Recent Lyme Research, Politics, news, Stories and Resources

RESEARCH AND JOURNAL ARTICLES

A Unique Case of Adolescent Neuroborreliosis Presenting with Multiple Cranial Neuritis and Cochlear Inflammation on Magnetic Resonance Imaging  (Pediatric Neurology)
http://www.pedneur.com/article/S0887-8994%2814%2900607-9/abstract

American Neuroborreliosis Presenting as Cranial Polyneuritis and Radiculoneuritis  (Neurology)
http://nn.neurology.org/content/1/3/e30

Babesiosis in Pregnancy  (Obstetrics and Gynecology) 
http://journals.lww.com/greenjournal/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2014&issue=08001&article=00005&type=abstract

B-93 The Neuropsycological Sequelae of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus in Childhood  (Oxford Journals, Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology) 
http://acn.oxfordjournals.org/content/29/6/571.2

Efficacy and Safety of Pharmacological Treatments for Neuroborreliosis - Protocol for a Systematic Review  (Systematic Reviews Journal)  
http://www.systematicreviewsjournal.com/content/3/1/117 

Gene Identified for Immune System Reset After Infection  (Science Daily)   
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141023142212.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Ftop_news%2Ftop_health+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Top+Health+News%29

and the original journal article:  

Recovery from an Acute Infection in C. elegans Requires the GATA Transcription Factor ELT-1  (PLOS Genetics)  
http://www.plosgenetics.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pgen.1004609

Life History and Demographic Drivers of Reservoir Competence for Three Tick-Borne Zoonotic Pathogens (PLOS One)
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0107387  

Lyme Disease, Virginia, USA, 2000-2011 (CDC, Emerging Infectious Diseases)
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/10/13-0782_article

Macrophage is the Determinant of Resistance to and Outcome of Non-lethal Babesia microti Infection in Mice  (American Society for Microbiology, Infection and Immunity)
http://iai.asm.org/content/early/2014/10/08/IAI.02128-14

Persistent Lyme Empiric Antibiotic Study (PLEASE)  (Infectious Diseases)

http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/s12879-014-0543-y.pdf

Prevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi in Ixodes Ticks in Europe and the United States  (Emerging Infectious Diseases)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4193165/

Prevalence of Five Tick-borne Bacterial Genera in Adult Ixodes scapularis Removed from White-tailed Deer in Western Tennessee  (Parasites and Vectors)
http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/7/1/473/abstract

Stroke-like Phenomena Revealing Multifocal Cerebral Vasculitis in Pediatric Lyme Neuroborreliosis  (Journal of Child Neurology)
http://jcn.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/10/13/0883073814552104

Study Finds Brain Abnormalities in Chronic Fatigue Patients  (Standford Medicine)
http://chronicfatigue.stanford.edu/

Tick Protein does the Trick to Fight Infection  (Yale News) 
http://news.yale.edu/2014/10/16/tick-protein-does-trick-fight-infection

and the original journal article:

Antivirulence Properties of an Antifreeze Protein  (Cell Reports)
http://www.cell.com/cell-reports/abstract/S2211-1247%2814%2900817-1?_returnURL=http%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2211124714008171%3Fshowall%3Dtrue

LYME POLITICS AND CONTROVERSIES

Climate Change Brings Lyme Disease to Canada  (Strait.com) 
http://www.straight.com/life/760266/climate-change-brings-lyme-disease-canada (http://www.straight.com/life/760266/climate-change-brings-lyme-disease-canada

Cuomo:  I Want to Sign the Lyme Bill  (Poughkeepsie Journal)  
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/health/lyme-disease/2014/10/29/cuomo-sign-lyme-bill/18135435/?utm_campaign=[%22[%27buffer%27]%22]&utm_content=[%22[%27buffer41f93%27]%22]&utm_source=[%22[%27twitter.com%27]%22]&utm_medium=[%22[%27social%27]%22]  

Doctors Change Treatment Recommendations for Lyme Disease  (CBS Pittsburgh)  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzGV-0ES_Pw&feature=youtu.be

Lyme Gets Some Federal Help  (Poughkeepsie Journal)  
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/local/2014/10/16/lyme-gets-federal-attention/17381673/

Lyme Sufferers Strugglefor Diagnosis, Treatment (WestEnder) 
http://www.westender.com/news/lyme-sufferers-struggle-for-diagnosis-treatment-1.1479708

LYMEPOLICYWONK:  FDA Proposed Regulation of Lyme Tests?  Take the Survey!  (LymeDisease.org)   http://lymedisease.org/news/lymepolicywonk/lymepolicywonk-fda-regulation-of-lyme-tests-take-the-survey-ne.html

