by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6488351/ Comment; Complex Chronic Illnesses can have bizarre presentations as can tick-borne illnesses in general. I wouldn’t have predicted this association, but it makes some sense… Raminder Kaur Khangura,...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2019.00179/full Comment; Evolving progress in proteomics may provide a key means of diagnosing the evasive Borrelia genus. Kathryn J. Pflughoeft1,2, Michael Mash1,2, Nicole R. Hasenkampf3, Mary B....
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://iai.asm.org/content/87/7/e00164-19 Comment; Wouldn’t it be great if we could find the genetic/epigenetic system responsible for the rabbit’s production of the antigenically variable VlsE protein antibody. Maliha Batool, Andrew E....
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction, Functional & Integrative Medicine
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/06/190623143055.htm Comment; Antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, many potential benefits, can it be used orally? Injected? Only topically? More study will tell, surprising benefit though! merican Society for...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine
https://www.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/japplphysiol.00945.2010 Comment; If we can figure out the best ways to use this, learn more about what other things it does, it could be a great tool to promote healing. Chung-Hsun Chang, Wen-Chung Tsai, Miao-Sui...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS)
Can Therapeutic Peptides Revolutionize the Future of Precision Medicine? Comment; There’s a great potential here! The question I have is whether or not they’ll be developed; pharmaceutical companies cannot get patents on naturally-occurring substances....
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS)
Are Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals Destroying Your Body? Even at Extremely Low Doses? Comment; Dr. Jill has a keeper here, very thoughtful & comprehensive review of common, every-day chemicals in most products we use–that are very harmful, best of all, how...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4832009/ Comment; What a great idea to investigate Oxytocin and amygdala/limbic/emotional system hyper-reactivity; Oxytocin has a great calming effect! This would be beneficial to many of our complex chronic illness...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2019/02/25/jrheum.180775 Comment; Sad that these kids have such bad outcomes. We need better dissemination of the knowledge of improved antibiotic regimens. Daniel B. Horton, Alysha J. Taxter, Amy L. Davidow, Brandt...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/06/07/730443421/asias-longhorned-tick-takes-its-first-documented-bite-in-the-u-s Comment; Just what we need, if we don’t have enough North American ticks. Jet travel does this! More disease risk, more people...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://academic.oup.com/jid/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/infdis/jiz119/5490825?redirectedFrom=fulltext Comment; A new drug for an indolent parasite that causes a significant disease burden and is historically hard to treat, and able to be given by...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jvec.12346 Comment; Further documentation that the tick responsible for Lyme is expanding it’s territory, putting more people at risk. Sarah C. KuchinskyHannah L. ElliottRebekah T. TaylorFirst published: 23...
