by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
http://www.eurekaselect.com/164741/article Comment; What a great study, finding that CSM one dose/d is enough to stop C. difficil enteritis and sepsis by binding the toxin during long-term antibiotic use. We need clearer definition on durations of therapy for various...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine
https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/2/eaav5447 Comment; So much to learn, so many ways in which we can learn to help the brain to heal. This may be beneficial for traumatic brain injury, toxic enceophalopathy due to mold exposures, Lyme and a variety of other...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine
https://fmtest.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Rheumatology.pdf Comment; EpicGenetics is a company that provides basic testing of 4 cytokines–intercellular messengers–associated with inflammation. The claim is that this test estabishes the diagnosis of...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00415-019-09359-0 Comment; Shoemaker has been referencing MRI Spectroscopy including Aspartate for years–this is not new, but perhaps it’s good to get it into broader print–shame that the author...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
Mainer sickened by rare tick-borne virus, health officials say Comment; Another emerging tick-borne illness that is potentially fatal. We need to maintain vigilance and study… CDC via AP | BDNIn this undated file photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
Mouse, not just tick: New genome heralds change in Lyme disease fight Comment; Basic research is the starting point. So much more to learn, having the genome of the tick host–finding that it’s more related to hamsters than mice, good starting point. What...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/29/tickbusters-on-the-lookout-for-lyme Comment; Good to be on the lookout and maintain surveilance, interesting Re; the pharmacopia in tick saliva… They come bearing vials and tweezers, with their pant legs tucked into...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=243971 Comment; This should have happened years ago. How many folks with Lyme have not been diagnosed because of the narrow criteria proposed for surveilance case definition–which is not the same as clinical...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/8/3/102 Comment; Babesia can be an occult infection-hard to find, hard to treat, supresses the immune system. With those genetically susceptible to CIRS it compounds the already impaired/dysregulated immune system leading to worse...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
Newby responds to Washington Post’s slam about BITTEN Comment; WaPo is hardly a paragon of virtue & accurate reporting of news and current events–more of an opinion piece (to which they’re entitled as we all are), that, unfortunately portrays...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2019.00651/full Comment; This study looks at what genes are turned on when frontal cortex neuron’s of Rheuses monkeys are exposed to Borrelia-the cause of Lyme disease. As it turns out, thousands of genes are...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine
https://academic.oup.com/mmy/article/44/Supplement_1/S245/1747243 Comment; Sub-micron sized particles can be detected with immunologic techniques to determine what compounds that make up these small particles are dangerous to us. We’re gaining ground...
