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According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, Endocrinology is the, "medical discipline dealing with the role of hormones and other biochemical mediators in regulating bodily functions and with the treatment of imbalances of these hormones."
The main hormone producing glands that make up the endocrine system are the adrenal, hypothalamus, ovaries, pancreas, parathyroid, pineal, pituitary, testes and thyroid glands. From growth & development, to metabolism, the hormones these glands send out signal many different things to your body and control a variety of bodily processes.
Some endocrine diseases and disorders include, but are not limited to:
Endocrinology. (n.d.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved June 16, 2020, from https://www.britannica.com/science/endocrinology
The Endocrine System. (n.d.). Hormone Health Network. Retrieved June 16, 2020, from https://www.hormone.org/what-is-endocrinology/the-endocrine-system
Endocrine Diseases. (n.d.). National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Retrieved June 16, 2020, from https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/endocrine-diseases
Below are some of the suggested databases for locating scholarly articles pertaining to endocrinology.
If you would like to see the full list of databases available to Touro students, click here. Once there, you can narrow your database options to ones most likely to contain information about endocrinology by choosing Health Sciences in the drop down menu.
All of Touro's books can be found by searching the catalog (above, or where it says Catalog Find Print Books on the library homepage).
Use the advanced search to limit your results by year, campus location, etc. Search just eBooks by selecting eBooks on the library homepage. If a print book you'd like is at a different campus, learn how to request it.
The items below are just a sampling of the many titles available:
Case Discussions in Endocrinology by 
Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes at a Glance by 
Greenspan's Basic and Clinical Endocrinology, Tenth Edition by 
Harrison's Endocrinology, 4E by 
Oxford Handbook of Endocrinology and Diabetes by 
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) by 
Thyroid and Parathyroid Diseases by 
Williams Textbook of Endocrinology by 
Yen and Jaffe's Reproductive Endocrinology by 
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