Tag: cortisol
Cortisol drives triple-negative breast cancer, androgens (DHT) are therapeutic
Another confirmation of a hypothesis made more than 100 years ago – i.e. all cancers are hormonally…
Aspirin/salt for treating a broken heart, and what REALLY causes Afib
At a first glance the study below seems rather mundane but a careful read provides some very…
The keto diet works only for a week, then it causes obesity and diabetes
A great study that goes a long way towards dispelling the currently dominant dietary fad – the…
How chronic stress (cortisol) causes disease
Back in 2018 I did a post on a neat study that demonstrated how the presence of…
Male fertility depends on intensity of (sperm) metabolism
Yet another aspect of health that turns out to be directly controlled by quality/speed of metabolism. I…
Burning more fat and less glucose leads to diabetes
I really hope the keto community and other low-carb diet afficionados are taking note of the stream…
Chronic stress (adversity) lowers dopamine and causes mental illness
The evidence for the role of chronic stress in virtually every health condition doctors have a name…
Estrogen and cortisol, not androgens, suppress immunity
There is a very famous theory in reproductive biology still considered the dominant one in its field….
Rats can drive cars (to lower stress), befriend robot rats and help them when in trouble
Official/pathological science keeps sternly warning us not to anthropomorphize and to think of animals as nothing but…
Poverty makes people dumb and prematurely old
A common debate in public policy is whether people slide into poverty because they are stupid or…