Tag: inflammation

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SSRI drug use during pregnancy linked (again) to autism

I don’t think the topic needs much of an introduction. At this point, the only people who…

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Ubiquitous food dye causes inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)…by increasing serotonin

It is rare these days to get a so-called “one-two punch” study. Namely, a study that not…

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Finasteride causes gut inflammation, high serotonin, low dopamine; allopregnanolone may treat

A great new study, which goes a long way towards explaining the dreaded post-finasteride syndrome (PFS). Currently,…

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NSAID drugs, except aspirin, linked to heart failure

The link between NSAID usage (except aspirin) and heart attacks is not new, but I decided to…

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Endotoxin (LPS) – a reliable biomarker of cardiovascular disease (CVD)

It looks like more and more medical groups are waking up to the important role LPS plays…

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PUFA damages mitochondria, blocks mitophagy, leads to heart damage

I can’t get access to the full study text, so the comments I have here are based…

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Another “paradox” – glucocorticoids cause inflammation, insulin blocks it

As many of my readers know, I am not a fan of the ubiquitous usage of both…

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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…

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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…

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Endotoxin (LPS) causes Alzheimer Disease (AD)

I have made posts on this topic in the past, but it seems this most recent study…