Tag: fibrosis

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Aspirin may treat (idiopathic) pulmonary fibrosis (PF)

I mentioned in several of my latest podcast appearances that Pfizer is running clinical trials with a…

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Niacinamide/NAD+ may prevent heart failure

The rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) continue to rise and the condition is still the top killer…

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Serum endotoxin level is a reliable biomarker of liver disease

It looks like the interest in gut-derived pathogenic substances is steadily increasing in the medical field. After…

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SSRI/serotonin cause heart damage/failure

The role of serotonin in fibrotic conditions is well-known in research circles but is a taboo topic…

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Estrogen causes prostate fibrosis (cancer?), DHT prevents/treats it

Slowly, but surely, the myth of the “evil” dihydrotestosterone (DHT) and the “beneficial” estrogen, when it comes…

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PUFA metabolite (prostaglandin) promotes lipolysis / fibrosis, causes obesity / diabetes

Just in case there are still doubts out there about just how detrimental PUFA is to our…

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PUFA damages mitochondria, blocks mitophagy, leads to heart damage

I can’t get access to the full study text, so the comments I have here are based…

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Aspirin may treat pancreatitis…and other fibrotic conditions

While most of medicine’s attention is focused on acute pancreatitis (AP) since AP is often deadly, rates…

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Vitamin D can prevent, and even reverse, the cancerization process

The study is on ovarian cancer but I don’t see why its findings won’t apply to all…

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Aspirin can slow down the progression of emphysema

Yet another study, adding to the mountain of evidence that if there is such a thing as…