Tag: glucocorticoid
Stress is carcinogenic and promotes metastases; blocking cortisol stops this process
Over the last couple of years I posted several times about studies demonstrating that stress from surgery,…
Most cancers overproduce cortisol, and it accelerates their growth
This post is right on the heels of the one I just did on cortisol stimulating its…
Another “paradox” – elevated cortisol, from high-fat diet, increases inflammation
Over the last year or so I posted about several studies demonstrating that even short-term usage of…
Androgens, glucocorticoids are antagonistic – former inhibit, latter promote fat gain
As most of my readers know, androgenic steroids are considered extremely dangerous by medicine and are in…
Another “paradox” – glucocorticoids cause inflammation, insulin blocks it
As many of my readers know, I am not a fan of the ubiquitous usage of both…
DHT as anti-inflammatory as cortisol, but without the side effects
As most of my readers know, glucocorticoids (synthetic or bioidentical) are widely used clinically and there is…
Cortisol causes fatty liver (as well as obesity, diabetes, etc)
Not really a surprise for most of my readers, but it is always nice to see more…
Glucocorticoids may increase inflammation in the long run
Glucocorticoids (both bioidentical and synthetic) are some of the most widely used drugs in the clinical setting,…
Cortisol may drive COVID-19 mortality
The reason I decided to do a post on this study is that over the last several…
Fasting ups estrogen & cortisol, decimates vitamin D, may cause diabetes
A really interesting study, which will likely generate more than a few hateful emails for my Inbox…