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Mycotoxins deplete glutathione production and this depletion of glutathione is a portion go the toxicity/ill effects related to mycotoxins.  This article also points to evidence that glutathione can actually be employed in the treatment of mycotoxin related conditions/illnesses.

The early post menopause phase is critical for women. This is the phase that requires intensify strategy for exercise. The ER alpha signaling is actually increased and the ability to build muscle is intensified if exercise, particularly resistance training, is employed.

low testosterone is risk factor for CVD in men.  Of course, normalization of testosterone should be employed and followed in those men that have low T.

Nice review of all the sex hormones and their relationship to CVD in men.  

Testosterone therapy is complex in hypogonadism.  Much of the marketing-based medicine of Low T today is in fact doping.  Increasing weight is clearly associated with a declining T level in men.  Testosterone therapy should be approach individually and therapies that use the one size fits all approach never work.  This is the case whether the use of synthetics or natural hormones are employed.  Testosterone has been shown to improve dysglycemia, MetS, reduce fat and increase muscle mass.  

Interesting study finds that men with low serum Total Testosterone, elevated RBP4 and low SHBG at baseline predict weight regain.  Thus Testosterone should be used as a biomarker of failure in weight loss and if low, Testosterone therapy should be employed to improved metabolic function.  Other parameters, such as leptin, adiponectin, prolactin, progesterone...were not predictive.

low aggressive prostate cancer followed conservatively results in low mortality rate in study.  The study is significant in that it followed 1,298 men up to 18 years and found reclassification to "lethal" grade prostate cancer to be only 5.9%.  This challenges long held dogma that the first approach to cancer is to cut it out. For those with low aggressive prostate cancer, conservative approaches i.e. observation, can be employed.

Study looked at hormone levels via serum analysis at the time of sudden cardiac arrest in both men and women.  Low Testosterone and elevated Estrogen levels in  men were associated with increased odds (OR) versus women only had increased odds with elevated Estrogen.   ManBoob nation, my first book, discusses the mechanism behind this for men.  The finding in women really calls into question the Estrogen only model currently employed by physicians for post menopausal women.

published ahead of print.  The authors conclude that the Testosterone therapy in hypogonadal men with cirrhosis requires further study.  They, the authors, state that the risk of Testosterone and hepatocellular carcinoma is overstated.  This risk is associated with oral Testosterone replacement and thus in that light is not overstated.  The majority of treatment strategies today employ none oral routes of administration which would support their statement.

nattokinase, an enzyme, inhibits platelets aggregation and inhibits inflammatory-induced vascular thrombosis.  Nattokinase is commonly employed as a part of systemic enzyme therapy.

Hbot therapy, according to study, induces neuroplasticity and improves brain function in post concussion syndrome and those with mTBI.  The important point about this study was that the study was done years after the injury; what if the therapy was employed immediately after...

dopamine has benefit in CHF.  Actually, use to be a therapy employed.

Dr. Vipul Gupta Artemis currently employs minimally invasive strategies to accomplish a wide kind of treatment inclusive of apoplexy treatment through handing over clot-busting medical supplies immediately to the site of the blockage.

Dr. Vipul Gupta possesses expertise in determining whether surgery is the optimal course of treatment. He employs the latest techniques in spinal surgery and microsurgery for conditions like herniated discs, spinal stenosis, and tumors. The best interventional neurologist in Delhi India is committed to integrating innovative technologies into the care and treatment of his patients.

ketogenic diet reduces seizures.  Proposed mechanisms: reduced insulin, reduced ROS, reduces oxidative stress, reduced inflammation, increased GABA/Gluatamate ratio.  In the end, it reduces inflammation and increases mitochondrial efficiency.

nice and short review on testosterone and men's  health.

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