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… Excess sodium in the body results in the release of a hormone called aldosterone that causes the body to retain … Excess sodium in the body results in the release of a hormone called aldosterone that causes the body to retain …
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… Overview Catecholamines (say "kat-uh-KOH-luh-meens") are hormones made mostly by your adrenal glands as a reaction to stress. When you feel stressed, these hormones increase heart rate, blood pressure, breathing … "fight-or-flight" reactions. Your body breaks down these hormones and passes them into your urine. This test measures …
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… treatment that combines surgery with external radiation or hormone therapy may be used along with brachytherapy. Before … main treatment for localized prostate cancer or along with hormone therapy. After surgery if all the cancer couldn't be … advanced prostate cancer, radiation is often combined with hormone therapy, chemotherapy, or other treatments. This can …
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… removed to treat symptoms from endometriosis. Keep using hormone therapy or have more laparoscopic surgery to remove … scar tissue. This decision aid is for women who have tried hormone therapy and have had laparoscopic surgery to remove … but still have severe symptoms. Other women decide to use hormone therapy before having surgery. Key points to …
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… a diaphragm for birth control? The diaphragm doesn't use hormones. So you can use the diaphragm if you don't want to take hormones or can't take hormones because you have certain health problems or …
