by Maggie | Dec 21, 2017 | Articles
Hello lovely people and welcome to the long days of summertime! It is full on, with berries, BBQs, river time, hiking and bike rides to boot! I hope you are finding the time to celebrate the days in your own special way. This time of year comes full cycle, as I...
by Maggie | Dec 21, 2017 | Articles
Everywhere you look these days, someone is hacking something. There is literally everything from how to hack your floor cleaning to how to hack your relationship to pretty much every home improvement chore that once seemed insurmountable … now just about anyone can...
by Maggie | Dec 21, 2017 | Articles
You hear the phrase all the time, “what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.” This too is up for discussion but not what’s on my mind today. What is, however, is how we think of our gut health. I think the framing is all off. For one, the gut dwells in the dark corners...
by Maggie | Dec 21, 2017 | Articles
My love for Spring is limitless, without caveat … but it has not always been this way. Truth be told for eight whole years this was not the case. This year marks my second allergy free Spring in the Pacific Northwest. I moved to Oregon in the Fall of 2007 to work on a...
by Maggie | Dec 21, 2017 | Articles, Blog
Have you ever wondered how your body might mistakenly turn against its own cells, leading to the pathogenesis of conditions like thyroiditis due to autoantibodies? That's precisely what happens in autoimmune diseases, where autoantibodies contribute to the...
by Maggie | Dec 21, 2017 | Articles
Over 1.3 million Americans navigate the complexities of systemic arthritis, an autoimmune disease that doesn't just target joints but can affect the entire body with its inflammatory wrath and musculoskeletal manifestations. It's a stealthy adversary, often mistaken...