Adenoma: What Is Adenoma?

What is Adenoma?

Adenoma is benign or non-cancerous tumors that form on glands in the body. They can form on any of the glands in the body like the breasts, lungs, heart and colon. In very rare cases these tumors do turn cancerous or malignant in which case they are called Adenocarcinomas. The glands which cause the growth of these tumors are usually glands which secrete important hormones and fluids in the body. When the epithelial cells responsible for secreting fluids like sweat, saliva and breast milk begin to grow rapidly they form a small lump called adenoma. Even though adenoma is non-cancerous it can cause serious health complications by pressing against other structures or causing over secretion of hormones.

What are the Causes of Adenoma?

There is no particular cause of adenomas. Many medical experts believe genetics have a role to play in the development of adenomas, but it is not the only reason. Certain drugs can increase the risk of adenomas especially in women. Drugs which affect levels of hormones in women, like birth control pills,could lead to the growth of adenomas.

What are the Symptoms?

The most obvious symptom of adenoma is the presence of a lump or a swelling. Depending on the location of the lump the location the size of the lump can be big or small. In case of a growth on internal organs a detailed scan like an MRI might be required.Adenomas in the lungs can go undetected because they produce symptoms similar to that of common cold like coughs, fevers, fatigue and body aches.Other symptoms of adenomas are changes in the body caused due to hormonal imbalances in the body. Hyperthyroidism or Parathyroidism leading to sudden weight loss or weight gains, metabolic changes in the body, kidney stones are all indicative of the presence of adenomas.

What are the Locations of Adenomas?

• Colon: Adenomas in the colons have a tendency to turn malignant. They are detected by performing a colonoscopy.


• Renal: Renal adenomas are small in size and are usually derived from renal tubules.


• Adrenal: Adrenal adenomas are usually located in the abdominal region. Most adrenal adenomas are benign and very rarely run the risk of turning cancerous.


• Thyroid: Adenomas in the thyroid are most common. However very few of them turn malignant. These can usually be detected by performing a biopsy.


• Pituitary: Pituitary adenomas go undiagnosed most of the time. They are more common in neurological patients.The increased level of progesterone in the female body suring preganance can lead to pituitary adenomas during this stage


• Parathyroid: Adenomas in the parathyroid gland can lead to the condition of primary hyperthyroidism


• Liver: Adenomas of the liver are the rarest and are known as hepatic tumors.


• Breasts: Breast adenomas are also known as fibroadenomas and often go undetected because they are small in size


• Appendix: Adenomas of the appendix or cystadenomas are extremely rare and are usually discovered during tissue examination after appendicitis.


• Bronchial: Bronchial adenomas are responsible for causing the carcinoid syndrome


• Sebaceous: A sebaceous adenoma is cutaneous in nature and is characterized by a pink, flesh-colored or yellow nodule.


• Salivary glands: These are also common and often have a tendency to turn cancerous.

What is the Treatment?

Treatment of adenomas depends on the type and location of adenomas. Usually adenomas are treated surgically and monitored by the doctors according to established guidelines. As adenomas in different locations differ in size and growth patterns, their treatment and procedures also vary.

The Impact of Training on Anabolic Hormones!

The Impact Of Training on the Hormones Of Special Operations Soldiers With Possible Applications to Tactical LE

Some interesting research going on at locals such as Natick Army Labs looking at the effects of Stress, training, lack of sleep, and or reduced calories and their effects on hormones. After identifying which hormones take a nose dive in response to high levels of stress, etc and which are correlated to performance, there may be an effort to alter/maintain those hormones which could allow SOF/Tactical LE to extend/improve their performance operationally speaking. Nutritional interventions are being examined (some of which I covered in my articles here) as well as other possible interventions that could be of considerable benefit to members of the military and law enforcement community, specifically - but not limited to - SOF and Tactical LE.

Brink Bottom Line: The intensity, volume, and type of exercise people do can have profound effects on their hormones. Additionally, total calories, macro nutrients, micro nutrients, and other dietary variables, such as total protein, can also effect hormones. Add to that high levels of stress, and other factors unique to soldiers and LE, and it's clear hormonal changes - which can negatively impact performance, health, and operational longevity - are a given. Recent research aims to see which hormones, under what conditions, etc, and how they may impact the war fighter, with possible applications to other groups, such as tactical LE. Clearly, focusing on good nutritional practices, the possible use of specific supplements, avoiding over training/OTS, managing stress, and other variables, can go a long way to avoiding these issues for athletes, military, and everyday people looking to maintain healthy optimal levels of important hormones.

