by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, ElectroMagnetic Field Sensitivity, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI
https://www.cnet.com/news/smartphones-may-be-leaking-out-more-radiation-than-we-think-phones/#ftag=CAD-09-10aai5b Comment; Money speaks–loudly! I see no other reason why we’d be exposed to these harmful levels of radiation. I am unable to come up with a...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31035691 Comment; This is a great research team! I’d like to get more information on which of these meds also have activity against Babesia, Borrelia and a few of the other tick-borne illnesses. So many medications that I...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Neurodegeneration & Brain Health
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29392733 Comment; We’re learning so much about the interactions between the gut, microbiome & brain, peripheral T-Cells & chemokines/cytokines and other small regulatory molecules that have to be elucidated clearly...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Neurodegeneration & Brain Health
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29608988 Comment; A greater appreciate of the interplay between the BBB & Glymphatic system is occuring. It’ll be interesting to further define activity of the immune system in this process as well. We’ve already...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0889159119303174?dgcid=raven_sd_aip_email Comment; Interesting study showing something we’ve suspected for a long time. Loneliness is a stressor, folks under stress don’t have the immune system strength...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Neurodegeneration & Brain Health
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.4161/auto.8.1.18313 Comment; Autophagy is the process by which abnormal products of metabolism are “eaten up” and removed before they can cause (more) damage. It’s an essential part of normal homeostasis....
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://jcm.asm.org/content/early/2019/08/29/JCM.00513-19 Comment; Sensitivity at 10*3 to 10*5 copies/PCR reaction is pretty good sensitivity. A potential problem is the increased rate of false positive results observed among simulated specimens that contained...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2019/09/rapid-lyme-disease-test-may-be-available-late-2020 Comment; An aptamer-DNA strand that can bind to the Osp-A Borrelia protein would be a game changer if it works as advertised. Being able to determine presence of the disease...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
Watch webcast of next TBD Working Group meeting Sept. 12 Comment; Transparency in action, the Federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group will not only be available to be viewed live, but questions can be submitted in advance and live during the hearing which will...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Neurodegeneration & Brain Health, Uncategorized
https://appwell.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/BBBHealing.pdf Comment; Suzanne Gazda, MD is an integrative neurologist who has put together a great list of ways to heal the blood brain barrier which protects the brain from a variety of toxic sources of damage. An...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
A community-guided genome editing project can fight Lyme disease Comment; I think Mr. Esvelt is taking an overly simplistic and short-sighted approach to his approach of genetically engineering mice to be resistant to Lyme. By KEVIN M. ESVELT AUGUST 22, 2019...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, ISEAI, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.nj.com/opinion/2019/08/medicine-and-government-have-failed-to-help-us-battle-lyme-disease.html Comment; Ms. Pfieifer does a good job of reminding us of how difficult it is to make the diagnosis, how long-term treatment may be needed, and most importantly,...
