Tag: atherosclerosis

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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…

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Raising DHT levels even only in the brain reverses systemic atherosclerosis

As my readers know, I have been a fan of the strong, non-aromatizable androgen DHT for a…

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Atherosclerosis linked to high estrogen/cortisol/serotonin, low androgens

The findings of the study are not surprising, but I wanted to post it on the blog…