Tag: asthma

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Vitamin D may ameliorate/resolve (allergic) asthma

It looks like vitamin D may be the “vitamin” (actually, seco-steroid) analog of aspirin – i.e. there…

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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…

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Asthma can be caused by endotoxin (LPS)…from air filters

Not a clickbait title but the actual (and fascinating) findings of several studies. I think the biggest…

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Asthma is driven by endotoxin and its receptors (TLR4, TLR5)

Yet another study demonstrating the crucial role of the endotoxin/LPS (and its sentinel receptors) in a chronic…