by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
Comment; Lyme is a very difficult disease; diagnosis is complex, confusing, contradictory. Many treatment options generally means that none are universally effective–sometimes they fail–and it’s hard to know that it’s failed until much...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Functional & Integrative Medicine
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/07/07/737618560/with-rural-health-care-stretched-thin-more-patients-turn-to-telehealth Comment; Telehealth/telemedicine is a technology whose time has come. Unfortunately, there are still many entities, including...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction, Functional & Integrative Medicine
https://www.bmj.com/content/366/bmj.l4134 Comment; I trained before the restrictions were enacted. It was tough, but realistic to what I saw at times in my practice career. Am surprised that there was no significant impact on patient outcomes. Anupam B Jena, Ruth L...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Functional & Integrative Medicine
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fncel.2017.00208/full Comment; Great that we now appear to have another option to treat refractory depression. Andrea Locci1, Philippe Geoffroy2, Michel Miesch2, Ayikoe-Guy...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Functional & Integrative Medicine, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnmol.2018.00067/full Comment; Palmitoylethanolamide (PEA), a simple, inexpensive supplement available over the counter, without a prescription can have profound neuroprotective effects. I wonder what would happen if we...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | ElectroMagnetic Field Sensitivity, Functional & Integrative Medicine
Martin Pall, PhD – How the Telecommunications Industry 5G Strategy Will Use Artificial Intelligence to Replace Human Intelligence: The End of Mankind as We Know It Comment; Dr. Pall sounds a bit paranoid, I disagree with some of his statements about the collapse...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Functional & Integrative Medicine
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/2/?tab=om#inbox/FMfcgxwDqTdQJqLDJthtNdlwpNnLlTMV?projector=1&messagePartId=0.2 Comment; Is it possible that something as simple as increasing intake of l-Serine can help stave off neurodegenerative diseases? Inexpensive, harmless,...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Functional & Integrative Medicine
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/2/?tab=om#inbox/FMfcgxwDqTdQJqLDJthtNdlwpNnLlTMV?projector=1&messagePartId=0.1 Comment; Fascinating! BMAA (beta-N-methylamino-l-alanine), a potent neurotoxin, is produced by cyanobacteria in the roots of the cycad trees of Guam. It...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, ElectroMagnetic Field Sensitivity, Functional & Integrative Medicine
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2738552 Comment; There was clearly an effect on the brains of US Embassy personnel in Havanna from an unnatural sound that bombarded the embassy complex. The affected staff had numerous complaints concurrent with...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://bioone.org/journals/Northeastern-Naturalist/volume-26/issue-3/045.026.0307/The-Density-of-the-Lyme-Disease-Vector-Ixodes-scapularis-Blacklegged/10.1656/045.026.0307.short Comment; More ticks in the Champlain Valley than in the VT Green Mtn’s with a...
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...
