Category: Science
Scientific articles and discussions, with my comments and take on the topics therein.
Androgens (e.g. DHT) curative even for treatment-resistant breast cancer
As many of my readers know, back in the “good ol’ days” (when medicine was slightly less…
Endotoxin (LPS) as a cause of systemic inflammation seen in obesity
Yet another study implicating the great villain of systemic health – endotoxin / LPS. It is well-known…
Endotoxin behind the mortality of Black Death and 1918 Flu pandemics
As many of my readers know, many/most people dying from COVID-19 develop either sepsis and/or respiratory failure….
Sugar (sucrose) lowers stress-induced cortisol
Just a quick post to give some props to the much-vilified sucrose. The study below demonstrates that…
Some aromatase inhibitors (AI) are estrogenic
I have long suspected this considering the peculiar side effects of some AI drugs, but was not…
Even “non-carcinogenic” estrogens can cause cancer
I know, the title is a “paradox”, but this is truly what the article discusses. By now,…
Reduced pyruvate and/or increased lactate drive heart failure
I just did a post on the role of reduced glucose metabolism, lower pyruvate/NAM/NAD and elevated lactate…
Glaucoma likely a metabolic disease, treatable by pyruvate and/or niacinamide
About a year ago, a publication came out that demonstrated therapeutic effects of raising the (mitochondrial) NAD/NADH…
Heart attack survivors have high stress (cortisol/adrenaline) hypersensitivity, low androgens
A very interesting study that highlights yet again the connection between chronic stress and ill systemic health,…
Stress-driven lipid peroxidation, inflammation re-awakens dormant cancer cells
Yet another study demonstrating that stress is anything but benign or irrelevant for chronic diseases, especially for…