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Opioid and Cannabis Co-Use among Adults With Chronic Pain Relations to Substance Misuse, Mental Health, and Pain Experience
https://journals.lww.com/journaladdictionmedicine/Abstract/2019/08000/Opioid_and_Cannabis_Co_Use_among_Adults_With.7.aspx Comment; The article validates my experiences. Opioid use is necessary for some patient's to control their pain. Cannabis co-use is a pretty good...
Tick test helps identify Harwich woman’s illness
https://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20190817/tick-test-helps-identify-harwich-womans-illness Comment; She's a lucky lady, having sent the tick in to be tested. On the one hand, having tick testing would be very helpful in determining what illness a person may have, but...
Satratoxin G from the black mold Stachybotrys chartarum evokes olfactory sensory neuron loss and inflammation in the murine nose and brain.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16835065 Comment; Good study on the harms from even a single dose, but also lower doses given repetitively over a period of time and how it alters gene expression of nerve cells involved in the sense of smell. These nerves take a...
Lyme Disease Is Baffling, Even to Experts
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/09/life-with-lyme/594736/ Comment; Well-written article from a first-person perspective of what it's like to have Lyme, the ups and downs, the uncertainty, the suffering. There's a very legitamate plea that we need...
Updated CDC Recommendation for Serologic Diagnosis of Lyme Disease
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/68/wr/mm6832a4.htm?s_cid=mm6832a4_w Comment; The CDC is approving the newer, faster, less expensive testing. Unfortunately, testing is often over-relied upon. We need to pay more attention to medical history, treating the patient, not...
Evaluation of the modified two-tiered testing (MTTT) method for the diagnosis of Lyme disease in children
https://jcm.asm.org/content/early/2019/08/08/JCM.00547-19 Comment; Modified two-tiered testing seems to be as effective as conventional testing, should be less expensive with faster result availability. Sounds good. Susan C. Lipsett [MD], John A. Branda...
GLA RESPONSE TO PROPOSED IDSA/AAN/ACR 2019 DRAFT LYME DISEASE GUIDELINES
https://globallymealliance.org/gla-response-to-proposed-idsa-aan-acr-2019-draft-lyme-disease-guidelines/ Comment; The Global Lyme Aliance really "knocks it out of the park" with a huge homerun. Very thoughtful, detailed analysis that can cause one to question the IDSA...
Could Eating Fish Increase Your Risk of Heart Disease?
https://www.jillcarnahan.com/2019/08/14/could-eating-fish-increase-your-risk-of-heart-disease/?utm_source=Flatiron+Functional+Medicine+Newsletter&utm_campaign=c54735cb81-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_06_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a07715eedd-c54735cb81-137869313&mc_cid...
Melatonin: Clinical Perspectives in Neurodegeneration.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31379746 Comment; Chronobiotic & Cytoprotective (at higher doses), aids in the glymphatic system of the brain--a natural product that we make (but declines with age) can be supplemented easily with a great safety profile,...
NAD+ supplementation normalizes key Alzheimer’s features and DNA damage responses in a new AD mouse model with introduced DNA repair deficiency
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OLCvPKU-88Tis6H_cixq_u7V5mDd1Wog/view?usp=sharing Comment; Reduced cerebral NAD+/NADH ratio means impaired energy metabolism in the cell. Supplementation with Nicotinamide Riboside lessened the damage, the pTau pathology and reversed...
Proteinopathy, oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction: cross talk in Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OKyC7Y4tEySVSPBp7vTAQJDF0fCIGy5-/view?usp=sharing Comment; Great summary/comparison/contrast of Alzheimer's & Parkinson's--as well as summary of the common disease processes among neurodegenerative illnesses. Abstract Alzheimer’s...
Neuronal loss or dysfunction in patients with early Lyme neuroborreliosis: a proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study of the brain
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OJfkkhTxBnVpFlTlJp_n3gfl49xtVBDk/view?usp=sharing Comment; Lyme disease literally causes loss of brain tissue in the frontal area of the cerebral cortex--the part that separates man from animals! Abstract Background We hypothesized...
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