One hormone that seems to be of particular interest is IGF-1, which "... is a biomarker that may have greater utility than other conventional biomarkers in assessing nutritional, health, and fitness status" of SOF soldiers."

A few study abstracts of interest with more essential info can be here for more info:
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What Are Best HGH Products in the Market?

Today if there is one thing that has get utmost attention is the word HGH known as Human Growth Hormone. HGH is a hormone in the body which acts to grow and maintain the healthy cells. With the passage of time our body is not able to produce the desire level of this hormone and it leads to hair loss, skin wrinkles etc. Studies and development theories have shown that if we can increase the level of this hormone in the body then we can get back what we had in before in physically. The success of this treatment has lead to many HGH products in the market. SO it is confusing and difficult to choose which one the best available for you.

Based on the past experience and reviews we got from our visitors we have choose below 3 as best HGH Products.

Sytropin is one of the best HGH products in the market it comes in the form of HGH Spray and main this is that we can easily order this product without any prescription. Even Sytropin is not regulated by the FDA directly, but Sytropin meets all applicable FDA regulations. Even it doesn't require any prescription but it don't means that every ingredient of Sytropin is not tested for safety and effectiveness. Sytropin has shown to have no side effects and any range of people (not for children) can use this product and can take benefit from this. One of the main plus of this HGH product is that it comes in HGH spray so we don't have to go through stomach problems as in case of HGH pills.

How to use Sytropin?: We can use Sytropin by taking 2 full sprays every morning, and at night, before going to sleep, take 4 sprays which is maximum recommended daily dosage. Sytropin for best results isn't swallowed rather it needs to be absorbed from the mouth.

Genf20 is another one of the best recommended HGH (human growth hormone) releaser in the market. This product is modeled based on the science which acts to increase the levels of hormones in the human body. GenF20 HGH is one of the leading and popular products which actually help in slowing the process of aging. Genf20 helps in the growth if human hormones which ultimately acts to restore your physical body levels in terms of looks, energy etc. GenF20 is one of the tested and most recommended products in the market which actually helps in HGH and works on the theory of restoring the levels of hormones in the body. It comes in forms of HGH pills and needed to be taken from stomach.

HGH Energizer comes at third place in the list of recommended HGH products in the market. Since the launch of HGH Energizer it has produced a good amount of impact in the HGH market. HGH Energizer comes in form of HGH pills and it is a dietary supplement. It is prescribed to take as 2 pills a day with of after meal with water. One of the key fat about it is that it is regulated and approved by FDA. HGH Energizer comes with a 90 days money back guarantee if you are not satisfied.

The Relationship Between Hormones and Aging

People wonder why they age. Indeed, it is a personal dilemma: the causes of aging and how to prevent or slow down the process as much as possible. Thanks to several achievements in science, however, people are now educated as why and how their bodies age.

Going into the core of the issues, we then find out that it is the action of hormones that are causing both the body's development as well as its deterioration associated with the process of aging.

What Are Hormones?

Hormones are substances that are secreted or produced by the body. They are responsible, starting with puberty, for the body's growth and changes. Even when the growth spurt is over, hormones are still produced by the body to perform other functions like managing the body's immune system, controlling the body's metabolism, overseeing the death and regeneration of the body's cells.

You can see now that hormones are the most important substances in our body. Continued production of hormones make several things possible like quickly healing any damage to body's cells, especially skin cells. The more hormones there are in the body, the faster the body's response to any damage.

An Explanation about Aging

Hormones are also responsible for the process of aging. Aging occurs when the body starts slowing down on its hormone production. As explained earlier, the presence of hormones in our body allow for the body's fast reaction to cell damage and deterioration. If there are fewer hormones in the body, the equilibrium between cell regeneration and death is tipped.

You can see now the relationship between hormones and aging. The reason why people's skin wrinkle - a common manifestation of aging - is that there are fewer hormones in the body to signal cell regeneration to keep the skin smooth and supple. The decline in hormone production is also directly related to the impairments that come along with aging like memory loss, lesser efficiency of the immune system and many others.

