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Opossums: Where Lyme disease goes to die

Commentary: Oposums are our friends when it comes to Lyme disease. Research by the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in ...
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Novel Thogotovirus Associated with Febrile Illness and Death, United States, 2014

Commentary: A novel viral tick-borne illness has been identified in the Midwest by the CDC, called the "Bourbon virus". This ...
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Study warns that ticks with Lyme are emerging earlier in spring

Commentary: Global warming is having an effect on ticks. A new study from the Cary Institute of Ecosystems Studies in ...
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Lyme: Are bacteria (or research) being starved to death?

Commentary: This report from John Ferro of the Poughkeepsie Journal discusses the discrepancy between funding for Lyme disease research and ...
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NEWS: Can Claritin help cure Lyme disease?

Commentary: A new study done at Stanford University, funded by the Bay Area Lyme foundation, found that antihistamines like Clarinex ...
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Seeking to redefine chronic fatigue syndrome, advisory group urges new name, better diagnosis

Commentary: Patients diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/M.E.) comprise up to 2.5 million Americans. How does a health care provider ...
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Lyme disease on French national TV

Commentary: The You Tube video that I recently posted in French, was kindly sent over by Nelly Pointis with English ...
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Our Amazingly Plastic Brains

Commentary: Want to improve your brain and stay healthy? A recent article in the WSJ confirmed an old adage: "Use ...
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Lyme Disease Costs Up to $1.3 Billion Annually to Treat

Commentary: A new study on Lyme disease published in PLoS one by researchers at the John Hopkins University School of Medicine found ...
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Fatal peanut allergies could be cured with probiotic bacteria: researchers

Commentary: This article just published in the Journal of Clinical Allergy and Immunology again highlights the importance of probiotics. Peanut ...
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