Article: Drugs and the immune system.
Vibrant Life;  September 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ......before is the involvement of the body's immune system. It has become clear that use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs damages the immune system and makes it vulnerable to all kinds...ultimately proved fatal. What is the body's immune system, and how is it affected by drug use...

Article: The immune system: everybody's defensive line. (includes related article on bolstering the immune system)
Current Health 2, a Weekly Reader publication;  April 1, 1989 ;     700+ words ...The Immune System It's a dangerous world out there. Fungi, bacteria...highly efficient and intricate survival kit, the immune system, that wards off these invaders. Because of the immune system, roughly 90 percent of the viruses and bacteria...

Article: Can IT defenses work like the body's? The model IT system of the future will learn independently and react autonomously--like the human immune system.(information technology )
Security Management;  September 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......approach already exists: the biological immune system. This system secures an enormously...array of ever-changing threats. And the immune system is very successful. Most of us are...failures are rare. Most importantly, the immune system does this all autonomously, with no...

Article: New Edition of How the Immune System Works Essential Reading for Both Medical and Bioscience Students.
Business Wire;  February 19, 2008 ;     248 words ......announced the addition of How the Immune System Works, 3rd Edition to their offering. Understanding the immune system is crucial for both medical and...introductions to the subject, but How the Immune System Works remains uniquely popular...

Article: General preventative maintenance of the immune system: Brief overview from a behavioral and nutritional perspective.
Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients;  February 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......indicating that dysfunction of the immune system should be included in the category...the use of vitamin C to boost the immune system and thereby avoid the common cold was...ten years that the notion that the immune system could be maintained or modulated has...

Article: Ways To Strengthen Your Immune System.(prayer, laughter, and writing in a journal can help)(Brief Article)
Jet;  July 12, 1999 ;     408 words ......perfect prescription for boosting your immune system. When age takes its toll, one's immune system will work a little less than perfectly...are at least eight ways to lift your immune system that won't cost you anything except...

Article: Can diet affect the immune system?
Nutrition Health Review;  June 22, 1990 ;     332 words ...Can Diet Affect the Immune System? The past few years have brought...also impair competence of the immune system, he wrote. A study by the American...obesity. Fat also affects the immune system, Dr. Cerrato notes. A deficiency...

Article: Immune System Development
Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence;      700+ words ...Immune system development Definition The child's immune system is an intricate network of interdependent cell types...viral infections, and tumor cells. Description The immune system was not recognized as a functional unit of the body...

Article: Protective proteins - bodyguards at work. (immune system)
USA Today (Magazine);  February 1, 1993 ;     700+ words ...As the immune system patrols the body for biological...recruit MCP and DAF to tell the immune system what to kill and what to leave alone...chemically ward off strikes from the immune system. Researchers who found them on the...

Article: Caring for Your Immune System.(with G-Jo Acupressure)
Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients;  May 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......network of the body known as the immune system. This is largely due to our concern...generally attributed to a weakened immune system. Unfortunately, so little is really known about the immune system and its operation that we are forced...

Article: The Immune System
Science of Everyday Things;      700+ words ...THE IMMUNE SYSTEM CONCEPT The immune system is a network of organs, glands, and tissues that protects...infection-causing parasites and pathogens. Usually, the immune system is extremely effective in performing its work of defending...

Article: NARI Reveals New Corporate Vision; Focus on Immune System Bio-Tech.
Business Wire;  August 2, 2000 ;     668 words ......research and a specific focus on the Immune System. NARI's management company and incubator...opportunities that are related to the Immune System and is close to announcing an acquisition...increasingly widespread recognition of the Immune System's critical role in defending the ...

Article: Inner conflict: the fight to regulate the immune system in MS.
Inside MS;  August 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......as much as it needs to about how the immune system works, and fails to work, in MS. Now...understanding of what goes wrong in the immune system in people with multiple sclerosis...Patrolling T cells, foot soldiers in the immune system's constant war against the viruses...

Article: Strenghten Your Immune System With Medicinal Mushrooms.
Women's Health Letter;  November 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......plans and supplements to enhance my immune system, but none really worked all that well...shiitake mushrooms. They stimulate the immune system and strengthen the lungs. Not only...while the larger ones are used by the immune system to make antigens. Antigens, in turn...