📅 3. 9. 2024
Fats, along with proteins and carbohydrates, are the fundamental building blocks of our body. They perform a number of essential functions: they are solvents for vitamins A, D, E, K, they are essential for the formation of sex and adrenal...
📅 3. 9. 2024
The thyroid gland is an endocrine gland located at the front of the neck below the thyroid cartilage. It's crucial for human life quality because it produces key hormones: 1. Triiodothyronine – contains 3 iodine atoms, referred to as T3....
📅 3. 9. 2024
Osteoporosis is a condition in which there is a decrease in bone strength due to the loss of bone mass and the disruption of the internal structure of bone tissue. It involves the loss of proteins and minerals, the structure...
📅 3. 9. 2024
Menopause (referred to as the female transition or climacterium) occurs in a woman's life when the body is no longer capable of reproduction and carrying a child to term, resulting in the cessation of the menstrual cycle. This state most...
📅 3. 9. 2024
Andropause is a term referring to the male transition, essentially the male equivalent of female menopause. It is a period that has the same cause as in women (= a decrease in hormone production) but with slightly different onset and...
📅 3. 9. 2024
The prostate or prostate gland is a small organ located (only in men) between the bladder and the rectum and surrounds the urethra. Its function is to produce prostatic fluid, which nourishes and transports sperm. Throughout a man's life, the prostate undergoes various changes. At birth,...
📅 3. 9. 2024
Endometriosis is one of the most common gynecological diseases. It is caused by the penetration of small pieces of the uterine lining (endometrium) outside the uterus and their settlement in the ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterine ligaments, gallbladder, or intestines. Under...
📅 3. 9. 2024
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a disorder that affects a large number of women (up to 70%) during the one or two weeks before menstruation begins. It is a collection of several rather unpleasant symptoms affecting both the physical and psychological...
📅 30. 3. 2022
It is a well-known fact that as age increases, the risk of bone thinning, leading to the development of osteoporosis, also rises. Although bones can become brittle at any age, this most commonly occurs due to hormonal changes in women...