Tag: mortality
Nine out of ten COVID-19 deaths may be due to vitamin D deficiency
A remarkable claim in this study, but not really surprising to people who have been studying the…
Cortisol may drive COVID-19 mortality
The reason I decided to do a post on this study is that over the last several…
Endotoxin behind the mortality of Black Death and 1918 Flu pandemics
As many of my readers know, many/most people dying from COVID-19 develop either sepsis and/or respiratory failure….
Obesity “paradox” strikes again – protection against COVID-19
I suspect this one will not go down will with the “lean is always good” crowd, which…
DHT is negatively associated with death from prostate cancer
Just a quick study that, despite being epidemiological, raises serious questions about the validity of the “androgen-driven”…
Calorie restriction (CR) increases cancer rates by more than 60%
The title says it all, so I won’t comment much on this other than to say that…
Millennials will likely die earlier than Gen X due to poor(er) health
This study is perhaps the pearl in the crown of at least 20 studies that have come…
Avoiding sunlight may be as bad for health as smoking a pack a day
As most readers of this blog know, the current recommendations of the American Dermatology Association (ADA) call…
Elevated endotoxin (LPS) linked to lower survival in cancer
Another study about endotoxin, this time linking higher sensitivity to endotoxin to lower survival chance for people…
Heart failure deaths on the rise in younger US adults
The bad news for younger Americans just keep on coming. In addition to lethal cancers, diabetes, stroke,…