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The Visual Consequences of Lyme Disease: Early Diagnosis and Treatment
https://lymediseaseassociation.org/blogs/the-visual-consequences-of-lyme-disease-early-diagnosis-and-treatment/ Comment: I was incompletely aware of visual manifestations, especially in children of early signs of tick-bite and tick-borne illness. There's a lot to keep...
“Scientists Predict a Bad Year for Ticks.” Oh Really?
https://lymediseaseassociation.org/home-page-featured/james-l-occi-ma-ms/ Comment; I had no idea that we don't have a tick-monitoring infrastructure in place. Mosquitos currently cause far fewer health problems than tick-borne illness. Maybe we should make some...
A Barren Landscape for Meth Treatment
https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2019-04-24/meth-treatment-options-limited-as-drug-sees-us-resurgence Comment: Addiction is tough enough when involving only one agent. Polyaddiction is exponentially more difficult to treat pharmacologically,...
Arkansas sets standard for states by removing prior authorization for treatment of opioid use disorder
https://www.arkmed.org/news/2019/04/arkansas-sets-standard-for-states-by-removing-prior-authorization-for-treatment-of-opioid-use-disorder/ Comment: I HATE Prior Authorizations! Why do we need to get PA's for generic medications? Physician's don't suffer from...
‘Alexa, I’m in pain’: Smart assistants could help combat opioid crisis
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-04-alexa-im-pain-smart-combat.html Comment: This sounds like a good idea. Perhaps the software could also be coded to recognize evidence of distress in the voice wavelengths to go beyond WHAT is said and into HOW it's said to help...
Different doses, durations and modes of delivery of nicotine replacement therapy for smoking cessation
https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD013308/full Comment: Interesting that vaping wasn't studied. I find that to be the most successful method as it mimics behaviors and pharmacokinetics of smoking most closely Nicola LindsonSamantha C...
No Shortcuts to Safer Opioid Prescribing
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1904190 Comment; Once upon a time we were able to decide for ourselves what was needed without big brother breathing down our neck. I miss those days! Deborah Dowell, M.D., M.P.H., Tamara Haegerich, Ph.D., and Roger...
Microbiome analysis of Ixodes scapularis ticks from New York and Connecticut
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877959X19300330?via%3Dihub Comment; A very thorough review of the contents of the tick GI tract--potential pathogens for humans.
Molecular testing of serial blood specimens from patients with early Lyme disease during treatment reveals changing co-infection with mixtures of Borrelia burgdorferi genotypes.
https://aac.asm.org/content/early/2019/04/23/AAC.00237-19 Comment; Interesting. Multiple infecting genotypes of Borellia burgdorferi from a given tick bite (presumably) and the different genotypes clearing at different rates with antibiotic exposure. Michael R....
Impact of recent and future climate change on vector‐borne diseases
https://nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nyas.13950 Comment; This article relies heavily on conjecture, fear & opinion with little pertinent data of increasing disease rates that can be directly attributed to any climate change. Unimpressive....
New Study Highlights Ups and Downs in Tick Management
https://entomologytoday.org/2019/04/25/study-highlights-ups-downs-tick-management/ Comment; Interesting that different rodents prefer different bait systems and unfortunate that the very much more expensive option works so much better ENTOMOLOGY TODAY 5 DAYS AGO 2...
Ozarks man dealing with serious tick disease known as ehrlichiosis
https://www.ky3.com/content/news/Ozark-man-dealing-with-serious-tick-disease-known-as-ehrlichiosis-509026591.html Comment; Ehrlichosis killed multitudes of soldiers; "trench fever" during WWI--not to be taken lightly, many types of complications can ensue, multiple...
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