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Human Seroprevalence of Tick-Borne Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Borrelia burgdorferi, and Rickettsia Species in Northern California
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/vbz.2019.2489 Comment; It's interesting to see the seroprevalence, gives us an idea of what the risk of illness is. More knowledge is power with these deadly germs. Emily L. Pascoe, Nicole Stephenson, Ashley...
Staggering cost of Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses
https://www.lymedisease.org/staggering-cost-lyme-igenex/ Comment; IGeneX has the best testing of any lab out there with the lowest rates of false negative & false-positive--but unfortunately not all insurances cover the testing, which can costs thousands of...
Spirochetal Diseases and Seventh Nerve Palsy A Clinical Dilemma Between Syphilis and Lyme Disease
https://journals.lww.com/infectdis/Abstract/2019/07000/Spirochetal_Diseases_and_Seventh_Nerve_Palsy__A.15.aspx Comment; "To know syphillis is to know medicine" (Osler) also pertains to Lyme. Complex illness, multiple, variable presentations, false negative &...
Frequent Prescribed Fires Can Reduce Risk of Tick-borne Diseases
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-46377-4 Comment; Fight ticks with fire. I like it! Controlled burns can be good for wilderness areas, this may be an additional benefit. Elizabeth R. Gleim, Galina E. Zemtsova, Roy D. Berghaus, Michael L....
Erythromelalgia
https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/erythromelalgia/ Comment; a rare disease that causes a lot of distress, rarely recognized without any specific primary therapy--lots of ways to try to provide symptomatic relief though. General Discussion Erythromelalgia is a...
Is the Sunscreen Scare Legitimate?
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/913130 Comment; So many things we think are totally safe--sunscreen for instance, may actually have harmful effects with regular use. More study is needed.
White House basement floods as heavy rains pound DC region
https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/white-house-basement-floods-as-heavy-rains-pound-dc-region/507-96d85d0f-2d38-4fff-bd7e-c4916ca8561a Comment; Sad to see so much damage, hopefully it'll bring the plight of water-damaged buildings and mold-related CIRS to the attention...
‘We can change something’: These 13-year-olds found mold in their schools and did something about it
Source: Washington Post Comment; Amazing kids! It's a shame school budgets cannot afford appropriate remediation and so many remediators are not up to speed on the technology required to diagnose and fix the problem. Add to that the fact that EMF exponentially...
California prisoners can possess pot but not consume it, appeals court rules
https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/06/12/california-prisoners-can-legally-possess-marijuana-appeals-court-rules/ Comment; Only in California, what more can I say? By NATE GARTRELL | ngartrell@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News...
Gut Bacteria Associated with Chronic Widespread Pain for the First Time.
https://muhc.ca/newsroom/news/gut-bacteria-associated-chronic-pain-first-time Comment; Something I've suspected for a long time, good to see research is panning out in this direction! People with fibromyalgia show variations in microbiome compositionJun 19, 2019...
Cold weather increases the risk of fatal opioid overdoses, study finds
https://www.brown.edu/news/2019-06-17/cold-overdoses Comment; Interesting. I wonder how the author came up with the idea of looking for this correlation--I wouldn't have expected it. Useful news! While the precise reasons are unclear, an analysis of overdose deaths in...
Spending at least 120 minutes a week in nature is associated with good health and wellbeing
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-44097-3 Comment; Wow, 200-300 minutes, less than 5 hours/week is best for us to be outside, having green areas in the neighborhood is helpful, way to quantitate what we've always felt! Mathew P. White, Ian...
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