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  • We suggest reading this blog whilst listening to the following track: Growing up in Northwest Indiana in what now seems a long time ago, I heard a song that eventually...

    “M” is for . . .

    We suggest reading this blog whilst listening to the following track: Growing up in Northwest Indiana in what now seems a long time ago, I heard a song that eventually...

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  • There is a bit of a debate as to what can properly be called a “disease.” The American Heritage Dictionary, Second College Edition defines disease first as “An abnormal condition...

    An Affliction By Any Other Name Is Still An Affliction

    There is a bit of a debate as to what can properly be called a “disease.” The American Heritage Dictionary, Second College Edition defines disease first as “An abnormal condition...

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  • Okay, I admit it, I love to read science books that are odd in conception but lovely in execution. Such a book is Joel Levy’s A Bee In A Cathedral:...

    The Bug in the Bee in my Belly

    Okay, I admit it, I love to read science books that are odd in conception but lovely in execution. Such a book is Joel Levy’s A Bee In A Cathedral:...

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  • In yesterday’s Washington Post Health & Science section (12/13/11) was this bit of advice: Give antibiotic hand purifier for Christmas! Only slightly tongue-in-cheek, the brief article referenced Cari Wira Dineen’s...

    Don’t Let Germs Bug Your Holidays

    In yesterday’s Washington Post Health & Science section (12/13/11) was this bit of advice: Give antibiotic hand purifier for Christmas! Only slightly tongue-in-cheek, the brief article referenced Cari Wira Dineen’s...

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  • It’s not Monopoly®, that’s for sure. More like Risk®. Let me just say that, strange as it may seem, this is a very cool educational game. Pandemic by Z-Man Games...

    Board Games and Belly Bugs

    It’s not Monopoly®, that’s for sure. More like Risk®. Let me just say that, strange as it may seem, this is a very cool educational game. Pandemic by Z-Man Games...

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  • Well, yes and no. No, because there is no such thing as a fountain of youth but, yes, because good bugs can help you feel younger and, it appears, slow...

    Is the Fountain of Youth full of Vidazorb®?

    Well, yes and no. No, because there is no such thing as a fountain of youth but, yes, because good bugs can help you feel younger and, it appears, slow...

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  • If you recognize that phrase there is a very good chance that you or someone you know suffers with atopic dermatitis, commonly called eczema. If you don’t know about the...

    The Itch That Rashes

    If you recognize that phrase there is a very good chance that you or someone you know suffers with atopic dermatitis, commonly called eczema. If you don’t know about the...

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  •   While the general public’s knowledge continues to grow, there are many aspects to the benefits and uses of probiotics that most people are unfamiliar with. We receive questions and...

    To Be Frank With You

      While the general public’s knowledge continues to grow, there are many aspects to the benefits and uses of probiotics that most people are unfamiliar with. We receive questions and...

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  • So many marvelous books are available that can help us understand the invisible world we live in and, actually, makes everything go: bacteria. Let me start with a couple of...

    Bugs and Germs for the Bookworm

    So many marvelous books are available that can help us understand the invisible world we live in and, actually, makes everything go: bacteria. Let me start with a couple of...

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  •   Well, bacteria and the human host in general, actually. Clicking this link will lead you to a remarkable broadcast about the National Institutes of Health’s Human Biome Project. The...

    A Wonderful Broadcast on Beneficial Bacteria

      Well, bacteria and the human host in general, actually. Clicking this link will lead you to a remarkable broadcast about the National Institutes of Health’s Human Biome Project. The...

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