Tick-borne Co-infections: Presentation, Diagnosis and Treatment (The NorVect Conference 2014)
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…
Infection Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in Ticks Collected from Songbirds in Far-Western Canada
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…
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
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,…
Lyme Disease | NC Now | UNC-TV
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,…
Mary Beth Pfeiffer from the Poughkeepsie Journal
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…
Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease, forms drug-tolerant persister cells
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:…
Natural Medicine: Lyme disease in the limelight
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,…
Commentary: Diagnosis, treatment of Lyme Disease controversial
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…
Education Key to Stop Tick-Borne Illnesses (White Clothes Help Too)
Commentary: Ticks are out in full force this year, especially on Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard, so education and prevention of tick-borne diseases is essential. We also need to have…
Gibson Lyme legislation added to 21st Century Cures Act, passes House committee
Commentary: For more information on the recent federal Lyme bill, here is the press release from Congressman Chris Gibson on the passage of H.R. 789, The Tick-Borne Disease Research Accountability…
