Monday, April 6, 2015

Recent Lyme News, Research, Politics, Stories, and Resources


Here's the roundup of recent news:

RESEARCH NEWS AND JOURNAL ARTICLES
An n=1 Case Report of a Child with Autism Improving on Antibiotics and a Father's Quest to Understand What it may Mean  (Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease)
http://www.microbecolhealthdis.net/index.php/mehd/article/view/26382
Related study:  Divergent Opinions of Proper Lyme Disease Diagnosis and Implications for Children Co-Morbid with Autism Spectrum Disorder(Mason Kuhn, Robert Bransfield,Research Gate)
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/263202244_Divergent_Opinions_of_Proper_Lyme_Disease_Diagnosis_and_Implications_For_Children_Co-Morbid_with_Autism_Spectrum_Disorder

Bartonella, A Common Cause of Endocarditis:  A Report on 106 Cases and a Review (Journal of Clinical Microbiology)
http://jcm.asm.org/content/53/3/824.abstract

Bartonella spp. Bacteremia in Blood Donors in Campinas, Brazil (PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4295888/

Borrelia burgdorferi Not Confirmed in Human-biting Amblyomma americanum Ticks from the Southeastern United States (Journal of Clinical Microbiology)
http://jcm.asm.org/content/early/2015/03/12/JCM.03454-14

Complex Population Structure of Borrelia burgdorferi in Southeastern and South Central Canada as Revealed by Phylogeographic Analysis(Lindsay, Ogden, et al., Applied and Environmental Microbiology)
http://aem.asm.org/content/81/4/1309
Drug Combinations against Borrelia burgdorgeri Persisters In Vitro:  Eradication Achieved by using Daptomycin, Cefoperazone, and Doxycycline (Paul Auwaerter, et al. PLoS One)
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0117207

Ecologist Tracks Tick-Borne Diseases Beyond Their Usual Borders (Phys.org)
http://phys.org/news/2015-03-ecologist-tracks-tick-borne-diseases-usual.html

Fever in a Visitor to Canada:  A Case of Mistaken (Journal of Clinical Microbiology)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25762775

Large Scale Spatial Risk and Comparative Prevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi and Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato in Ixodes pacificus (PLoS One)http://www.plosone.org/article/fetchObject.action?uri=info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0110853&representation=PDF


No Visible Dental Staining in Children Treated with Doxycycline for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever  (Journal of Pediatrics)
http://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476%2815%2900135-3/abstract
Poison as Medicine (Discover Magazine)
http://discovermagazine.com/2015/april/00-poison-medicine

LYME POLITICS AND CONTROVERSIES
Commenting on IDSA Lyme Guidelines, Part 1  (see links to Parts 2 and 3 at the bottom of the page)  DEADLINE:  April 9thhttp://lymedisease.org/news/lyme_disease_views/idsa-comments-part-1.html
Lyme Patient Advocates Meet with IDSA President, Discuss Concerns about Guidelines Review Process (WebWire)
http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=196644#.VRy6sI4X3jY

LYMEPOLICYWONK:  The IDSA Chooses a Token Patient for its New Guidelines Revision Process   (LymeDisease.org)
http://lymedisease.org/news/lymepolicywonk/lymepolicywonk-the-idsa-chooses-a-token-patient-for-its-new-guidelines-revision-process.html

LYMEPOLICYWONK:  IDSA Guidelines Revision Process - Cause for Alarm?  (Lyme Disease.org)
http://lymedisease.org/news/lyme_disease_views/idsa-guidelines-revision-process-cause-for-alarm.html

LYMEPOLICYWONK:  IDSA Guidelines Survey  (LymeDisease.org)
http://lymedisease.org/news/lymepolicywonk/lymepolicywonk-idsa-guidelines-survey.html

Lyme:  Two Guidelines Compared and Contrasted (Society for Science-based Medicine)
http://www.sfsbm.org/index.php?Itemid=649&id=568&option=com_easyblog&view=entry

Lyme:  Two Worlds Compared and Contrasted  (Science-based Medicine)
https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/lyme-two-worlds-compared-and-contrasted/

More Canadians Go Beyond the Border for Medical Treatment (Ottawa Citizen)
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/embargoed-till-0630-et-more-canadians-go-beyond-border-for-medical-treatment

One Health Initiative will Unite Human and Veterinary Medicine (Why aren't Naturopathic Doctors included?!)
http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/
TOUCHED BY LYME:  What a Real Patient Representative Actually Looks Like  (LymeDisease.org)
http://lymedisease.org/news/touchedbylyme/touched-by-lyme-what-a-real-patient-representative-actually-looks-like.html

OTHER NEWS, REPORTS & STORIES
Avril Lavigne Opens Up About Her Health Crisis  (People Magazine) 
http://www.people.com/article/avril-lavigne-lyme-disease-bedridden

Beyond the Headlines:  Lyme Disease  (ABC7News, San Francisco)
http://abc7news.com/242626/

Don't be Fooled - Lyme Disease can Happen to You (The Pictou Advocate)
http://www.pictouadvocate.com/2015/04/01/don%E2%80%99t-be-fooled-%E2%80%93-lyme-disease-can-happen-to-you/

How a Tiny Tick Changed My Life Forever (Author Amy Tan)
https://www.amytan.net/lyme-disease.html

