Cortisol stimulates its own synthesis (peripherally), drives obesity/diabetes/CVD
Synthetic/bioidentical glucocorticoids (GC) are perhaps the most widely used steroids clinically. In addition, the HPA axis, culminating…
Serotonin (5-HT) can cause gastro-intestinal (GI) polyps, precursors to GI cancers
The bad news for the “happy hormone” keep streaming into the public consciousness, despite the gargantuan effort…
Increasing serotonin (5-HT) breakdown delays/prevents aging
The naked mole rat (NMR) is one of the most fascinating species. Despite being a humble rodent,…
Dopaminergic/antiserotonin drug treats schizophrenia – psychiatry is a giant FRAUD!
Some people make take issue with the title and claim that it is too dramatic. In this…
Even a single endotoxin/LPS exposure has long-lasting health effects
I am posting this study simply as an example of how profound the effect of endotoxin/LPS is…
Blocking prostaglandins restores (glucose) metabolism, reverses brain aging
It is rare to find a study like the one below that combines so many crucial topics…
Higher doses of vitamin D, other steroids, may be needed in obese people
The title, at least in regards to vitamin D, is something Ray commented quite a few times…
SSRI drugs cause depression/anxiety, blocking serotonin rapidly reverses the latter
It is hard to come up with a more controversial statement in psychiatry than to say that…
Blocking serotonin may treat obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
While the meta-study only reviewed studies about blocking the 5-HT3 receptor, other studies listed below directly implicate…
PUFA (linoleic acid) is hepatotoxic and carcinogenic; MUFA/SFA are not
A neat little commentary in the Cell journal on a study in Nature. Not very surprising for…