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Holiday cheer may make immune cells cheer…or jeer.

When I was in college taking some training in “alcohol awareness” (even though I was already very aware of alcohol), one of the myths that our training material addressed was the old bromide that a little nip of hooch when you’re outside in the fall or winter (as in football games) will “warm you up.”  [...]

Just like your cell phone is more than just for phone calls, immune health is much more than just cold and flu.

The next-gen iPhone. The new Droid. The technology continues to bedazzle. We all know how the cell phone has evolved. First it was a clunky box you installed in the trunk of your car, wired to a hand set holstered in your center console. You could only use the phone to make and receive phone [...]

Immune balancing act? So far so good.

The band was sick…literally

Is my immune system balanced?  No one can say for sure. All I know is this:  I’ve made it through the fall pretty much unscathed. I did feel the need to sleep in an extra 90 minutes one day, but that’s been the extent of anything close to what one might pandemically [...]

Happy Halloween: A paranormal play on immune health activity

I remember back in the day when the movie The Exorcist came out. It was a watershed event for the movie industry. No film had ever scared the bejeepers out of audiences like that movie. “On the day after Christmas,” began a 1974 Newsweek cover story, “a film called ‘The Exorcist’ opened in 22 cities [...]

Gimme a T! Gimme an NK! What’s that spell? Balance!

I hate to use a football analogies. But one really illustrates some new science that adds to the continually-building “balance” approach to immune health. Sports stories are overdone, overused and probably don’t pertain to more than half of any general audience. But I’m at a loss as to how to really describe this scenario. So, [...]

Hand sanitizer – Smart move or a waste?

As fall and winter draw nearer, we continue to see a lot of concern and uncertainty being aired far and wide about the possible coming storm of potentially more virulent H1N1.
Naturally, one thing on people’s minds: Shaking hands. And how to protect yourself if you do have to shake someone’s hand. One solution: adopt the [...]

Cells, cells, everywhere! No wonder immune balance is complex

When I read stuff about the immune system and immune balance, I always see various names of cells that are all connected in some way to the body’s immune response. The Web site howstuffworks.com is a very good site at explaining, well, how stuff works. Its section on the Immune System has a chapter on [...]

It ain’t charging rhinos, it’s immune cells run amok

We now are ending the cold and flu season. In tribute to this, I post a video from Procter and Gamble’s research and development scientists. As you’ll see in this 4-minute piece, the researchers discuss findings from a closely controlled study of severe cold symptoms. Their research concludes that all the miserable things people endure when [...]

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