As if lung cancer, emphysema and heart disease weren’t enough, there’s more bad news for cigarette smokers. Researchers at the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine found that smoking also weakens the ability for pulp in teeth to fight illness and disease. In other words, smokers have fewer defense mechanisms on the inside […]
Drinking Baking Soda Could Be An Inexpensive, Safe Way To Combat Autoimmune Disease
A daily dose of baking soda may help reduce the destructive inflammation of autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, scientists say. They have some of the first evidence of how the cheap, over-the-counter antacid can encourage our spleen to promote instead an anti-inflammatory environment that could be therapeutic in the face of inflammatory disease, Medical College […]
Fast Food Makes The Immune System More Aggressive In The Long Term
The immune system reacts similarly to a high fat and high calorie diet as to a bacterial infection. Unhealthy food seems to make the body’s defenses more aggressive in the long term. Even long after switching to a healthy diet, inflammation towards innate immune stimulation is more pronounced. These changes may be involved in the […]
Toxoplasmosis: How A Cat Parasite Exploits Immune Cells To Reach The Brain
Scientists have previously shown that a parasite from cats can infect people’s brain and affect our behavior. Now, researchers at Stockholm University have discovered how the parasite takes control of our cells. “We have decoded how the parasite takes control of immune cells, converting them into moving “zombies” which spread the parasite in the body,” […]
Antibiotics May Reduce The Ability Of Immune Cells To Kill Bacteria
Antibiotics normally act in concert with an organism’s immune system to eliminate an infection. However, the drugs can have broad side effects, including eliminating “good” bacteria in the course of fighting off a pathogen. A new study led by researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, MIT, and the Wyss Institute for Biologically […]
Maty’s Organic Cough Syrup Immune Booster
Maty’s Healthy Products, a leading manufacturer of all natural products, wants to change the way you think about Cough Syrup. With the demand for organic products on the rise, Maty’s went the extra mile for their customers to become USDA certified so they could offer the only Organic Cough Syrup available nationwide. The company, founded by a […]