Immunity

Useless Drug Used For 10 Years To Treat Sepsis

18/01/12

In October last year, drug maker Eli Lilly, issued a statement to The European Medicines Agency, that it will withdraw its drug Xigris — a medicine which used to treat sepsis.

Sepsis, where blood borne bacteria overwhelm a vulnerable immune system, can lead to septic shock, organ failure, and death… and if you’re an elderly patient or an infant the danger that hangs over your head with every hospital stay is even bigger.

For nearly 10 YEARS, many patients and their families pinned their survival hopes on Xigris… only to find out that Xigris had no beneficial effect at all. To put it plainly, the results of a clinical study that started in 2008 showed that 26.4 per cent of patients who took Xigris died compared with 24.2 per cent taking a placebo.

Selenium and its incredible powers for boosting immune system function

22/11/11

What is selenium and what can it do for your immune system? The metallic trace element called selenium boosts the antioxidant power of vitamin E. And if that were all selenium did, that would be reason enough to make sure you’re getting plenty of it in your diet. But there’s much more to selenium than just being one of E’s best friends.

Read On Before Checking Into Your Next Hotel…

18/03/11

With so many airborne diseases doing the round and constant reminders that we need to strengthen our immune systems against superbugs infections, one would think that public places (like hotels) would maintain a certain standard of hygiene…

Manuka Honey Is Showing Potential Against Deadly Hospital Super Bugs Like MRSA

17/03/11

Manuka honey is derived from the manuka bush a shrub in the tea tree family, which is indigenous to New Zealand (with a close relative in some parts of Australia), and which only blooms for three weeks out of the year. This is not your typical honey, although all types of honey demonstrate antiseptic ability to some extent… and now it shows massive potential agianst super infections like MRSA.

We receive many letters from readers who are due to go into hospital, or know a loved one who is, and are worried about the threat that deadly super bugs like MRSA pose.