Pathogens and Humanity – what next?
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For centuries humans have experienced a shortening of their life’s potential due to infection and trauma – in most cases the end being brutal…
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Division and Distrust
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The year ahead is of course simply a continuation of the prior year, nothing magical occurs on the 1st day of January that creates…
Why our immune systems are so flexible
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The human immune system possesses immense individual-to-individual diversity, and also has specialised compartmentalisation[1]. (Which means many variations in response, local tissue activity, recovery and…
Anti-aging Diets – do they work?
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A proposed test to measure inflammation, from which an ‘inflammatory age’ may be determined has recently become available. The test involves the drawing of…
Agnotology – Are you Confused?
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Agnotology (the study of deliberate spreading of confusion) Throughout the pandemic, it has been saddening how science has been hijacked. Arguments around herd immunity…
Aging? – How are you Managing Health
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By 2030, the number of people aged 60 and older will grow by more than 50 percent, from 900 million in 2015 to 1.4…
Metabolites, Health and Brain Function
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An Oct 2021 paper in BMJ Nutrition Prevention and Health explored the relationship between fruit and vegetable intake and mental wellbeing in school children[i].…
A Zen Moment for Immunity
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A koan (a Zen Buddhist derived a paradoxical anecdote or riddle without a solution) for pandemic times: ‘If a microbe silently and inconsequentially copies itself in…
