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As we watch the plot of COVID19 play itself out both in science and politics, one question arises daily: “Why?”. For example, “Why does COVID19 cause brain symptoms?” More specifically, does it infect the brain directly or are the brain and its cells just collateral …
The field of infectious disease plays out like a war game in which our immune system battles against viruses which each have their own secret weapons to disable or disrupt our defense systems. In the case of COVID, it too possesses various means of sabotaging …
In high school, everyone joked that they would never use their Algebra 2 again, but mathematicians appear to be planning a takeover of the world with all their models of doomsday COVID 19 predictions. Mathematicians reported their model to predict which cities could become super-spreaders …
Many herbal medicines offer autoimmune sufferers opportunities to find relief without risking unwanted side effects. Those of us in the functional medicine world see patients daily benefiting from these natural options, yet conventional medicine demands mechanisms and explanations. Researchers continue to provide our functional world …
Surprises continue to arise out of the aggressive research into COVID 19 risk factors. As the numbers of infected patients continue to accumulate and politicians push the need to protect hospitals from overflow, we keep learning why some people get it worse than others. In …
California Just Keeps on Giving Many of us inside and outside California have grown tired of the gifts California offers. The latest gift of another variant of COVID-19 stands out as another gift to return when the store re-opens. With all the news attention that …
Multiple Defenses against COVID Our immune system sports more defenses against COVID-19 than just antibodies. While the experts lose sleep over whether vaccines and antibodies will work against new strains, our amazing immune system offers more options. Researchers at La Jolla Institute remind us that …
With the abysmal ratings of the recent Superbowl as an indicator, the world’s attention is clearly more attuned to the COVID-19 pandemic than the whiny stars of pro- sports. In the ongoing mini-series of COVID-19, the latest stars of infectious disease include a list of …
While my recent post about a placental estrogen receptor pointed to the mechanisms by which mom’s systems can protect a developing fetus from inflammation, immune changes during pregnancy can also benefit mom. Medical scientists have long recognized that mothers tend to have milder autoimmune disease …
My recent post described a newly identified mechanism by which mom’s placenta protected the developing fetus from mom’s viral infections. Here you can read about how the unhindered interferon pathway leads to major damage during Zika virus infection. This virus creates life altering brain damage …