In 1918, a postman went off to deliver mail to Brevig Mission, a small, remote Native Alaskan village, in spite of the fact that he was not feeling well. A week later, 85% of the people in the village, including those in the prime of their life, had died, having been suffocated by their […]

One of the most amazing aspects of acquired immunity is that it knows the difference between our own substances and those that are foreign to our bodies. When this breaks down, our bodies can generate immune responses to our own products/tissues resulting in damage. Diseases in which this occurs are called autoimmune diseases […]

My daughter called me the other day. Our two-year-old grandson had developed a skin rash that was spreading rapidly. The rash involved whitish areas surrounded by rings of red. I asked if our grandson had just eaten or taken medications. It turned out that he had just taken medications, a commercial […]