In the last 6 months of 2011, 12 US residents in 5 different states (Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia) were found to be infected with this influenza A H3N2 variant virus that had genes from avian, swine, and human influenza viruses. Similar viruses have been found in the past in swine but only very rarely infected people. However, this virus, first detected in August, was a little bit different. It contained another genetic change: It had acquired the matrix (M) gene from the 2009 H1N1 pandemic virus.

Recent findings Vitamin D has been shown to have an immunomodulatory effect with a significant impact on immune function. Specifically, vitamin D regulates the mechanisms which suppress the inflammatory response and direct the differentiation fate of immune cells. Vitamin D has been shown to play an important role in asthma, and the concept of the unified airway model allows the extrapolation of vitamin D as a critical player in chronic rhinitis and rhinosinusitis.
Summary Recent findings on the function of vitamin D may explain aspects of the pathophysiology of chronic rhinitis and CRS, and may help direct future treatment of these diseases.

Coconut oil product availability update: Products will be in late this wk... hurray!!!

For anyone paying attention, there is no shortage of issues that fundamentally challenge the underpinning moral infrastructure of American society and the values it claims to uphold. Under the conceptual illusion of liberty, few things are more sobering than the amount of Americans who will spend the rest of their lives in an isolated correctional facility – ostensibly, being corrected. The United States of America has long held the highest incarceration rate in the world, far surpassing any other nation. For every 100,000 Americans, 743 citizens sit behind bars.

Harvard Law School Food Law Society Hosting a Raw Milk Debate

At one time, everyone drank raw milk. But with the invention of pasteurization and its alleged safety benefits, consumption of raw milk in this country almost completely disappeared. In fact, in some states it is illegal to sell raw milk. But a growing segment of the population is clamoring for increased access to raw milk, citing its nutritional benefits and recently discovered inbuilt safety mechanisms. Opponents are skeptical of such nutritional claims and believe the safety risks of unpasteurized milk are simply too high.

Join the Food Law Society as we present a debate covering the legal, health, and nutritional merits of raw milk. URL Link to this Press Release, Harvard Law Hosts Raw Milk Debate <http://www.westonaprice.org/press/harvard-law-hosts-raw-milk-debate> .
The participants are:

Fred Pritzker, Pritzker & Olson Law Firm
Dr. Heidi Kassenborg, Director, Dairy & Food Inspection Division, Minnesota Department of Agriculture
vs.
Sally Fallon Morell, President, Weston A. Price Foundation
David Gumpert, Author, The Raw Milk Revolution

When: Thursday, February 16, 2012, 7:15 pm ˆ 8:45 pm

Where: Harvard Law School, Langdell South Classroom.

Harvard Law School's street address is 1563 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138.

For those who can't attend in person and are interested in watching the livestream, information will be posted on our organization's website, http://www.foodsoc.org <http://www.foodsoc.org/> .

The video will also be archived on this YouTube page: http://www.youtube.com/user/HLSFoodLawSociety.

Directions to Harvard Law

See this webpage: http://www.law.harvard.edu/about/directions.html.

Locations of parking garages can be found here: http://www.harvardsquare.com/maps.aspx

Map of walking directions from the Subway to Langdell South here: http://g.co/maps/ntgsa

Media Contact: Jonathan Abrams, jabrams@jd12.law.harvard.edu

For Interviews with pro-raw milk debaters, Sally Fallon Morell or Dave Gumpert, contact Kimberly Hartke, Publicist The Campaign for Real Milk <http://realmilk.com/> 703-860-2711, cell 703-675-5557