immunosuppression

Anyone familiar with Dr. Peat's writings about carbon monoxide should stop and consider the effect on heme-oxygenase here. By acting as cytotoxins, plant compounds have numerous and ostensibly conflicting effects, even if the net effect is beneficial. The results of this study are positive, and...

Hi everyone, I have been prescribed memantine for ADHD and, for the most part, I really like it. However, there's one extremely disruptive side effect, namely that I get sick every couple weeks whenever I take it. Apparently, it "causes a profound depletion of CD45RO+ T-cells" in vitro...

Since there are so many discussions and confusion on this forum around omega 3s, I thought I do a deep dive and write this article. If there are so many studies showing that it's good and has so many benefits, how can it be bad...

Recently, I posted some threads in regards to immunosuppression and cancer. Here are two that provide a good overview and tie together the immunosuppressive effects of PUFA, estrogen, and cortisol with the protective effects of vitamin A, E, D, progesterone, etc. PUFA Are Immunosuppressive...

This is a fascinating study that shows organ donation from a person with undiagnosed breast cancer resulted in cancer developing in the organ recipients. This suggests that even in the case of localized tumors, the rest of the body is already in "cancer mode" and seemingly healthy...

A recent study posted on the forum found that more than 20% of newly diagnosed cancer patients experience PTSD as a result of the stress associated with the diagnosis. The fact that PTSD is still largely considered a genetically-driven disease has somehow managed to escape question about this...

Ray talks a lot about pufa being immunosuppressive. I also remember him talking about the dangers of opiates because of their immunosuppressive action. With my limited understanding of human biology it seems like a slight immunosuppression could be very helpful in the short term for autoimmune...