University of California physiologists say nervous tension causes the adrenal glands to release so-called stress hormones.

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Testosterone does not come straight out the adrenal glands, its made as DHEA and then is converted totestosterone or estrogen.

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Three-quarters have involved my specialty, endocrine surgery surgery for endocrine organs such as the thyroid, the parathyroid, and the adrenal glands.

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Kennedy suffered from Addison's disease, a disorder of the adrenal glands, as well as back problems for which he was on constant painkillers.

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Tumours often develop in one of the adrenal glands but may also form in nerve tissues in the neck, chest, abdomen, or pelvis.

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Without properly-functioning adrenal glands the body cannot cope at times of stress - such as surgery, trauma or serious infection.

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During eight hours of surgery, doctors removed the tail and body of her pancreas, her spleen and some of her adrenal glands.

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