Tag: Immunity

Drexel University has launched a "Don't Wash Your Chicken" campaign, setting up a website full of videos making the point.

Flower Pollen benefits a wide array of functions and strengthen immunity. A powerful supplement, flower pollen extract is more efficient...

Don’t chase after gimmicks. If you decide to eat things like probiotic enhanced cereals, cookies, or candy, do it because...

What is Goldenseal used for? Native Americans used it for its ability to heal common ailments such as sore eyes,...

Camu Camu is full of nutrients and is considered to be a true superfruit. Camu Camu is the single most...

New research has found that there may be a high transmission rate of the bacteria that can cause serious staph...

A study, out of Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte in Denmark, found a link between overweight psoriasis sufferers shedding excess pounds...

A Swedish study has found that introducing bacteria from an adult mouth via pacifier into a baby's mouth decreases the...

Over 3.5 million people get sick every year after coming into contact with raw sewage at the beach, making beach...

For doctors treating strep throat and sore throat symptoms, unnecessary tonsilectomies and the dishing out of antibioics may be a...

Infectious diseases range from viral (flu) to bacterial (TB), parasitic (pinworm) and fungal (candida). Infectious diseases account for more than...

Although we all get colds and flus, not many know that the plain garden variety flu kills some 36,000 every...

Your immune system is the most awesome system in your body, easily rivaling your brain in terms of complexity, subtlety,...

Whether you are looking to fight off a cold or would like to understand how your immune system constantly fights...

Researchers have found that people who have no children are roughly twice as likely to catch colds as those who do...

The body’s immune system plays two vital roles: defending against harmful foreign organisms such as germs, viruses, or bacteria; and...

Plans to immunize girls all over the world ages 12 and under against HPV (human papillomavirus) are gathering steam. Not...

According to new research, it seems that we are all surrounded by germs pretty much wherever we go. A study...

A news release earlier this week from the American Association for Cancer Research reports that new studies show that diet...

It's been a bad month for the lucrative health-screening-test industry. Those of us who have been poked, prodded, scraped, and...

A team of researchers from England and Switzerland have discovered a "super-antibody" called F16 that appears to disable all of...

A new version of the swine flu has been identified in two children in the United States. his H3N2 swine...

In our concluding segment on the immune system, we progressively step outside the box and draw a clear line between...

In this part of our series on the immune system, we talk about the complementary immune system, how your immune...

In our last newsletter, we explored the elite half of the immune system: cell-mediated immunity.  These are the T-cells and...