According to an article published in Scientific America, a study of potentially fatal food-triggered disease has uncovered a process that may contribute to many autoimmune disorders. The epidemiology of celiac disease that once was thought to be in the rage of 1 in 10,000 is now known to be in the neighborhood of 1 in 133, [...]

Sunlight may cause some women to develop autoimmune diseases, including forms that can weaken muscles or cause rashes, according to new research. A media release from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences said the conditions are known as myositis, dermatomyositis and polymyositis. According to Dr. Frederick Miller, “We only found the association between UV exposure and [...]

The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation has conducted research which suggests Vitamin D could play an early role in autoimmune diseases such as lupus. OMRF researcher Judith James, M.D., Ph.D., and Lauren Cole, a graduate student in James’s lab, have found that in people who are genetically predisposed to lupus, a vitamin D deficiency could serve [...]

I’ve been hearing a lot of “what’s in it for me” lately regarding health care reform and quite frankly, the question bugs me.  Think about it, the question would make you think we are living in a pretty selfish society where if it serves no benefit to me then why should I care.  The worse [...]

If Carl Jung were alive today I wonder what thoughts he would have on the two recent incidents circulating in the media.  For me, these incidents tell me we have lost our vision, our sight as we are now focused on people, places and things and not on who we are and who we could [...]

I planned on doing weekly updates after my first chemo treatment with IV Cytoxan but, I was feeling so good I forgot.  Yes, I’m doing fine, have had no complaints, and even better, no nausea.  The only complaint I can muster is one having to do with my heart. As noted in my original post, my [...]

With so much negative news these days, wars, politicians — both Dems and Repubs — who are paid bunnies for the healthcare industry, and other paid bunnies continuing the divide and conquer conversations, it is nice to see there are organizations out there concerned with the welfare of people.  It was not their original mission [...]

This one is most troubling to me.  The Washington Post has confirmed the swine flu vaccine, which is set to be rolled out nationwide this fall in what could ultimately become a mandatory vaccination program, will contain mercury, a toxin linked with autism and neurological disorders. Thimerosal, a mercury based preservative, has been hotly debated for [...]

According to a new study by Dutch researchers of the University of Groningen, the two prime means by which the seasonal influenza vaccine activates the immune system against the virus appear to be diminished in people with lupus. The human immune system goes on alert against the seasonal flu virus after vaccination in two ways. First, [...]

After looking over this program I found myself asking the question “what were they thinking?”  Perhaps they were not thinking when the folks in the seat of government came up with this so-called brilliant idea. Congress passed the Automotive Stimulus bill Cash for Clunkers for auto industry recovery in fuel efficiency.  Okay. The program is called C.A.R.S. [...]

April Wiggins is both a dialysis nurse and patient.  At 13, Wiggins was diagnosed with lupus that had ruined her kidneys.  At 15, every night, she hooked herself up at 8 p.m. to a dialysis machine that cleansed her blood of toxins for 10 hours. Now, at 37, Wiggins knows all to well the persistence of [...]