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Craig Maltby, Editorial Manager
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Immune health on Twitter

From time to time to I like to list some of the more interesting immune health related tweets. (My Twitter handle is @immunedude)

Here are a few of the latest, with my commentary in italics:

Dr Jonothon Mainland ‏@drjmainland 15m#Immune System Development Influenced By #Birth#Month, #May#babies at highest risk http://mnt.to/4cN4  I read this today as [...]

EpiCor challenges the first rule of Fight Club

A blogger in Western Michigan is in the middle of a 2-month EpiCor challenge. She’s taking EpiCor in the middle of flu and winter crud season. And she’s a great candidate for testing EpiCor:  a teacher (around sick kids all day) and a mom with kids in daycare (more sick kids). And, as she states, [...]

More immune balance down on the farm

Another “hygiene hypothesis” news story is making the rounds. This time it’s an ABC News story of a farm family in New York state whose kids and parents don’t ever seem to get sick.

As has been covered on this blog for a long time now, it’s called the hygiene hypothesis, or as I [...]

How has Santa lived so long?

Born in 270 A.D., old Saint Nick has gone through a few fashion and cultural iterations, moving from Europe to the North Pole. Yet, just by looking at him and his lifestyle, it’s hard to imagine how Santa has lived so long.

His ample midsection seems to indicate he doesn’t get enough exercise, and probably [...]

Some Friday fun facts about health and immune function

I thought today would be a good day to do a round up of interesting stuff related to health and the immune system. These are items ranging from quirky so slightly fascinating, from news to old standby’s that still command a bit of “wow.”

Here’s a quick story on U.S. airports with the healthiest food. [...]

Floods and your health

If you or a friend or relative were impacted by flooding from Hurricane Sandy, here are some instructions from the New York Dept. of Public Health. Post flood recovery should be done in way that keeps the health of people as the priority.  We’ve had some experience with flood clean-up here in Iowa over the [...]

Back from New York and still kickin’

I went to New York City for a long weekend last week. And my wife and I covered a ton of territory in the city. Here is a partial list of what I came into contact with that could have sent me home with a nasty cold, flu or other illness:

Endless subway handrails and [...]

Inflammaging joins forces with a rogue protein immune imbalance among seniors

A few weeks ago, I wrote about a concept put forth by Embria Health Sciences’ Stuart Reeves. The concept of “inflammaging.”  The basic thrust is that as people age, stressors that induce inflammatory response via immune cells and lead to age related diseases are compounded and worsened due to the inability of the aging body’s [...]

How “smart” is your immune system?

Scientists have long known about the cat and mouse games that viruses, bacteria and immune cells play with each other. How they play that game and how they get “equipped” with the brains to form their strategy and tactics is an endless mystery that researchers worldwide are working to understand. Cell communication, production or suppression [...]

My notes on today’s NPR’s OnPoint show on the human “microbiome”

OnPoint today had a great show on bacteria in the human body, and new research showing how it may regulate many aspects of human health. Bacteria are our friends, right?  Here are my rough notes:

Bacteria in the gut – helps digest food, absorb nutrients that regular enzymes can’t. Bacteria have their own genome, 3 [...]