Clang, clang, clang…I didn’t set that alarm…what’s going on? I don’t know if I said that, or thought it but in the fog that is 2 in the morning, I didn’t know what I was hearing. The ringing didn’t stop. “Oh, it’s the phone! Oh, yeah!” I said, fumbling at my bedside for the phone....
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Image by rawpixel.com It’s hard to see people in lab coats and say, “there goes a superhero.” But that is what I call the people who created the first vaccines for some extremely scary diseases. They took a perilous journey into unknown territory. In early days, before there was a clear understanding of germs and how they...
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A month focused on men’s health and mustaches, what’s not to love? It’s Movember! Movember started in 2003 in Australia when a couple of mates sat in a pub moaning over the loss of the mustache as a “Fashion Do.” At the time, mustaches (or Mo’s in Aussie speak”) were a “Fashion Don’t” with...
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Once upon a very recent time, a group of sick people were told that the symptoms they were experiencing were all in their head…. But wait! That’s not where this story begins. This story actually begins in pre-history, as prehistoric man developed protection against parasitic worms. The evolution of Mast Cells Nearly 300 species of...
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It’s like your dentist always says, brush and floss your teeth! Tooth care is not only about a bright smile and reduced cavities. It is also a way to prevent several chronic diseases, including periodontal disease (PD). Research has found associations between periodontal disease and several chronic illnesses. So what is periodontal...
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