Category: Science
Scientific articles and discussions, with my comments and take on the topics therein.
Low testosterone detrimental, TRT beneficial for men with COVID-19
Within a month of the pandemic start back in early 2020, doctors were already noticing a gender-specific…
Deliberate self-injury may be driven by systemic inflammation
This study below is not really discussing metabolic topics, but I though it would be interesting to…
A single, low dose niacinamide drops triglycerides by 75%
Among the vitamin B3 analogs, niacin is perhaps the most famous for its ability to both raise…
COVID-19 is a serotonin-dependent disease
As the COVID-19 pandemic spread all over the world in early 2020, some of the earliest studies…
Progesterone, bromocriptine may treat autism
A great new study, which, while genomic in character, inadvertently points the finger directly at estrogen and/or…
Dietary sugar can treat chronic depression
Not much to comment on here, except to point out that the sugar “addiction” in depressed people…
Serotonin enhances learning from punishment, reduces learning from reward
Research as early as the 1960s firmly established that there is nothing “happy” when it comes to…
Endotoxin (LPS) causes Alzheimer Disease (AD)
I have made posts on this topic in the past, but it seems this most recent study…
Low vitamin D and HIGH (not low) PTH predict bone deterioration
A great new study, which would hopefully trigger a re-assessment of the current approaches in treating osteoporosis/osteopenia….
Aspirin may treat pancreatitis…and other fibrotic conditions
While most of medicine’s attention is focused on acute pancreatitis (AP) since AP is often deadly, rates…