Paul and I have been exchanging emails offgroup for several days, and some of you may be interested in them. With his permission, I'm posting excerpts. The...
Paul asked if there was any value in measuring glucagon levels. ... From: Russ Farris To: Paul Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 7:15 PM Subject: AM cortisol &...
Paul asked for my thoughts on lowering glucagon levels. ... From: Russ Farris To: Paul Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 12:18 AM Subject: Lowering glucagon levels...
Paul asked me about my next book. ... From: Russ Farris To: Paul Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 9:02 AM Subject: Re: Lowering glucagon levels My next book is on...
Paul asked about sterile environments and the evolutionary aspects of aging. ... From: Russ Farris To: Paul Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 7:25 AM Subject:...
Paul asked if I had considered testosterone replacement. ... From: Russ Farris To: Paul Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 1:30 PM Subject: Re: Life in sterile...
I'm pretty sure that type 2 diabetes is caused by infections, so the title of this article didn't surprise me much. What did surprise me is that type 1...
Several pathogens have been linked to Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. This article says that difficulties in walking and balance precede dementia. ...
This article supports Chapters 18 and 19 of The Potbelly Syndrome pretty well. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_68335.html Russ Email:...
This article presents a good example of what happens when you treat markers for a disease instead of the disease itself. Homocysteine is a marker for heart...
This article describes how the 1918 flu virus destroyed the cilia-bearing cells that line the bronchial tubes. A much more common germ, Chlamydophila...
I think I made a pretty good case for Chlamydophila pneumoniae (CPN) as a cause of potbellies in The Potbelly Syndrome. There is also a strong link between CPN...
Preeclampsia is another of the dozens of diseases linked to Chlamydophila pneumoniae (CPN). http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_68375.html Russ...
Charlie sent me this item from Science Daily. Leptin and cortisol seem to have generally opposite effects on appetite, obesity, and fertility. The relationship...
I get a newsletter from Harvard that is really just clever spam trying to get me to buy their special reports. Still, there are interesting items, like this...
Hi Russ, thanks for all the recent posts, especially the exchanges with Paul - very interesting. I was very interested in what you wrote on the role of...
Hi Garcia, You wrote: "I was very interested in what you wrote on the role of Cortisol only suppressing certain parts of the immune system. Do we know exactly ...
Thanks Russ for the very informative reply on Cortisol and immune subsystems. I'd be very interested to know if you manage find out more. Hope you have a good...
Hi Paul, I had never heard of uptodate.com before I read your email. The site is very expensive, but if it contains a lot of information like the items you...
As we get older, our cortisol levels rise, but DHEA, testosterone, and some other hormone levels fall. It is often claimed that taking DHEA supplements will...
I took Vytorin for four months. My cognitive abilities were severely damaged and I have never recovered completely. Here is more bad news for people taking...
This is off topic, but some of you have, or will have, grandchildren who may be affected. Russ http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08378.html...
This article provides an interesting explanation of why other studies showed more positive effects. It's called the "healthy user effect." The same explanation...
Here is an article that suggests that walking up stairs will reduce your risk of dying from heart disease, but it doesn't actually measure heart disease, much...
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