Tag: stress
Hair glucocorticoid levels predict future cardiovascular disease (CVD)
Ever since we launched our hair/nail steroid analysis service couple of years ago, I have been seeing…
Chronic stress causes depression by depleting allopregnanolone
This is perhaps one of the very few articles that directly makes the claim that stress can,…
Elevated serotonin (5-HT) and norepinephrine (NE) drive nightmares in PTSD
More than a quarter of all military/veteran personnel are estimated to have some form/level of PTSD, regardless…
Serotonin (5-HT) drives fear and conditions such as anxiety/PTSD
Conversely, blocking 5-HT or lowering its synthesis can probably cure most fear-based conditions such as generalized anxiety…
Harvard Psychiatrist: All Mental Disease is Metabolic/Bioenergetic Disease
It is always nice to see mainstream medicine plagiarize from Dr. Peat attempt to right its course…
Pregnenolone (P5) blocks stress-induced anxiety, hypertension and cocaine cravings
A great new study, and with humans too! As the study aptly demonstrates, the primary driver of…
Downtrend of sperm count, penis length accelerating; humans now endangered species
A number of eminent fertility experts are now sounding a dire alarm in regards to the human…
Lowering adrenaline as effective as opioids for severe/chronic pain
Most of my readers know about the raging opioid abuse epidemic in Western countries. What most people…
Low testosterone (T) may drive kidney and liver disease (NAFLD) in men
As many of my readers know, the “normal” range for T has been changed multiple times over…
Negative childhood experiences accelerate aging/disease in humans
I am posting this study mostly as a counterexample to all the drivel coming out of gerontology…