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IdeaLabs Service – Steroid Analysis (hair and/or (toe)nail)

Order the steroid analysis Note (5/27/2022): This launch is Part I of a two-part service – steroid analysis…

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Serotonin, SSRI drugs may be the cause of IBD, Parkinson’s, diabetes, etc.

A great new study that points the finger straight at serotonin (5-HT). It has been known since…

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Heart attack survivors have high stress (cortisol/adrenaline) hypersensitivity, low androgens

A very interesting study that highlights yet again the connection between chronic stress and ill systemic health,…

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Elevated serotonin may cause schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

The study and even the popular press article are fairly technical so I won’t go into the…

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Blocking serotonin may treat allergies and inflammatory diseases

The bad news for serotonin (5-HT) just keeps accumulating. Aside from its well-known (outside of medical office,…

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Dietary niacinamide (B3) deficiency may be a cause of schizophrenia

As many of my readers know, the link between niacinamide and schizophrenia dates back at least the…

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Estrogen is a stress hormone, it can both trigger and potentiate the effects of stress

I was quite surprised to see this article in WebMD – a website that is bastion of…

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Parents’ emotional trauma may change their children’s biology

Not a new idea, but the study is a nice summary of recent work in the area…

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Stress/Injury (mitochondrial dysfunction) sufficient to cause de-differentiation, even cancer

One of the most pernicious myths in medicine is the “irreversibility” of several cellular processes related to…

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Height is not genetic – UK’s drastic drop in height due to austerity, poor diet

A few years before the pandemic hit, I did a several posts on studies demonstrating that height…