Tag: damage

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Anti-anxiety drugs cause brain damage, unemployment, and suicide…even if stopped

Just a few minutes ago I posted about a study implicating serotonin (5-HT) and, by extension, SSRI…

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Vitamin E reduces exercise-induced muscle damage

Nothing much to add here and the article title is essentially identical to my post. I am…

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PUFA, not sugar, causes eye damage associated with diabetes/aging

An amazing pair of new studies that coincidentally (synchronicity!) came out at the same time, but without…

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NSAID drugs, except aspirin, linked to heart failure

The link between NSAID usage (except aspirin) and heart attacks is not new, but I decided to…

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Intense exercise causes mitochondrial damage even in elite athletes

Hopefully, this post won’t be interpreted as trying to bash exercise. Its goal is to simply draw…

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Damaged mitochondria may cause 90%+ of Parkinson Disease (PD) cases

More evidence that yet another “incurable” condition is little more than energy deficit (due to mitochondrial dysfunction)…

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Alcohol causes liver (and other organ) damage by lowering NAD/NADH ratio

A neat little study, which demonstrates once again the crucial role of energy and optimal redox status…

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Alcohol brain damage due to iron accumulation; vitamin B1 to the rescue

Chronic alcohol abuse is highly detrimental to health and especially to the brain. Alcohol puts the body…

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Exposure to fluoride actually damages teeth, even at low concentrations

Most adults are familiar with the much-publicized (and advertised) claims of public health authorities about the purported…

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Vitamin E restores cardiac health after heart attack

A great study that gives vitamin E a much deserved exposure in mainstream media. A few years…