Groats are used in soups and porridges: steel-cut oats is simply another name for sliced oat groats. Groats of many cereals are the basis of kasha, a porridge-like staple meal of Eastern Europe and Eurasia.
Most often, abnormal uterine bleeding is caused by a hormone imbalance. When hormones are the cause, doctors call the problem dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB) . DUB is more common in teenagers or in women who are approaching menopause.
Pituitary tumors can produce specific hormones, such as prolactin (causing infertility, decreased libido, and osteoporosis), growth hormone (causing acromegaly), ACTH (causing Cushing's), TSH (causing hypothyroidism), or be nonfunctional and not produce hormones at all.