Ellen’s recent surgery has got me thinking about scars. Any type of tissue damage like this is going to stimulate the formation of scar tissue, so I want to figure out how to minimize the unnecessary scar formation while still allowing for a strong closure of the involved tissues. Scars are a compromise between the […]
Way back when I was in college in the early 70s, I remember hearing about students using horse liniment made from DMSO on their sports injuries and getting great results. I re-encountered DMSO while in Chiropractic school as a tool for getting medications into the body without having to use a needle. This was […]
Remember the old guessing game 20 questions? One of the first questions involved establishing whether the object to be guessed was animal, vegetable, or mineral. But what if it was none of those? This is the realm of fungus. This fungal realm includes molds, yeasts, mushrooms, and it involves over 3 million species. Some […]