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Mold infections leave one dead and force closure of operating rooms at children’s hospital
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2019/07/03/mold-infections-leave-one-dead-force-closure-operating-rooms-childrens-hospital/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e14b492b1013 Comment; Mold spores indicate growing mold. Growing mold produces volatile organic compounds, which...
Genetic variation in the ABCB1 gene associated with post treatment lyme disease syndrome status
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214540019300489?via%3Dihub Comment; Complex; ..."the gene of interest that influences both drug concentrations and toxin removal from tissues in the body is the ABCB1 gene that encodes for a set of P-glycoprotein...
New York Times’ Story On Lyme Misses The Bull’s Eye
https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2019/07/02/new-york-times-story-on-lyme-misses-the-bulls-eye/#274792671564 Comment; I agree with this author regarding the complexities and seriousness of Lyme and tick-borne illness in general. Glad that somebody had an easy...
How The Opioid Epidemic Affects Women Differently
https://www.bustle.com/p/how-the-opioid-epidemic-affects-women-differently-17940818 Comment; This article makes good points, rehashes a lot that has already been well documented, and pretty much ignores the genetic tendency toward addiction.
Trends and Related Factors of Cannabis-Associated Emergency Department Visits in the United States 2006–2014
https://journals.lww.com/journaladdictionmedicine/Abstract/2019/06000/Trends_and_Related_Factors_of_Cannabis_Associated.6.aspx Comment; Sounds like young users aren't used to being high and panic, go to the ED--especially if they are not financially responsible....
Patterns of Opioid Administration Among Opioid-Naive Inpatients and Associations With Postdischarge Opioid Use: A Cohort Study
https://annals.org/aim/article-abstract/2736099/patterns-opioid-administration-among-opioid-naive-inpatients-associations-postdischarge-opioid?doi=10.7326%2fM18-2864 Comment; What this study doesn't seem to control for is severity of pain/type of procedure/source of...
Characteristics of transfusion‐transmitted Babesia microti, American Red Cross 2010‐2017
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/trf.15425 Comment; Sad that there were complications from iatrogenic Babesiosis in sick transfusion recipients--reinforces the concept that something as relatively commonplace as a blood transfusion needs to be...
Serum Inflammatory Mediators as Markers of Human Lyme Disease Activity
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3989169/ Comment; This article reviews the search for various biomarkers associated with acute Lyme, unfortunately, it does not conclusively find anything. Immunologic markers of the reaction to Lyme disease have many false...
Expression of C-Reactive Protein and Serum Amyloid A in Early to Late Manifestations of Lyme Disease
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5106611/ Comment; Intra-vascular, acute phase Lyme has brief elevations of HS-CRP & Serum Amyloid. These resolve with migration of the spirochete from the intravascular space into the interstitia. Better markers are...
Association between C-reactive protein and chronic fatigue syndrome: a meta-analysis
http://www.ijcem.com/files/ijcem0053166.pdf Comment; It's been pretty well proven that chronic fatigue is not linked with C-Reactive protein or hs-CRP. Clearly, other markers need to be paid attention to! Taiwu Wang, Cong Xu, Keli Pan, Hongyan Xiong Department of...
Predictors of chronic fatigue in adolescents six months after acute Epstein-Barr virus infection: A prospective cohort study.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30261303 Comment; Numerous "routinely done" parameters were evaluated--none really showed any significant deviation from normal range. Why not look at other markers of biotoxin illness such as C4a, TGF- β1, MSH, MMP9? Pedersen...
Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) corrects chronic inflammatory response syndrome (CIRS) acquired following exposure to water-damaged buildings
http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=28586 Comment; This is an older article, but a good summary by Dr. Shoemaker of what is still true with CIRS. Ritchie C. Shoemaker, Dennis House, James C. Ryan Affiliation(s)Center for Research on...
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