Preventing Aging

Solving the problem of aging is easy as adding one and one. The culprit has now been exposed. Since hormone production is responsible for the onset of aging, one can also conclude that regaining the levels of hormone production to match that of your younger years can slow down or defeat the process of aging altogether.

People in the past are in the mercy of the aging process, because there has not been anything they could do. Today, however, there are now hormonal supplements that can be used as anti-aging treatments. This is all thanks to tireless research by scientists and pharmaceutical companies.

There is more than one type of hormonal supplements available. There essentially three types of hormone treatments. These synthetic hormones are the following:

Human Growth Hormone. HGH is commonly used in anti-aging treatments for the body. This boosts the total production of hormones in the body to slow down aging.

DMAE 2. DMAE2 is intended to boost the brain's capabilities and to keep it functioning healthily.

DHEA. This type of hormone was formulated to improve the body's metabolism.

The Many Benefits of Kelp, But What Are They?

Kelp grows under water, of the shore line in the part of costs around the world in that's known as the netric zone which is highly oxygenated. Kelp's structure resembles land plants, so resembles a plants stem with leaf like shapes attached, termed "stripes and blades."

Kelp has been found to have uses throughout human history, from dyes to medicines and also used as mulch, to condition poor soil and to improve soil in its moister retaining properties.

Seaweed is thought to have found its uses in early farming practises and was still used as a mulch by farmers that lived close enough to collect this free resource until the mid 1950's, although some small hold farmer still do harvest kelp to this day, on the shores of England, along the tide line.

Theirs benefits to be had from kelp than simply using it as a mulch though, as kelp also has a high mineral content, in fact over seventy minerals and trace elements, which when added to soil as a fertilizer, can really help your plants to flourish.

Amazingly, the usefulness of kelp does not stop at its soil conditioning properties, but has also been found to have high plant growth hormones, so when dried and dug into soil as a mulch, plants also benefit from the kelp plant hormones too.

Its thought that kelp has these high concentrations of growth hormones, because of the constant stress these plants are living under from ocean currants, that constantly damage the plants structure and also the need to reach out off the poorly lit ocean waters.

There's one particular type of kelp that has higher amounts of growth hormones than most, and it's named Ascophyllum Nodosum, found round the northern hemisphere, in the colder water, which has very high amounts of growth regulators, namely, cytokines, auxins and gibberellins which are responsible for cell division within the cell walls.

As I'm not fortunate enough to live by the coast, I have to make do with buying a ready made formula, from Maxicrop, which is happily named liquid kelp fertilizer, that I've been using on its own or mixed in with my own homemade organic fertilizer nutrient solution, for the last fifteen years now, and when poured, looks just like crude oil does, except that it smells a whole lot better than oil does, "well I think so."

There is two ways of using of using kelp liquid fertilizer, either mixed with, "preferably rain water" then mixed and poured directly on soil, or used as a foliage spray.

Spray directly to your plants foliage being very affective, as uptake is up to ten times more affective than just watering alone.

Another form of kelp fertilizer is the dried granular kelp, that's often mixed with bulking agents and other fertilizers, making the overall kelp extract, diluted.

To Conclude
Liquid seaweed will improve the success rate, of taking plant cutting, germinate seeds quicker and also encourage plant root formation, making your plants ability to fight diseases, also adds flavour and colour to any plant, all these benefits help to maintain a strong healthy, disease and insect free plants.

So if there's one plant supplement you do buy, make sure it's a kelp extract solution.

Stress Hormones - CORTISOL - The Stress Hormone That Makes Us Forget and Wonder If It's Alzheimer's

You have a wonderful organ in your body called the Adrenal Gland and when it produces a stress hormone called CORTISOL, it becomes your worst nightmare! When ever we are asked to step out of our comfort zone which is a bubble of about 21 inches around our feet we stress out. Our brain says I am out of here until you can take the stress off of me! So is it any wonder why you feel like you are getting the early onset of Alzheimer's. We build memories throughout life using the wonderful senses GOD gave us when he created us. He knew we were incapable of working efficiently without some practice. He also gave us a way to not lose all of our ability to remember by breaking up memories into various areas of our brain where they are initially created. Yes, stored in a way, that if we were to accidentally destroy one of the areas by abuse, trauma, or unhealthy means, we could reestablish our memory by using one of the other areas.

