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DATE: Saturday, May 3, 2014 TIME: 11:00am – 12:30pm Presentation & Roll-Out of NEW Protocols with Dr. Nicolaus and Dr. Stram 12:30 pm – 1:00pm Interactive Panel Discussion- Q&A Session with Stram Center staff 1:00 ...

Commentary: Patients with Lyme disease with chronic, resistant neurological symptoms, including encephalopathy and neuropathy, should be tested for Bartonella. These intracellular bacteria can be one of the persistent bacterial co-infections seen in Lyme-MSIDS patients. This ...

Commentary: Scientific reports are emerging that new mechanisms for food allergies related to tick-bites have appeared in hundreds of adults across the US. The bite from the lone star tick can cause a rare allergy ...

Commentary: I have been finding high burdens of heavy metals such as mercury and lead in my Lyme-MSIDS patients for years. These heavy metals may contribute to ongoing symptoms, and detoxification can be effective in ...

Commentary: A novel method to control the spread of Lyme disease is being developed. Using a bait vaccine in mice, after one year, there was a drop in Lyme in the nymphal ticks by 23%, ...

Patients with Lyme disease and associated co-infections often come in with GI complaints. They may have several overlapping etiologies which are responsible for these symptoms. I just posted a new blog on Mind Body Green ...

Commentary: The tick-borne relapsing fever bacteria, Borrelia miyamotoi, which causes a Lyme-like illness, has now been proven to have spread across the United States. Previous studies showed B. miyamotoi present in ticks in the Northeast, ...

Commentary: The Cooper hawk in Ontario, Canada is the first raptor to join the ranks of birds (like songbirds) involved in the spread of Lyme disease. Researchers believe that the hawk is a reservoir host ...

A newly published scientific study showed that tetracycline antibiotics have been shown to be effective in schizophrenia, yet infections were not mentioned as a possible contributing etiology. I discuss in Psychology Today the protean psychological/psychiatric ...

I posted the second of a two part series on meditation on Psychology Today. It discusses insight meditation and how to use this technique to help with difficult emotions that often arise in dealing with ...