Posted in Nuts and Bolts on January 29th, 2007 No Comments »
Back in the old days, we called it non-tropical sprue (tropical sprue being a completely different beast). As our understanding and diagnostic techniques have improved, our terminology has also become more refined. We now call this malady celiac disease, celiac sprue, or gluten-sensitive enteropathy (stay tuned for new and more insightful descriptives). For now, I’ll use the term celiac […]
Posted in Medical Politics on January 20th, 2007 No Comments »
I just ran across a reprint of an article that was published in the fall, 2004, issue of Holistic Primary Care (Vol. 5, No. 3). It is clearly an advertisement for products (whose names I’ll strive to avoid mentioning) that reputedly inhibit human influenza virus. This article serves to point out some pitfalls that exist along the road we all […]
Posted in Nuts and Bolts on January 11th, 2007 No Comments »
If I haven’t said it before (and I think I have), an immune system is a wonderful thing. Rather than putting us at odds with the world around us, our immune system allows us to live in harmony with an environment that—if given free reign—would quickly reduce each of us to a pile of compost, […]
Posted in Nuts and Bolts on January 4th, 2007 No Comments »
Label Hazard Warning:
WARNING! HARMFUL IF SWALLOWED, INHALED OR ABSORBED THROUGH SKIN. AFFECTS CENTRAL AND PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS AND REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM. CAUSES IRRITATION TO SKIN, EYES AND RESPIRATORY TRACT. SUSPECT CANCER HAZARD. MAY CAUSE CANCER. Risk of cancer depends on level and duration of exposure. POSSIBLE BIRTH DEFECT HAZARD. MAY CAUSE BIRTH DEFECTS BASED ON ANIMAL […]