Let me explain what I mean. When you learn something new say colors, objects, pain, emotion, love, etc we store that new learned memory in the area that is stimulated first or the most. Encoding a memory is just that, new information laid down in a memory trace by visual, auditory, touch, smell etc. Now the way that cluster of neurons is established is like drawing a circle with a dot in the middle of the circle. Let's call that a brain cell. Then draw a line out of the edge of the circle to a smaller dot. We will call that the receptor at the point of that smaller dot. Now the line between the circle and the dot is called a Dendrite or Axon depending on which side you draw a line, oh yeah there will actually be two lines coming out of the brain cell with little dots on the end. Now what we wind up with is a circle with a dot in the middle of it called a nucleus and two lines maybe out of opposite ends of the circle drawn to a smaller dot on the end of each line. Now we have a brain cell or neuron. Now along the line parallel to the line are wrappings like taking a long hair and wrapping scotch tape around it lengthwise. Let's say every one inch along the way with a 1/4 inch gap before wrapping another inch of more scotch tape around it and doing this all the way to the end of the line to the small dot. Now this is called the myelin sheath where the tape is wrapped around the lines several times along the line each 1 inch area with a gap of 1/4 inch between each or space. It might look like this O---------0. Except the first or big O would have a dot in the middle and I can't make this draw such so you will just have to imagine it's there!

Now when you learn some new data or information like a memory this little diagram I have just abstractly laid down in your mind (or tried to illustrate above) is created. Neurotransmitters or chemicals travel along this little line to the small dot called a receptor and another just like it almost butts up against the first circle line dot connection with a gap between each area. It might look like this O------00------O. When in our brain we get to a salt solution action potential they call it of Plus or Minus 70 salt or sodium solution a synapse fires electrically (about 5 watts) between the little dots in the middle connecting those two brain cells (nucleus) at each end making one memory trace or neuron cluster.

Now that is as graphic, abstract or technical as I will get just to let you know where memories are built. Now imagine 26 Billion neurons in the average person made up of these little connectors and brain cells that make up your memory. Imagine every time you have seen, read, heard, felt, smelled, or tasted something new a brand new cluster of these neurons are built. Also they are still up there in your non erasable tape that you try to retrieve at your beckon call if there was enough emotion or novelty to make it unique.. This is where the problem lies you did not store it efficiently by focusing on it so it's just thrown up into your brain where you have trouble retrieving it. And this why your concern of early onset of Alzheimer's plays out in your mind every time you forget.

The exciting thing is that you have the power to control how these neuron clusters are stored for retrieval at your command. The problem is you haven't been taught formally how to do just that. You see in kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade you were doing OK because you were using the best system ever developed. Then wham in 3rd, 4th and on you became brain dead. Why because you were being taught from then on how to memorize. There lies the dilemma of why you can't retrieve the things you want when you want them. Because of that wonderful Cortisol hormone that shuts you down on retrieving from the long term memory or storing of new short term memories.

Let me explain it to you another way when you use to play the game Pong on your computer or Nintendo player whatever, you tried to make the ball hit the paddle and back over to the other side and back and on and on. Well when the memory trace or neuron cluster is formed in the visual cortex then the auditory and then the taste or smell on and on the little chemical and electrical firings from cell body to cell body keeps going back and forth echoing until you either transfer it to long term memory or to oblivion. The real secret of how to control that echoing and lying down of new information or details of that memory is that you have to be focused. You also need to have a place to tie the stimuli to, in order for it to transfer to your long term memory for future recall.

Your brain works in pictures and the sooner you learn how to create those mental file folders (a mental location to store information in) and then how to put the picture in the file folder and glue it to the file the sooner you will be able to remember. You then will be able to have the self confidence that Alzheimer's will never have a place in your life. Neither will absentmindedness, stress or any other Mild Cognitive Impairment be able to embarrass you ever again. By having a place to file something hold on to it long enough for the echoing and firing to keep echoing or firing continuously longer the better those memory traces will be laid down. Then when you need it the same neurons that fired originally will fire again in a clear synchronized manner to retrieve and give it back to you almost identical to the way you built it. It will never be identical because you would not know the difference of a memory and reality. If you allow enough novelty or emotion to store with the cluster the memory has a chance over the next 10 minutes to 2 years through hippocampul consolidation to lay down into the long term memory transferred from the working or short term memory. Actually the memory is laid down between stage 3 and 4 of your sleep cycles somewhere in the a.m. of sleep. So by learning how to organize and file pictures into you files and bonding them with glue you can keep it for as long as you deem necessary. The process we call Mindful Based Stress Reduction.

