I&#39;m a mother of twins. If one of the children get strep I&#39;m always concerned how long it can live on enviromental surfaces. I know that once on antibiotics for 24 to 48 hrs they are no longer contagious. But how long does it live on surfaces. Hard to keep up with babies.
Endocrinology is a complex study of the various hormones and their actions and disorders in the body. Glands are organs that make hormones. These are substances that help to control activities in the body and have several effects on the metabolism, reproduction, food absorption and utilization, growth and development etc.
Job Description. Endocrinologists are internal medicine doctors who specialize in the study of hormones produced by the pituitary glands, pancreas, thyroid and other internal organs. Some conditions treated by endocrinologists include diabetes, thyroid disease, obesity, infertility, osteoporosis and metabolic disorders.fter completing four years of medical school and getting your MD, you'll enter a required 3-year internal medicine residency program, during which you'll see patients under the direct supervision of an experienced doctor. This is followed by a 2-year fellowship to get training in the subspecialty of endocrinology.