Confronting pain, strain, crud and bugs. Naturally.
I can’t imagine running a marathon. Twenty six miles of hell. The farthest I’ve ever tried running at one time was a 5K run in downtown Des Moines 25 years ago. I darn near died. When I was in college, a psychology professor would assign a class project to all of his students: at the [...]
Someone on Twitter not too long ago said, “Twitter is made up of 60% social media experts, 30% spammers and 10% real conversations.” Or something close to that. I couldn’t have said it better myself. Thing is, if you’re targeted in who you seek out to follow and engage with on Twitter, that 10% is [...]
The Japan Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare released a report showing Japanese women lead the world in life expectancy at 86.44 years. The ministry officials attribute this to the Japanese diet, high living standards and access to quality medical care. Hong Kong women came in second, France third and Switzerland fourth. Japan male life [...]
The Old Spice guy in a towel is my favorite TV ad and the fav of about 50 million others, too. Smelling like a man (and turning tickets into diamonds) is now top of mind for many U.S. males…and females. A little info digging on my part came up with some interesting theories–even a little [...]
Killer cells, helper cells, lymph0cites, macrophages all abound in a new post on immune science. A blog affiliated withThe Scientist magazine has just posted its choice of the top seven immunology papers published so far this year. Many of the factors involved in immune balance that we’ve discussed in this blog come into play in this [...]
I’m gonna be hanging out in lake country in northwest Iowa this weekend, enjoying the Fourth of July. I’ll be outside a lot, too. Swimming. Golfing. Outdoor feasting. Concerts. So I’ll be wearing a lot of topical sunscreen. But I got to wondering: I know that prolonged, unprotected sun exposure can damage your immune system [...]
I’m eating my left over chopped salad from last night….for breakfast. I figured what the heck, lettuce, peppers, carrots, diced chicken and a splash of vinegar is much better for me than pancakes and eggs (right?). As I’m eating and reading the Wall Street Journal headlines, I hear a story on the radio. An NPR [...]
The people at Embria Health Science just shared with me this month some findings from a laboratory study at the University of Ghent (Belgium) on EpiCor and how it may work in the gut. The project examined EpiCor samples that were applied to a human digestive system “simulator.” This is a process is used as [...]
The radio story is called Anatomy of an Allergy Attack. It gives a nice overview of how seasonal allergy reactions work. The story nicely describes the immune system’s role in an allergy episode: “He (a doctor interviewed in the story) says that an allergic response is sort of a false alarm. Like an army launching [...]
A healthy, balanced immune system means that your immune defenses don’t over-react or under-react to foreign matter than enters your body. If it’s pollen, your immune cells hold back, don’t attack, and let the pollen pass, avoiding inflammatory responses such as watery eyes, mucous build-up, congestion, etc. If it’s a cold or flu virus, your [...]
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