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Vitamin K is Kool!

Wednesday, 30 September 2009 14:27 by Kara Fitzgerald   RSS Feed
Recently, I got the below post from Dr. Tina Kaczor in response to the blog spot Vitamin K, Osteocalcin and Bone Health.

It prompted me to devote a brand new blog spot to vitamin K and more! Read on… [More]


Lab Tests:   vitamin k
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Quorum Sensing/Quorum Quenching: Treating Dysbiotic Biofilm

Tuesday, 29 September 2009 09:09 by Kara Fitzgerald   RSS Feed
Simply put, quorum sensing is communication between microbes via signal molecules (called auto-inducers) to ensure survival of the microbial population against exogenous antimicrobials and host immune mechanisms. As I mentioned in the previous post, biofilms can increase resistance to antimicrobials up to 1000%. Biofilm development is a central quorum sensing process. [More]


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How to Prepare for the Flu Season

Thursday, 24 September 2009 13:32 by Elizabeth Redmond   RSS Feed
The flu season has arrived—make sure your ready! Nutritional support has been shown to interfere with the pathogenic processes of influenza. [More]


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Lab Tests:   gut microbial ecology | vitamin d
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Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

Monday, 14 September 2009 11:09 by Elizabeth Redmond   RSS Feed
Look at the healthy or predominant bacteria in the gut before considering an extreme surgical procedure for weight loss. [More]


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Lab Tests:   gut microbial ecology
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21st Century Medicine

Friday, 4 September 2009 09:43 by Kara Fitzgerald   RSS Feed
I am recommending this to anyone interested in the state of healthcare, and especially those in integrative care. It’s a brilliant, inspiring and very well-referenced document. If anything, read it to grab all those excellent citations... [More]


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