Life is fun and easy when you pictureize your way through life instead of memorize. More detail and explanation of how memory can be improved will be forthcoming in future articles.

How Electromagnetic Radiation is Affecting Your Hormones

Who would have ever dreamed that the radiation and frequencies generated by our wireless technology would disrupt hormones! But that's exactly what has happened.

Hormones are very powerful substances. It only takes very small amounts to produce profound effects in our body. So even very small changes in hormone production, or lack of, can have major implications in our body. Hormones play a fundamental role in nearly every major process in the body...they aren't there just for sex! What are the hormones most affected by electromagnetic radiation? Well, it seems the ones we know most about as of right now are estrogen, testosterone, melatonin, insulin and cortisol. I'm sure we'll discover that more than just these are affected but these are the ones we have some studies on now.

Charles Graham, PhD, physiologist at the Midwest Research Institute in Kansas City, MO., has conducted studies indicating that electromagnetic radiation, such as that found in wireless technology, does indeed disrupt and alter hormone levels. In the laboratory, when women were exposed to electromagnetic radiation overnight researchers found that their levels of estrogen increased. The problem with this is that increased estrogen levels have long been known to increase the risk of breast cancer.

We read a lot today about the "estrogen mimickers" found in our environment produced from the many chemicals and pollutants that surround us. These products have a damaging effect on the body due to their disruption of the delicate balance of hormones that the body seeks to achieve. Dr. Graham believes that the role that electromagnetic radiation plays in the body as a "disruptor" of hormones is worse than the effect of the chemical pollutants which acts as estrogen "mimickers." He feels this occurs because electromagnetic radiation appears to cause its effects by acting on and through hormones as opposed to acting as as a hormone mimicker.

Here's another interesting twist to the hormone story. For many years women have been prescribed the drug tamoxifen for the purpose of preventing breast cancer. In a 1998 study published in Electricity and Magnetism in Biology and Medicine, Harland, Lee, Levine and Liburdy showed the beneficial effects of tamoxifen to halt the proliferation of cancer cells was negated when exposed to electromagnetic radiation. In other words, tamoxifen wouldn't work anymore. It lost its ability to protect those who were taking it. The amount used to produce this effect was 12 milligauss which is the normal amount of electromagnetic radiation generated from common household appliances like hairdryers, vacuum cleaners, microwave ovens, computer monitors, desk lamps and electric clocks.

Think of the implications of what you have just read. Women who were taking a drug to keep them from getting breast cancer again may have had the drug rendered useless from the electromagnetic radiation in our air and produced by common household appliances. That's a powerful effect and a serious one.

In addition, Graham and his colleagues showed that electromagnetic radiation reduced the levels of testosterone in men. Low levels of testosterone have been linked to testicular and prostate cancers.

Also, two studies have now been published showing how electromagnetic radiation from cell phones reduces sperm counts in males by as much as 30%! One of these studies, a Hungarian study, showed that men who regularly carry their mobile phones near their groin, on their belt clip or in a pocket could potentially have their sperm count reduced by up to 30%. The other study was done in the fall of 2006 at the prestigious Cleveland Clinic. Again, results showed that men who carry cell phones on a belt clip or in their pocket had a reduction in sperm count of 25%.

What's the take away message? Reduce your exposure to electromagnetic radiation and cell phone radiation. Don't carry the cell phone near your body. Don't carry it on a belt clip or in a pocket. Don't lay it in your lap while driving. Keep electric clocks away from your bed at night. And if you must spend a lot of time on a computer or on a cell phone or in an area where electromagnetic radiation is present (ie everywhere) use some type of protective devices that will help neutralize the radiation. There are a lot of these products out there and not all of them work. So read their studies carefully and only purchase what has been scientifically shown to work.

If cell phone radiation is doing this to our hormones and reproductive systems what's it doing to brain?

I continue to believe that electromagnetic radiation is our biggest health threat of this century.

I'm happy to take your questions and comments. Please feel free to contact me.