Blog

  Traditional societies have long advocated for a central role of the GI tract in overall health including our immune defense.  Given that our GI tract encounters the highest concentration of immune changes daily in terms of toxins, microbes, and random chemicals, it makes sense.  The GI tract must ...

Questions arise over why the prevalence of different diseases change.  In the case of allergic diseases like asthma, we see the number of asthma affected children growing each decade.  Given the impact of asthma on the person’s life, scientists want to know why more and more children are having to l...

Many consider themselves aficionados of movies of intrigue where the hero works relentlessly to counter some evil saboteur of world peace.  We sit glued to screens waiting to see how the hero either outwits or overpowers the villain.  Little do most know that practically every day we are battling po...

  Why? Why? Why?  Everyone wants to know why some people get COVID and some don’t, why some become critically ill and die.  Researchers race to be the one who uncovers the hidden secret of COVID epidemiology.  Several risk factors have bene identified such as age, uncontrolled diabetes, and vitamin ...

As we care for countless patients suffering from chronic infections like EBV, Lyme, CMB, yeast, mycoplasma, and others, patients ask “why me?” and “what can I do about it?”. I always take a few minutes to explain how the microbial attacker has gotten the upper hand on our immune systems.  Winning th...

   The intense race to understand COVID and the wide breadth of body systems which are affected by this coronavirus is pushing forward research in all areas of medicine.  With the apparently increased clotting rate leading to more severe disease, many are investigating a branch of our immune system ...

Researchers at La Jolla Institute for Immunology provided compelling evidence that prior exposures to other strains of coronaviruses that cause the common cold provide some protection against their evil SARS CoV2 cousin.  The world has been wondering why some individuals seem protected from severe C...

  As we race against the COVID clock, researchers are searching for the underlying mechanisms by which SARS CoV2 can cause such havoc in the lungs and other organs of the critically ill patients.  This clotting contributes to the severity and fatalities of COVID blocking blood flow in lungs, hearts,...

    In the race against COVID 19, we have learned a few things.  One of those nuggets of wisdom is that certain groups are at higher risk for COVID 19 infection.  Those individuals considered obese by Body Mass Index criteria are especially at risk.  Normally in such situations, public health urges ...

The world is searching for prevention and cures against COVID-19.  Billions are being spent on pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, and vaccines in regards to research and active therapy.  I hope that we don’t ignore some simple and cost-effective options like “heat”. 

            I am glad to see some...

  With the myriad array of immune battlefield sights and sounds occurring in COVID-19 infections, one could easily get lost in trying to understand the tide of the battle. Understanding the tide and predicting its movement is critical in helping those heading towards the worst cases of this virus.  ...

     The immune system is like a vast array of soldiers and weapons interwoven throughout our body and interdependently functioning to defend us against microbial invaders which seek to harm us.  Understanding it requires starting with a basic overview at 30,000 feet.  Even with this simple level of...