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Update on tone and other issues 4 Oct 2010 | 06:52 am
My Fellow Superorganisms, Those of you already familiar with the site may have noticed I’ve taken down quite a few pieces. Many of these were written about three years ago. I still stand by their gen...
Metagenomic symbiosis between bacterial and viral pathogens in autoimmune disease 2 Jun 2010 | 04:25 am
A couple weeks ago, I gave a presentation at the International Congress on Autoimmunity in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The talk was about successive infection and how viruses and bacteria can work together t...
New Policy on Answering Comments 15 Nov 2009 | 05:46 pm
Dear Readers, It was a tough decision, but I have decided to close comments to posts 25 days after they have been written. For the most part, I truly enjoy your insights and feedback, but I’m extreme...
Why patients with chronic disease are disaffected and how online social networks meet their needs 20 Oct 2009 | 09:27 am
A couple weeks ago, I had the pleasure of giving a presentation to a tri-chapter meeting of the Medical Library Association. The topic was why some patients with chronic disease are disaffected and ho...
Sun-blocking culture among the Chinese 2 Oct 2009 | 12:08 am
Not every culture reveres the sun as Americans do. In our recent trip to Chengdu, China with a stopover in Hong Kong, we saw hundreds of people, women especially, blocking light on a daily basis. We’...
Second-guessing the consensus on vitamin D 11 Aug 2009 | 07:08 am
Men who have excessive faith in their theories or ideas are not only ill prepared for making discoveries; they also make very poor observations. Of necessity, they observe with a preconceived idea, an...
Notes from the 2009 International Congress of Antibodies 12 Jun 2009 | 02:52 am
Two weeks ago, I boarded a 747 to travel to Beijing, China in order to speak at the 2009 International Congress of Antibodies. Within minutes of hitting the runway, we were greeted by a crew of offici...
Travels, papers, and more… an update 7 Jun 2009 | 01:55 pm
If I have seen further it is only by standing on the shoulders of giants a pile of driftwood. Hello readers! Suffice it to say I’ve been missing in action for several months. For much of the time I...
Milk consumption tied to Parkinson’s disease 5 Apr 2009 | 08:49 am
In a recent prospective study appearing in Neurology, researchers at various scientific institutions including many in Korea set out to examine the relation between milk and calcium intake in midlife ...
Hey there, how’s your Kineosphaeram holding up? 22 Mar 2009 | 04:57 am
Excuse me, my what?! Duh, Kineosphaeram, one of the over 600 bacterial species that may be living in your mouth or other areas of your body. If you don’t harbor Kineosphaeram, then perhaps your mouth...
