Examines the rise of untreatable infections across the world.

Phillips was already a renowned physician specializing in complex, chronic diseases when he became a patient himself. He experienced firsthand the medical community's ignorance about the pathogens that underlie a deep spectrum of serious conditions-- from fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, chronic fatigue syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, and lupus, to depression, anxiety, OCD and neurodegenerative disorders. Parish, too, watched her health spiral after...

The body is a fortress under constant assault. It faces threats from infectious diseases, parasites, allergens, environmental toxins, physical trauma, and natural disasters from without, to overzealous allergic, immune, and inflammatory responses, and cellular mutations from within. This course is an introduction to the field of pathophysiology--the study of the disruptions in a normal body's functions caused by disease or injury. Beginning with...