Tag: inflammation
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…
Deliberate self-injury may be driven by systemic inflammation
This study below is not really discussing metabolic topics, but I though it would be interesting to…
COVID-19 is a serotonin-dependent disease
As the COVID-19 pandemic spread all over the world in early 2020, some of the earliest studies…
Endotoxin (LPS) causes Alzheimer Disease (AD)
I have made posts on this topic in the past, but it seems this most recent study…
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…
Mitochondrial debris (from stress/injury) causes “autoimmune” disease
After dancing around the issue for the last 10+ years, it looks like medicine is finally ready…
Reductive stress drives pathogenesis and progression of tuberculosis
I am posting this study b/c it is one of the few I have seen lately demonstrating…
Low-dose aspirin may prevent most dementias (even Alzheimer’s)
Over the last couple of months, a few studies came out arguing (again) that aspirin is not…
PUFA metabolites may trigger diabetes type I
Type I diabetes is known as an autoimmune condition. Namely, for some “unknown” reason(s) the beta-cells of…
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…