I just did a little exercise for myself and I want to share the results, and then share a new way of looking at the relationship between sleep and fibromyalgia. The exercise was to ask, “if I wanted to learn … Continue reading →
Rheumatoid Arthritis is an autoimmune disease that results in pain swelling the joints. An autoimmune disease is a condition where your immune system attacks your own tissues, in this cells and tissues lining the joints. RA involves both T cells, … Continue reading →
This post contains some fun facts about the cells found in our blood. It’s presented in a slightly disorganized way—part table and part text. All the information comes from Wikipedia or MedLine. I hope you will find it interesting and … Continue reading →
Repurposing drugs already approved by the FDA for different applications is highly attractive because these drugs have known pharmacology and toxicity profiles, as well as established manufacturing and formulation methods. That’s why thousands of existing drugs, those currently in use, … Continue reading →
I had heard of Scarlet Fever, but to be honest I didn’t know what it was. A faded memory from microbiology classes long past. Recently, a friend of mine got it so I decided to look it up. Scarlet Fever, … Continue reading →
This article was inspired by a paper I read as graduate student. I was fascinated by the observation that leukemia and lymphoma cells could be matched to a specific type of normal cell, and that they retained some of the functions … Continue reading →
