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Immune Conditions |
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 The immune system protects the body from potentially harmful substances ("antigens") such as microorganisms, toxins, cancer cells, and foreign blood or tissues from another person or species. Antigens are destroyed by the immune response, which includes production of antibodies (molecules that attach to the antigen and make it more susceptible to destruction) and sensitized lymphocytes (specialized white blood cells that recognize and destroy particular antigens).
Immune system disorders occur when the immune response is inappropriate, excessive, or lacking. Autoimmune disorders develop when the immune system destroys normal body tissues. This is caused by a hypersensitivity reaction similar to allergies, where the immune system reacts to a substance that it normally would ignore. In allergies, the immune system reacts to an external substance that would normally be harmless. With autoimmune disorders, the immune system reacts to normal "self" body tissues.
We explore the most common immune system conditions.
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Candida Albicans (Yeast)
by Dr. Gary Farr 8/29/2003
Candida Yeast Infection, both digestive and systemic, is a social and medical dilemma without easy access to answers or remedies of permanence. Literally millions of men and women have a potential yeast infection that is causing, directly or indirectly, a significant number of existing health problems or conditions. If it is not completely removed and/or the body protected, it will continue to grow and will reduce your resistance to a host of physical aliments and complications.
CDC Raises Alarm Over New Form Of Pneumonia
by Dr. Gary Farr 3/16/2003
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Saturday that Americans consider delaying nonessential travel to countries affected by an outbreak of a rapidly spreading, severe form of pneumonia that does not appear to respond to treatment.
Free Newsletter
by Dr. Gary Farr 7/22/2003
Sign up for our FREE health newsletter from BecomeHealthyNow.com. The Healthy newsletter brings the latest research, news and ideas you can use, fun mini-quizzes and a listing of the live events and happenings on the BecomeHealthyNow sites and communities. You'll always be up to date on current health topics as the BecomeHealthyNow.com web site is continually updated.
Health Survey
by Dr. Gary Farr 7/22/2003
The health survey finds out about the state of your health. You may discover things about your health you didn't know before. This increased awareness of your health can help you take the appropriate action to improve the state of your body's function.
Nutritional Support for the Immune System
by Dr. Gary Farr 8/4/2003
The human body is repeatedly exposed to a variety of envirnomental stress factors during the changing seasons. A healthy immune system will help defend the body when the seasons change. Yet for most of us, seasonal change occurs when our immune system is weak and resistance is low. To help support the overall health of this immune alliance, Standard Process offers many whole food nutritional supplements to help the body stay healthy against the stress of modern life and seasonal challenges.
The Comprehensive Digestive Stool Analysis
by Dr. Gary Farr 6/25/2004
I often tell my patients that the gastrointestinal tract is much like a carburetor in a car. Your digestive tract tract must take gasoline (your food), and then mix it with air (enzymes and other digestive juices). If this mixing process goes well, your car runs and doesn't cough or sputter. How efficiently your fuel burns determines to a large extent how many years you're going to get out of your car. Although a rather crude analogy, this principle does hold true for the human digestive tract. There are many points along the digestive where some "burning" process can go awry and cause seemingly unrelated problems elsewhere in the body. This article will discuss those various places and give you a very good detail of what can go wrong.
The Vaginosis Profile
by Dr. Gary Farr 6/24/2004
The Vaginosis Profile from Great Smokies Diagnostic Laboratory is one of the most comprehensive evaluations available. It features microscopy for every sort of organism by trained and experienced technicians with an advanced DNA probe for the most common causes of the condition. With a rapid, semiautomated DNA probe test to definitively identify clinically significant levels of Gardnerella, and Trichomonas, detection rates for these organisms can reach levels of 90% and greater in properly transported specimens.
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