) plays a ...

The endocrine system is made up of glands and tissues that produce hormones, the role of which is to coordinate and regulate vital functions in the human body. This seventh article of an eight-part ...

Endocrine disruptors and endocrine malignancies There is ample evidence suggesting that endocrine disruptors increase the risk of testicular, prostate, thyroid, and breast cancers.

Up to one-quarter of young men aged 18-19 have low testicular volume, or smaller-than-normal testicles. This puts their future fertility at risk, Cannarella said.

Alarmed by the rising numbers of breast and testicular cancers and the prevalence of reproductive disorders amongst young male Europeans, scientists call on European leaders to take urgent ...

WASHINGTON--Illegal use of anabolic steroids not only has dangerous side effects during use but also can harm of men's testicular function years after they stop abusing steroids, according to a ...

Researchers also compared the testes results with microplastic levels found in an earlier study on 62 human placentas, the organ that provides oxygen and nutrients to a developing fetus in the womb.

The latest study isn’t the first report to find plastics in reproductive tissue. A team of Beijing-based researchers found microplastics in six human testes and 30 semen samples in a June 2023 ...

Human testicles contain microplastics and nanoplastics at levels three times higher than animal testes and human placentas, a new small study found, and seen here microplastics can range from less ...