Tag: inflammation

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Aspirin reduces risk of developing diabetes

Not sure if my readers have noticed it, but Big Pharma has drastically increased their bashing of…

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Blocking endotoxin (TLR4) may prevent death from viral infections (COVID-19/ARDS)

Almost a decade ago I posted about a “rogue” study which had the audacity to suggest that…

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Dietary PUFA (linoleic acid) causes inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)

The rates of IBD have truly skyrocketed over the last 10-15 years, significantly surpassing the general increase…

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Vitamin E reduces exercise-induced muscle damage

Nothing much to add here and the article title is essentially identical to my post. I am…

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Media: Endotoxin (LPS) drives obesity/diabetes

I did not think we will ever see such a headline in a major news outlet, but…

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Endotoxin, cold, flue increase risk of dementia

I am posting this study not so much because of the link between chronic low-grade inflammation and…

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Vitamin D may ameliorate/resolve (allergic) asthma

It looks like vitamin D may be the “vitamin” (actually, seco-steroid) analog of aspirin – i.e. there…

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Aspirin may treat (idiopathic) pulmonary fibrosis (PF)

I mentioned in several of my latest podcast appearances that Pfizer is running clinical trials with a…

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Declining DHT in aging linked to cardiovascular disease (CVD)

Yet another study demonstrating that the “villain of all males around the world” – the dastardly androgen…

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Serum endotoxin level is a reliable biomarker of liver disease

It looks like the interest in gut-derived pathogenic substances is steadily increasing in the medical field. After…