Old Fashioned Health and Housekeeping Practices
Fresh Air! I’m linking to this blog instead of the article itself because it’s behind a paywall. In addition to the strategies below, let’s not forget...
Vaccination Does Prevent Illness as well as Spreading of Covid
Another great article from National Geographic about the vaccines and how they help to mitigate disease and its spread. After any infection, “you have white...
Hygiene Hypothesis>Don’t fear all germs!!!
Dr. Graham Rook, an emeritus professor of medical microbiology at University College London, likens the immune system to a computer. He says that the microbes...
Strategies to Decrease Percentage of Body Fat
Some of these strategies are familiar to my readers, time-restricted eating, HIIT. But the fasting exercise, though it makes sense, I was not aware of. ...
Dr. Kariko, Hero of the Covid mRNA vaccine
An absolutely incredible story of a dogged, persistent scientist in the face of huge obstacles who persevered and was key in the effort to produce...
Depression can lead to shortened life span
When I read this title I immediately thought, “well sure, you don’t work out as much, don’t engage in healthy activities”. But in this study...
Getting Past “Disease” to a Science of Wellness: Institute for Systems Biology
This article appeared in the Sunday Chronicle. And though Hood’s area of interest is different than mine, his goal is the same. To detect and...
How the Corona Virus Hacks the Immune System: the New Yorker
This is such a terrific article. Not only does it do a creditable job of explaining the basics of the immune system, but also how...
Deep Resilience: Chapter Stress Matters
North Lake, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. Updated Stress Response Chapter here Stress Response Chapter for sharing rough draft 11.21.2020 I’ve “completed” another chapter in...
“Stress Hormone” Cortisol Linked to Early Toll on Thinking Ability
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/stress-hormone-cortisol-linked-to-early-toll-on-thinking-ability?utm_source=pocket-newtab Photo by Francesco Sambati / EyeEm / Getty Images. The stresses of everyday life may start taking a toll on the brain in relatively...