by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://mbio.asm.org/content/10/5/e02166-19 Comment; Detailed history of the discovery of Borrelia burgdorferii, the organism responsible for Lyme disease and it’s association with Babesiosis, another tick-borne illness. Alan G. Barbour, Jorge L....
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.boston25news.com/news/some-lyme-disease-patients-having-trouble-getting-treatment-covered/995615585 Comment; This is criminal activity by the insurance companies, perhaps some MAJOR awards against insurance companies would convince them to do the right...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections, Neurodegeneration & Brain Health
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31488744 Comment; Interesting, valid study demonstrating that there’s a correlation with folks who have had a concussion with poor response to therapy also having had exposure to Lyme, suggesting neuroborreliosis. Recall that...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, ElectroMagnetic Field Sensitivity, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI
https://www.computerworld.com/article/3412287/the-most-powerful-internet-of-things–iot–companies-to-watch.html Comment; For those of us with sensitivity to electromagnetic fields, the expanding “Internet of Things” (IoT) will require...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Neurodegeneration & Brain Health
Are There Heavy Metals in Your Green Juice? Comment; Dr. Jill is always paying attention. Here she exposes the problem with green juicing. Juicing allows consumption of very large amounts of vegetables–much larger than one can eat. Although it sounds great at...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/23959519/?i=1&from=montoya%20valganciclovir Comment; 9 monghs of Valganciclovir at $6,700/month=$60,300 but it does provide results with those suffering from Human Herpes Virus-6 (HHV6). When one considers that this fatigue...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/jpps/index.php/JPPS/article/view/30254 Comment; Color me cynical; from a pharmacy perspective, the problem is that we don’t have enough investment by the pharmaceutical industry into new medications to treat this elusive...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/zph.12627 Comment; Primary language (English vs. Spanish) was a significant predictor of whether an individual had knowledge of LD symptoms, correctly identified ticks as vectors for LD and performed daily tick checks....
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://academic.oup.com/jme/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jme/tjz140/5566654?redirectedFrom=fulltext Comment; This shows that exposure to ticks found in parks within metropolitan Pittsburgh PA is equivalent to being in rural areas of the NE USA in terms of...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/10/9/297 Comment; A huge variety of illnesses from a large variety of tick species–but Florida has pretty diverse ecosystems which may explain the variety. Thankfully, there’s more risk than actual documented illness-so far!...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.mailman.columbia.edu/public-health-now/news/more-lyme-study-long-island-finds-multiple-agents-tick-borne-diseases Comment; The polymicrobial nature-numerous infections from one tick bite concept is under-appreciated. So many illnesses from such nasty...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.trasci.com/article/S1473-0502(19)30189-2/fulltext Comment; Unlucky then lucky lady, exchange transfusion is not a common event–to say nothing of a “double-header”! The risks are significant as well–blood transfusion is a form of...
