Autism And Lyme Disease Are Connected, Lyme-Induced Autism Study Finds
by Medicalnewstoday.com
July 03, 2008
Lyme disease may play a role in causing autism according to a recent study published in Medical Hypothesis, a peer-reviewed scientific journal. A team of five physicians led by Robert Bransfield, M.D., analyzed the two diseases and discovered a connection based on epidemiological findings, symptom similarities, case reports, and laboratory test results. Read More »
Tick Doc
by Penn Gazette
Sept 04, 2007
After suffering for 30 years from what doctors repeatedly identified as a cardiac disease of unknown origin, Robert Phillips developed heart failure severe enough to bring him to the verge of a heart transplant. Fortunately, the procedure was not needed. Phillips was diagnosed and treated for advanced Lyme disease - one of the fastest spreading epidemics in the world, and one of the most debilitating. Read More »
Are Various Babesia Species a Missed Cause for Hypereosinophilia?
by James L. Schaller, MD, MAR; Glenn A. Burkland, DMD; PJ Langhoff
A Follow-up on the First Reported Case of Imatinib Mesylate for Idiopathic Hypereosinophilia - February 27, 2007
In 2001 we reported the first case of use of imatinib mesylate (Gleevec) for treatment of idiopathic hypereosinophilia syndrome (HES). These findings have been replicated in some patients with HES. After 1 year of taking imatinib, the patient stopped this medication, and during the last 5 years the patient has not experienced a relapse. He has, however, recently been diagnosed with babesiosis. This new diagnosis might relate to his HES. Read More »
Lyme Disease: Two Standards of Care
by Lorraine Johnson, JD, MBA Executive Director, CALDA
Updated February, 2005
The central difficulties in the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease stem from the lack of sufficiently sensitive and reliable biological markers of the disease. Without such markers, it is difficult to determine who has the disease, the effectiveness of a course of treatment, and the end point of treatment. Read More »
Two Case Histories Involving Patients with Co-Infections - Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis, and Lyme Disease
by Virginia T. Sherr, MD
May, 2004
Medical and laboratory data from a patient marital couple illustrate the potential seriousness and persistence of increasingly common protozoan, rickettsial, and spirochetal infections. Such case histories demonstrate immediate need for intensive education of all physicians and the public about the risks posed by tick-borne infections. Experiences of these 2 patients demonstrate necessity for accurate epidemiological reporting of all such vector-borne diseases. Read More »
What You Should Know About Lyme Disease
by Nick S. Harris, PhD, ABMLI
July, 2002
Lyme disease is a world-wide infectious disease caused by microscopic bacteria carried by tiny ticks. There are several species of deer ticks across the US that become infected with the spiral bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. Unsuspecting humans and animals walking through woodlands and brushy areas may be bitten by a tick and never know it. Read More »