If Your Dog is Suddenly Paralyzed, This Could be Why  (Kamloops InfoNews.ca)
http://infotel.ca/newsitem/if-your-dog-is-suddenly-paralyzed-this-could-be-why/it18088
Joni Mitchell in Intensive Care after being found Unconscious (Joni has Morgellon's)  (CBC.ca)
http://music.cbc.ca/#!/blogs/2015/3/Joni-Mitchell-in-intensive-care-after-being-found-unconscious

Lyme Disease and MS:  Similar or same? (Lyme People)
http://lymepeople.com/lyme-disease-and-ms-similar-or-same/

Lyme, the Heart, and Simple Screening  (Lyme MD)
http://lymemd.blogspot.ca/2015/03/lyme-heart-and-simple-screening-and.html

Lyme Sucks Challenge - Jan Cmela, Winnipeg  (YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpN6a72EVOQ&feature=youtu.be


Omega Conference Will Shed Light on Lyme Disease (Dr Richard Horowitz, Poughkeepsie Journal)
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/opinion/valley-views/2015/03/21/omega-conference-will-light-lyme-disease/25099921/

Rethinking Treatment of PANDAS and Similar Neuro-Immune Conditions (Dr Alex Rinehart)
http://dralexrinehart.com/health-topics/treatment-pandas-neuro-immune-conditions/

Ride for Lyme:  The Adelaine Project (Daniel Corso and Tanner Cookson)
http://www.rideforlyme.ca/

Sandflies in Iraq Infect Americans who Bring Home Lyme Disease and Multiple Co-infections (Lyme Disease Resource)
http://lymediseaseresource.com/wordpress/sandflies-in-iraq-infect-americans-who-bring-home-lyme-disease-and-multiple-co-infections/

TOUCHED BY LYME:  The World According to Harrison (LymeDisease.org)
http://lymedisease.org/news/touchedbylyme/harrison.html

Triple Whammy Treatment Day (Adventures in Healing Blog)
http://adventuresinhealing.net/2015/04/triple-whammy-treatment-day/


RESOURCES

Autism, Chlorine Dioxide, Radiation Exposure and Epigenetics  (Dr Dietrich Klinghardt)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1phAjIm-CxA&feature=youtu.be

New Book:  Cannabis for Lyme Disease and other Conditions (Shelley White)
http://www.lymebook.com/cannabis-for-lyme-shelley-white-medical-marijuana

Disability Alliance BC - FREE assistance with disability applications and appeals  
http://www.disabilityalliancebc.org/programs/advocacy.htm

Do Yoga With Me (Michelle Yoga)
http://www.michelleyoga.com/doyogawithme

Farmacy:  Pharmaceutical Grade Medical Marijuanahttps://farmacyvictoria.com/

Five Levels of Healing (Audio interview) (Dr Dietrich Klinghardt)
http://essentialmedcast.com/dr-dietrich-klinghardt-march-10-2015/

Gluten-Free Medical Expense Tracker for Celiacs (and maybe those with Lyme Disease too)  (Squeeze of Lyme blog) (*Canadian)
https://squeezeoflyme.wordpress.com/2015/03/23/gluten-free-medical-expense-tracker-for-celiacs-and-maybe-those-with-lyme-disease-too/

LymeSavers - Deadline for bursary applications is June 30



MTHFR Gene Mutations, Part 2 (Audio) (Dr Jess Armine)
http://www.freedomizerradio.com/events/mthfr-gene-mutations-part-2-with-dr-armine/

Tick Removal (LymeDiseaseUK) (*good info, but keep the tick!)
http://lymediseaseuk.com/tick-removal/

TOUCHED BY LYME:  When Lyme Disease Affects the Heart (Book Review)http://lymedisease.org/news/touchedbylyme/when-lyme-disease-affects-the-heart.html

What You Need to Know about Lyme Carditis (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/lyme/signs_symptoms/lymecarditis.html

WEBINAR:  Conversations with Marty Ross, MD
March 11, 2015 http://www.treatlyme.net/webinar-recordings/

UPCOMING EVENTS

April 5:  Informal Meeting at Victoria Public Market, 1-3 pm (in the old Hudson's Bay on Douglas near Fisgard)

April 10-11:  ILADS  "Tick-borne and other Chronic Infections, Research and Practice"  Drexel University, Philadelphia PA  http://ilads.org/

April 11-12:  Victoria Pet Expo - 10 - 6 on Saturday, and 11 - 5 on Sunday.  Victoria Lyme Support Group will have a booth at this event.

April 26:  Victoria Lyme Support Group Meeting  1-4 pm, near Hillside Mall Presentation on CareToHope.ca

May 2015:  Lyme Ribbons 2015  https://www.facebook.com/events/1516674288613073/

May 8-9:  International Lyme Disease Conference (ILADS) in Augsberg, Germany.  http://ilads.org/
May 12:  Ride for Lyme  http://www.RideForLyme.ca  Starts at sunrise at Mile "0" (Douglas and Dallas Road)

October 15:  ILADS Fundamentals Course, Fort Lauderdale  http://ilads.org/
October 16-18:  ILADS Annual Conference, Fort Lauderdale  http://ilads.org/

October 17-18:  Neurovascular Connections - Vancouver 2015
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/neurovascular-connections-vancouver-2015-tickets-15062769148
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