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- For those who don't already know it----- clicking on "email me when others reply to this topic" doesn't work now and hasn't for many months (for me) and even longer for others, so I hear.DS staff is 'working on the problem' and have been for several...
- http://relative-risk.blogspot.ca/2013/03/expanding-range-of-tick-borne-infections.html"The eco-epidemiological factors that have led to the recent doubling in the number of recognized tick-borne diseases are not static, and the distribution of ticks...
- "Most of the laboratories listed below cater to practitioners who engage in nonstandard practices. All of these labs perform one or more nonstandard tests. Most also perform various standard tests. When evaluating practitioners, we would regard...
- Most Lymies that I know take a probiotic that has billions/millions of other types of bacteria other than just acidolphilus and are refrigerated. I take Jarro-dophilus which has more. That's not a suggestion that YOU take J-D. (grin). Refrigerated...
- QReady for Rife?I've been diagnosed with a tumor on my neck. My friend suggested treatments with a Rife machine. How effective are these treatments and what are the dangers? I'm scared that treatments might cause the tumor to metastasize as the...
- Yet another damaging offering by Dr. Auwaerter at Medscape about Lyme disease. Although I wasn't surprised about the misinformation put forth there (CDC and IDSA) ----- it still hurts and angers me that they have so much money and time to put out a...
- Lyme Disease in OregonOregon ranks as one of the worst states in the nation to get help for Lyme disease. Over one-fourth of the states population is enrolled in HMOs and standards of care seem to be determined by these entities, Kaiser in...
- From Nova Scotia----- but we all know that ticks don't cross international or state borders.How is it 'everyone' seems to know about Lyme except the doctors who treat us? With some exceptions.But again, we come across that pesky and damaging phrase...
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC265679/pdf/jcm00020-0013.pdf"In 1989, Preac-Mursic et al. published a landmark articledocumenting recovery by culture of living Borreliaburgdorferi from patients who had been previously treatedwith...
- "United States national parks attract >275 million visitors annually and collectively present risk of exposure for staff and visitors to a wide range of arthropod vector species ( most notably fleas, mosquitoes, and ticks) and their associated...
- From: National Science Foundation- Where Discoveries BeginEcology of Infections DiseasesFact:"Lyme disease incidence is rising in the United States and is in fact far more common than West Nile virus and other insect-borne diseases. Forest...
- The CDC two tier validation studies are flawed by selection bias and no reliable method of determining sensitivity.Just one example of 'selection bias' is " an overreliance on arthritis patients in sampling late-stage cases" (Thank you Dr. Alan...
- SERONEGATIVE LYME DISEASERecent infection before immune responseAntibodies are in immune complexesSpirochete encapsulated by host tissue (i.e.: lymphocytic cell walls)Spirochete is deep in host tissue (i.e.: fibroblasts, neurons, etc.)Blebs in body...
- "The Angry Doctor" wrote an angry diatribe about the 'the crock of chronic Lyme disease''.I like what one of the responders said and I'll repost it here:Anonymous said...My only hope for you is that you come into contact with multiple ticks over a...
- "Having a pulmonary embolism? Dont wait for the weekend (Chest)"http://pulmccm.org/2013/critical-care-review/why-patients-with-pulmonary-embolism-shouldnt-love-the-weekend/"Clinical Takeaway: This study strongly suggests that like other serious...