Where is the FDA Test for Relapsing Fever Spirochete, Borrelia Miyamotoi?  (Daniel Cameron, MD)  
http://danielcameronmd.com/fda-test-borrelia-miyamotoi/

Why is the CDC Trying to Block an Accurate Lyme Disease Test?  (Naked Capitalism)  
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2014/01/cdc-trying-block-accurate-lyme-disease-test.html

OTHER NEWS, REPORTS & STORIES

A Pain in the Neck  (New York Times)  
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/24/magazine/26-diagnosis.html?_

Cause of ALS is Found, Northwestern Team Says (Chicago Tribune)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-met-northwestern-als-breakthrough-20110822-story.html

Doctors Tell All - and it's Bad  (The Atlantic)
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/11/doctors-tell-all-and-its-bad/380785/

Eliminate Electromagnetic Pollution to Eliminate Disease (Connie Strasheim, Public Health Alert)
http://www.publichealthalert.org/eliminate-electromagnetic-pollution-to-eliminate-disease.html

Halloween Party Hosted for Help with Lyme Disease  (WGGB TV) 
http://www.wggb.com/2014/10/25/halloween-party-hosted-for-help-with-lymes-disease/

Healing Fearlessly  (Public Health Alert) 
http://www.publichealthalert.org/healing-fearlessly.html

Immune System Disruption  (Kris Newby, Stanford Medicine)  
http://stanmed.stanford.edu/2014fall/immune-system-disruption.html#

Lyme Disease, 'The Great Imitator'  (Connection Newspapers) 
http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2014/oct/23/lyme-disease-great-imitator/

Lyme Disease Researcher Looks to Support Groups for Information  (Global News) 
http://globalnews.ca/news/1624668/lyme-disease-researcher-looks-to-support-groups-for-information/

Lyme Study Highlights Why Small Mammals Spread Disease  (Poughkeepsie Journal)  http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/health/lyme-disease/2014/09/22/lyme-disease-mice-study/16076671/  

Mum's Life Left in Ruins by a TICK after She Contracted Lyme Disease When out Walking  (Mirror) 
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mums-life-left-ruins-tick-4465499

Nashville Jury Awards $5M in Death from Tick Infection  (Digital Journal)
http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/2252517

VIDEO:  Dr Bach Reveals True Dangers of Lyme Disease (Dr Bach is the Education Chair, Commonwealth of PA Dept. of Health’s Tick and Lyme Disease Task Force)  (The People's Chronicles)
http://www.thepeoplechronicles.com/dr-bach-reveales-true-dangers-lyme-disease-revealed/

VIDEO:  Dr Charles Ray Jones at ILADEF Pioneer Award Gala https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIt7xLBaDLQ&feature=youtu.be&app=desktop

Woman Left with Paralysed Face After Tick Bite in Her Own Garden  (Mirror) 
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/woman-left-paralysed-face-after-4540594

And for some Lyme humor, Meet David Skidmore, Lyme Patient and Cartoonist  
http://thebrightersideblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/meet-david-skidmore-lyme-patient-and.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

RESOURCES

Clearing Emotional Contributors to Illness  (BetterHealthGuy.com)  
http://www.betterhealthguy.com/clearing

Core Protocols for Lyme, Babesia, Bartonella, Mycoplasma and Candida  (Buhner Healing Lyme)    http://www.buhnerhealinglyme.com/the-protocols/

Detoxification:  The Necessary Key to Healing  (Healthy Holistic Living)  
http://www.healthy-holistic-living.com/detoxification-necessary-key-healing.html   

Everything You Always Wanted to Know about the CD-57 Test but were Too Sick to Ask  (Public Health Alert)  
http://www.publichealthalert.org/everything-you-always-wanted-to-know-about-the-cd-57-test-but-were-too-sick-to-ask.html

Lyme Light Radio:  How Toxins Influence Chronic Infections like Lyme Disease with Dr. Lee Cowden 
http://www.spreaker.com/user/transformationtalkradio/10-22-14-lyme-light-radio?autoplay=1&error=access_denied&error_code=200&error_description=Permissions+error&error_reason=user_denied#_=_

Mold and Mycotoxins:  Often Overlooked in Chronic Lyme Disease)  (Scott Forsgren with Neil Nathan MD and Wayne Anderson ND in Public Health Alert)  
http://www.publichealthalert.org/mold-and-mycotoxins-ndash-often-overlooked-factors-in-chronic-lyme-disease.html

