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Blood, Microbiomes And Lyme Disease: For Ticks, Diet Makes A Difference
https://www.vpr.org/post/blood-microbiomes-and-lyme-disease-ticks-diet-makes-difference#stream/0 Comment; The fact that the type of blood-meal a tick consumes alters its microbiome, impacting its ability to pass along pathogens. New research show that a deer tick's...
Estimation of cumulative number of post-treatment Lyme disease cases in the US, 2016 and 2020
https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-019-6681-9 Comment; We are failing to adequately treat this disease. Part of the problem is poor recognition of ongoing immune system activation after infection resolves with host-driven deterioration....
Human Bartonellosis: An Underappreciated Public Health Problem?
https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/4/2/69 Comment; DNA sequencing is showing us so much new information! Such an amazing pathogen, so many stages in its life cycle, much more prevalent than previously appreciated! Mercedes A. Cheslock andMonica E. Embers *...
Triple Tick Attack
https://www.cureus.com/articles/17609-triple-tick-attack Comment; What a complex patient! Lyme, Babesia & Anaplasma requiring erthrocytapheresis. Kudo's to the care team! Abstract Tick-borne diseases are frequently seen in tick-inhabited areas. Lyme disease is the...
NIH funds study in four states to reduce opioid related deaths by 40 percent over three years
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-funds-study-four-states-reduce-opioid-related-deaths-40-percent-over-three-years Comment; It'll be interesting to see how effective this turns out to be! Findings to serve as a blueprint for communities nationwide As...
Experimental drug shows promise for opioid withdrawal symptoms
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/eb-eds032819.php Comment; Interesting, the only drawback is that this medication must be injected, ideally IV which makes delivery in the community more problematic. It would help ensure compliance though. In rats,...
Suicidal Attempts and Ideation Among Children and Adolescents in US Emergency Departments, 2007-2015
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2730063?guestAccessKey=eb570f5d-0295-4a92-9f83-6f647c555b51&utm_source=For_The_Media&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ftm_links&utm_content=tfl&utm_term=04089%20 Comment; Incredibly sad! Suicidal youngsters!...
Rates of and Factors Associated With Patient-reported Illicit Drug Use Screening by Health Care Professionals in the United States From 2013 to 2015
https://journals.lww.com/journaladdictionmedicine/Abstract/publishahead/Rates_of_and_Factors_Associated_With.99359.aspx Comment; So about half of our patients are being screened for substance abuse. That seems like a lot of time spent screening that could be spent...
The Depths of Despair Among US Adults Entering Midlife
https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2019.305002 Comment; I think this overall depth of despair is due to a lack of moral compass, spiritual disability, lack of acknowledgment of God as our primary focus. I don't see that variable addressed in the...
‘It felt like I was dying.’ One man’s 3-year battle to ID rare disease
https://www.clarionledger.com/story/sports/outdoors/2019/03/17/lyme-disease-mississippi-keith-bradshaw-bolton-tick-bites/3150496002/ Comment; Lyme can be so hard to pick up in some folks. So many unusual presentations, and for those genetically predisposed to CIRS,...
Suspicious index in Lyme carditis: Systematic review and proposed new risk score
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/clc.23102 Comment; I like the mneumonic COSTAR, but even with that, Lyme has so many presentations, a high index of suspicion is necessary! Georgia BesantDouglas WanCynthia YeungCrystal BlakelyPamela BranscombeLaiden...
Lyme disease research gets a needed boost
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/364/6437/221 Comment; Tick-borne illnesses in general, Lyme in particular is such a complex disease, many forms of the pathogen, vectors, morphology changes, complex immune responses. We need more information! Jennifer...
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