The need to detoxify the body has become increasingly more important over the past 50 years. We live in an environment that is overflowing with dangerous chemicals. They have permeated our soils, our water supply, and the air that we breath. Even the best efforts to eliminate toxins from your household and [...]
We were told from the time that we were little kids to wash our hands. “Did you wash your hands before dinner”? Our mothers would ask. “Wash up before bed” our parents often commanded. “Johnny, stop picking your nose. Now go wash up before you eat” I?m sure that most of us out there have [...]
There has been much written about the threat of a bird flu pandemic. Much of it is either alarmist or inaccurate. However the truth is not a great deal more digestible.
First I will examine the facts as they stand. The virus in this case has been labelled H5N1 and it is a fairly close relation [...]
While the media has done an effective job of scaring most parents about the dangers of childhood vaccinations, it is important to know the history of infectious diseases. Today, most people in the U.S. have not seen the effects of diseases such as diphtheria, whooping cough, or rubella. However, in the nineteenth and [...]
Surgical masks and respirators are forms of personal protective equipment used to guard against the spread of infectious diseases. With the increased onset of bird flu, many manufacturers and distributors of various protective equipment have touted incredible results from the use of their products. Do they hold water? Do these respirators and [...]
Legionairre’s Disease is back and it is quite troubling indeed. These cases seem to break out every so often and it is hard to trace how. Recently a little hole in the wall Mexican restaurant had an outbreak. The CDC figured it came from the decorative fountain out front. Imagine owning a small restaurant in [...]
You may have heard about MRSA recently in the news, in passing, or maybe you heard that someone may have even died from “…some type of staph infection.” MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) is a lethal form of bacteria which is resistant to many antibiotics. Most often, staph infections - including MRSA pose a [...]
