Improving our - and our patient's - knowledge of the oral microbiome

Improving Our Bodies, Our Meals, and Our Gadgets

The knowledge of our knowledge☆

This classic article was published in the first volume and issue of Philosophical Constructs for the Chiropractic Profession. In this paper, Dr. McAndrews reviews the use of the term "philosophy" in chiropractic and urges the chiropractic profession to consider the use and misuse of this term. Reprinted with permission from McAndrews JF. The Knowledge of Our Knowledge. Philosophical Constructs ...

Translating our microbiome into medicine.

e live in amicrobialworld.We are surrounded provides an inventory of the complete genetic potential by and in contact with microbes that support W many natural and managed processes, from carbon capture by microalgae to support marine food webs, to the fermentations that produce beverages and foods thatwe consume and enjoy.Nor is our body a sterile environment, either inside or out. While it ha...

Improving our patients' experience: ideas for change

addition to keeping an eye on the quality of our clinical services, making small changes in how we deliver services can have a big impact on how patients feel about their experience – which will in turn motivate them and others to come for the eye care they need. Here are a few things to you may be able to try. Look after your staff Patients want us to listen to them. They want to be treated wi...

The human microbiome: our second genome.

The human genome has been referred to as the blueprint of human biology. In this review we consider an essential but largely ignored overlay to that blueprint, the human microbiome, which is composed of those microbes that live in and on our bodies. The human microbiome is a source of genetic diversity, a modifier of disease, an essential component of immunity, and a functional entity that infl...