Does Mouth-Breathing Decrease Risk of Viral Infections?

Image by Magnus Mertens in Wikipedia The New York Times published an article looking into this very question on Nov 11, 2016. However, the ...

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If mutations can go viral, adaptationism is less annoying.

Feb. 9, 2016: I have edited the paragraph beginning with "Exciting..." to remove details of mutation rates because my initial post...

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Herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection and cognitive ability

So: " our findings indicate that infection with HSV-1 [ Herpes simplex virus ] is associated with reduced cognitive functioning in hea...

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HERVs and ADHD

HERVs. Human endogenous retroviruses . The remnants of our evolutionary struggle with the viruses of the times of our distant ancestors, now...

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Maternal immune activation and monkeys continued

I sure do hope that all those fictional stories of apes turning the tables on humans don't ever come true. Indeed should you ever hear a...

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An anti-viral for chronic fatigue syndrome?

The recent publication of the trial results by Jose Montoya and colleagues * looking at the possibility that the anti-viral drug valgancicl...

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Just How Contagious is the Flu (and Other Viral Infections)?

Everybody knows the flu and other viral infections are contagious, but did you wonder just how contagious??? Well, here are some facts glea...

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