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breaking down research papers for everyone

Joined October 2025
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fact snack: Roman literature and ancient Egyptian texts have described using a goat bladder as a female sheath which we know as a cervical cap or diaphragm. These were not condoms.
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4 Nov 2025
Many women are getting off hormonal birth control. I break down a collection of research on what hormonal birth control does to human and mice brains. The researchers have a long way to go to uncover more answers: katu300.substack.com/p/hormo…
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Originally, GLP-1s like Zepbound were for diabetes and weight loss. A new study just found Zepbound to help with sleep apnea. I break down how effective it is here: open.substack.com/pub/katu30…
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24 Oct 2025
GLP-1s are incredibly popular. In this Substack article, I break down research comparing GLP-1s and weight loss surgery. It’s an interesting listen during your morning commute: open.substack.com/pub/katu30…
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Hello! Research papers are hard to understand even for science people. My Substack “Science Decoded” breaks down research so that anyone can understand it.
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fact snack: The hypothalamus is like your body's thermostat but for energy. It constantly monitors how much energy you have vs. need and adjusts hunger accordingly.
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Your brain’s appetite center is the size of an almond. Ultra-processed foods could be messing with it. Here is what 30,000 brain MRIs revealed.
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6/ Important caveat: This is CORRELATION, not causation. We can't definitively say UPFs cause these changes without controlled experiments
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7/ Full breakdown: What the researchers found, how inflammation disrupts appetite control, what it means for metabolic health, and what we still don't know. Read here:katu300.substack.com/p/ultra…
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86.5% of the PTSD patients showed significant improvement with MDMA-assisted talk therapy. The FDA still rejected for a number of reasons.
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5/ The FDA questioned the study design. They were worried that the therapists may have downplayed the participants’ symptoms or experiences, making the results seem more positive than they really are.
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6/ It’s complicated. I break down the actual trial data, what the safety concerns mean, and what happens next for PTSD research: open.substack.com/pub/katu30…
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