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Let’s get buggy! Bacteria Basics Bacteria are single-celled microorganisms. A single staphlococcus bacterium cell is about 1 µm by1µm in size. That’s one-millionth of a meter. (FYI: Viruses are 100 times smaller!) Bacteria have been ...

"Here's Why Lyme's Disease can become chronic" Some diseases are easy to diagnose. A radiologist notices a spot on a mammogram, a biopsy is done, and a cancerous tumor is the culprit. A long-time smoker ...

Commentary: A presentation I did in Norway in 2014 was recently posted to Youtube. The talk discussed the clinical presentation of Lyme Disease and associated co-infections, as well as the various diagnostic and therapeutic options ...

Commentary: Lyme disease is spreading worldwide. Many Canadian patients have told me that their health authorities are struggling to understand the true prevalence of Lyme disease in Canada, with many health care providers denying the ...

Commentary: An important update on Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever was recently released by MedScape in collaboration with Casey Barton Behravesh MS, DVM, DrPH, DACVPM, who is Chief of the Epidemiology Activity in the Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Division of Vector-borne Diseases within the ...

Commentary: Cardiac complications are well known in Lyme disease. It frequently causes chest pain and palpitations, and occasionally can cause heart block with Lyme carditis, which can be fatal. Rarely, patients will develop a cardiomyopathy, ...

Commentary: Mary Beth Pfeiffer from the Poughkeepsie Journal published an article on the upcoming IDSA guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease, which focuses on panel members and conflicts of interest. "Raging controversy ...

Commentary: This scientific article follows up on the research done by Dr Zhang at Johns Hopkins discussing Borrelia burgdorferi causing drug-tolerant persister cells. As per Dr Sharma and Dr Hu: "In other chronic infections, the ...

Commentary: Lyme disease rates are reaching epidemic proportions in North America, and Canadian doctors are reporting an increased number of Lyme cases in British Columbia. "In the past five years, the number of patients seeking ...

Dr. Holly Ahern published an excellent op-ed in a local NY newspaper, discussing the controversies regarding the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease. Doctors are divided on the best approach for patients with chronic symptoms ...