Tag: stress
Vitamin D may treat (opioid) “addiction”
Interesting article, which corroborated the role of vitamin D as an anti-stress hormone. As vitamin D is…
Stress ups cortisol/estrogen/prolactin, drops DHT, causes male infertility and prostate issues
If you try to discuss infertility with a fertility/reproductive specialist or an endocrinologist, and mention that chronic…
Working too hard / long can kill you
Another study directly implicating work stress in not only chronic, degenerative conditions but also death directly. Apparently,…
Vitamin B6, lowering stress, may treat schizophrenia
Both human and animal studies. The human study was with pyridoxamine – a vitamin B6 isomer declared…
Stress causes/exacerbates allergies, pregnenolone/progesterone therapeutic
Yet another studies demonstrating the “controversial” link between stress and a condition doctors insist has nothing to…
Stress (cortisol) causes hair loss
Amazing study, which perfectly corroborates the findings of a previous study showing that estrogen (a cortisol promoter)…
Stress (cortisol) causes pre-term birth by blocking progesterone
If you ask a gynecologist what causes premature birth, the answer will usually be something along the…
Serotonin (5-HT) is a key driver of asthma
Yet another blow to the status of the so-called “happiness hormone”. While histamine, acetylcholine, and estrogen have…
Childhood stress causes mental illness in adults by blunting androgens
Yet another great study solidifying the evidence on just how detrimental early childhood stress is. It has…
Stress (cortisol) as the driver of hyperglycemia in type II diabetes
To most of my readers, the title of the post may seem like something completely obvious and…