Author Archives: Gervais

An article on childhood obesity 2024 Sep 18. This, from http://www.news-medical.net (uploaded September 10, 2024), an article entitled “Liraglutide for Children 6 to <12 Years of Age with Obesity – A Randomized Trial”: the PMID is 39258838 and the DOI is https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa2407379 Abstract (selected text copied, verbatim) Background: No medications are currently approved for theContinue reading “Liraglutide for Childhood Obesity – an Antithetical Attitude”

Treatment with Metformin, beginning less than 4 days following onset of symptoms, reduced long COVID incidence by about 41%, compared with placebo. This article, whose importance has been downgraded by the reduced incidence of severe Covid disease, is perhaps somewhat less cogent now than it was a year ago, but whose interest, and possible applicationContinue reading “LONG COVID AND METFORMIN”

Testosterone is important to both genders Testosterone is called the “male sex hormone” and is much higher in men, but it is important to both genders: everyone needs it, to support muscle, the heart, personality, self-confidence and libido. In youth, Testosterone is mainly made in the testicles (or ovaries); but in fact, all our cellsContinue reading “Testosterone”