Tag: inflammation
Ubiquitous food dye causes inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)…by increasing serotonin
It is rare these days to get a so-called “one-two punch” study. Namely, a study that not…
Finasteride causes gut inflammation, high serotonin, low dopamine; allopregnanolone may treat
A great new study, which goes a long way towards explaining the dreaded post-finasteride syndrome (PFS). Currently,…
NSAID drugs, except aspirin, linked to heart failure
The link between NSAID usage (except aspirin) and heart attacks is not new, but I decided to…
Endotoxin (LPS) – a reliable biomarker of cardiovascular disease (CVD)
It looks like more and more medical groups are waking up to the important role LPS plays…
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…
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…