Confronting pain, strain, crud and bugs. Naturally.
I am reluctant to get into too much egghead science in this space, but this is too fascinating and relevant to our cause to pass up. A recent Newsweek story trumpets the scientific advances of something called “synthetic biology.” It describes how a Berkeley chemical engineer is taking a simple yeast cell and turning it [...]
Here’s the latest episode in the chronicle of my personal health experience while taking an immune balancing supplement with the EpiCor fermentate ingredient.
Over the weekend (2 days ago) I started getting that “throaty feeling.” You know, where your throat starts feeling a bit swollen and a little further down, that scratchy, coughy sensation sets in. In [...]
The big news this week is that statins such as Crestor and other prescription brands appear to help lower bad cholesterol in people who already have moderate or even low cholesterol. But that doesn’t necessarily mean their chance of a heart attack is equally lowered. Experts have been saying that while high cholesterol can contribute to [...]
(Editor’s note: I recently put some questions to one of our contributing authors, Dr. Edward Wallace, ND, DO. I asked him about the kind of patient experiences he is seeing in his practice involving physical problems rooted in mental/emotional stress. Immune balance is at the forefront of dealing with stress-related health conditions. I also asked [...]
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Remember that “word.” Or to make it easier, just call it MRSA. I pointed out to a commenter on this blog a few days ago that MRSA looks like pretty scary stuff. It’s a strain of staff bacteria resistant to many antibiotics. Surgical draining and IVs are needed to get it under control. It [...]
…for every time my family had to go to the doc and get a Zpack prescription for my kids, I would be another Warren Buffet (even with the current market slide). We’ve got one at home from school today. She sounded like the Creature from the Black Lagoon yesterday, due to a quick onset of [...]