NEW BOOK:  Combating Biofilms  (James Schaller, MD)
http://www.lymebook.com/combating-biofilms-james-schaller

NEW BOOK:  Natural Treatments for Lyme Disease Co-infections - Anaplasma, Babesia, and Ehrlichia  (Stephen Buhner)  
http://www.amazon.ca/Natural-Treatments-Coinfections-Stephen-Harrod/dp/1620552582/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1414896319&sr=8-11&keywords=stephen+buhner

VIDEO:  Dr Alan MacDonald:  Diverse Morphologies  (NorVect 2014)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3WLfsSvTWM

VIDEO:  Dr Alan MacDonald:  Human Borrelia Deaths, Autopsy studies, and Chronic Morbidities  (NorVect 2014)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8zVCeCUie8

VIDEO:  Dr Arman Schwarzbach:  Diagnostic Tools for Lyme and Co-infections   (NorVect 2014)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKopgbSCWRQ

VIDEO:  Dr David Jowdy, Hansa Center:  Circuit Healing  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=em-subs_digest&v=9qku7BQa4tI&app=desktop

VIDEO:  Dr Dietrich Klinghardt:  The Five Levels of Health, Treatment of Lyme Induced Symptoms in Autism  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDUH39N_VHk&feature=youtu.be&app=desktop

VIDEO:  Dr Edward Breitschwerdt on Bartonellosis  (NorVect 2014)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz9e-is-UuY

VIDEO:  Dr Joseph Burrascano Jr:  History, Clinical Presentations, Testing and Diagnosis  (NorVect 2014)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faaZZovKd7o

VIDEO:  Dr Joseph Burrascano Jr:  Lyme Borreliosis: Treatment and Case Histories  (NorVect 2014)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm7BLpp6fTs

VIDEO:  Dr Richard Horowitz on Babesiosis  (NorVect 2014)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLAbnh-2iS0

VIDEO:  Prof Ashild Andreassen from ScandTick on Regional Cooperation against Tick-Borne Diseases  (NorVect 2014)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Svlte8Xm3Y

VIDEO:  Prof Christian Perronne on the Gap between Current Diagnostic Tests for Lyme Disease and Associated Diseases and the Diversity of Pathogens Isolated in the World  (NorVect 2014)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcHJSMgKm9M

VIDEO:  Prof Eva Sapi on Biofilms  (NorVect 2014)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a03dvNMmmx0

VIDEO:  Prof Randi Eikeland on European Neuroborreliosis  (NorVect 2014)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw7iiW5rgDc

UPCOMING EVENTS

November 8:  Lyme Info table at Cabela's in Nanaimo, 12 noon to 3 p.m.

November 8:  Parksville Lyme Support Group Meeting, 1:30 p.m.  In the meeting room next to Pharmasave  

November 9:  Victoria Informal Meeting - coffee and conversation, 1 - 3 p.m.  "Victoria Public Market at the Hudson", #6 - 1701 Douglas Street, Victoria (the old Hudson's Bay store) 

November 13:  Lyme Disease Awareness Forum  
Vancouver Lyme Awareness is presenting an evening with Gwen Barlee, Policy Director for the Wilderness Committee in Vancouver and a Lyme Disease Advocate, Dr. Liz Zubek, a MD who worked at the Chronic Complex Disease Program from 2013 to 2014 in Vancouver assessing Lyme patients and advocating for better testing and treatment and Dr. Boutet, ND, who focuses on treating chronic illnesses including Lyme Disease and co-infections. Discussion will include Lyme Awareness in BC, prevention, proper tick removal technique, symptoms, treatment and more. Public Q and A will follow. Thursday, November 13th, 7:00 – 9:00 pm, Event Location: Creekside Community Center, (False Creek), 1 Athletes Way, Vancouver. Room MP4. Free Admission. 
http://canlyme.com/wp-content/uploads/events/avancposter.jpg

November 15:  Learn About Lyme Disease!  1 pm, showing of Emergence documentary begins at 1:30 pm,  Errington Memorial Hall, 1390 Errington Road

January 24-25:  Lyme Info Table at Victoria Health Show, Pearke's Arena, Saanich

February 6-7, 2015:  The Fundamentals of Diagnosing and Treating Tick-Borne Illness (ILADS course for physicians in Banff, Alberta)  http://www.ilads.org/lyme_programs/banff/ilads-banff-lyme-course.php

Note:  CanLyme is offering grants for first time attending physicians to attend this ILADS course.   Contact Jim Wilson:  jimwilson@telus.net.