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Commentary: My Vermont, Northeastern and Canadian patients may have an interesting answer for their tick-borne diseases: Maple syrup! This article which was just published in an environmental journal discusses an interesting finding: Phenolic compounds in ...

Commentary: Dr Zhang from John Hopkins University just published an important article in PLoS One on innovative drug combinations for the treatment of Lyme disease. "Of studied drugs, daptomycin was the common element in the ...

Commentary: Oposums are our friends when it comes to Lyme disease. Research by the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook did a study on different types on mammals and the infection rates in ticks ...

Commentary: A novel viral tick-borne illness has been identified in the Midwest by the CDC, called the "Bourbon virus". This virus took the life of a Kansas man in 2014, and was associated with hematological ...

Commentary: Global warming is having an effect on ticks. A new study from the Cary Institute of Ecosystems Studies in Millbrook was released this week, that due to global warming trends, ticks with Lyme disease ...

Commentary: This report from John Ferro of the Poughkeepsie Journal discusses the discrepancy between funding for Lyme disease research and public health care costs. He reminds us that the recent study on desloratidine was not ...

Commentary: A new study done at Stanford University, funded by the Bay Area Lyme foundation, found that antihistamines like Clarinex (desloratidine) may have the ability to control a borrelia infection by blocking the transport of ...

Commentary: Patients diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/M.E.) comprise up to 2.5 million Americans. How does a health care provider make the diagnosis? "The Diagnosis requires three core symptoms: Fatigue and reduction in pre-illness levels ...

Commentary: The You Tube video that I recently posted in French, was kindly sent over by Nelly Pointis with English subtitles. It highlights some of the problems with the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease ...

Commentary: Want to improve your brain and stay healthy? A recent article in the WSJ confirmed an old adage: "Use it, or lose it". A growing body of research recently discovered that mental and physical ...