1. My opinion, based on research to date, is that GDD has a genetic basis. A number of sufferers have taken exception and have been alarmed by this, with their impression that I am saying that they are responsible for their own disease - that they are guilty. This is absolutely not the case. My opinion is that perhaps essentially all diseases have some form of genetic basis, which varies from relatively minor to very strong. BRCA1 and BRCA2 and breast cancer (and other cancer

Association versus causation is always a huge issue in medicine (and other disciplines). Quite often when something is found to be present at the same time as a disease, many scientists/physicians start cautiously by claiming association before being prepared to assert causation. This certainly was the case with Gd and NSF, when for years from 2006 onwards a number of experts struggled with the association vs causation. Association means that things have been found together,

I have written a number of blogs on the immune system. I have simplified the discussion focusing primarily on the timing of activity of members of the immune system, as this explains differences between the 3 major forms of gadolinium toxicity: acute hypersensitivty reaction, GDD, and NSF. Essentially the immune system is also categorized into the innate immune system and the adaptive system. The most basic difference is that the innate system are designed to kill invaders an