0 Freedom Of Information Request On Vancouver Complex Chronic Disease Clinic

The Vancouver Sun recently reported on the results of a freedom of information request on the upcoming Complex Chronic Disease clinic in Vancouver, Canada. Gwen Barlee, Lyme disease advocate, was disappointed with the results of her request, saying that she thought "the government appears to be dropping the ball again on taking a proactive approach to managing, diagnosing and treating Lyme disease in British Columbia." Both pros and cons of the clinic are examined in this article. Read More Here: http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2011/12/28/freedom-of-information-request-yields-info-about-lyme-other-chronic-diseases-clinic-opening-at-bc-womens-hospital/ This...

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0 Wishing You Peace This Holiday Season

Happy Solstice, Happy Chanukah, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year to all observing. Peace on earth for everyone from Camp Other Blog....

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0 Science Article: Oral Bacteria Opens Door To Allow Pathogens In

In today's Science Daily, there is an article on a study showing how one specific oral bacteria, Fusobacterium nucleatum, can provide a gateway for other bacteria to enter human blood vessels and make people sick. READ MORE Here: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111215113521.htm Original Source: Yann Fardini, Xiaowei Wang, Stéphanie Témoin, Stanley Nithianantham, David Lee, Menachem Shoham, Yiping W. Han. Fusobacterium nucleatum adhesin FadA binds vascular endothelial cadherin and alters endothelial integrity. Molecular Microbiology,...

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0 New Ehrlichiosis Strain Causing Disease In Sweden

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg's Sahlgrenska Academy have discovered a brand new tick-borne infection. Since the discovery, eight cases have been described around the world, three of them in the Gothenburg area, Sweden. The disease-causing agent is bacteria known as Neoehrlichia mikurensis. This bacterium was identified for the first time in Japan in 2004 in rats and ticks but had never before been seen in Sweden in ticks, rodents or humans. One notable symptom of the disease - alongside typical tickborne infection symptoms such...

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0 Comments On 2011 Lyme and TBD Conference Summaries

I have a few comments to make as they come up on October's 2011 conference. I may add and repost to this entry a few times - stay tuned. 1) I looked at this part of the summary on Dr. Reinhard K. Straubinger's talk on “Canine and Equine Lyme Borreliosis” focused on Lyme borreliosis in animals, especially in dogs and horses: "The highly variable surface protein VlsE is, according to current knowledge, exclusively expressed in the mammalian host. The invariable region IR6, and even a shorter peptide sequence of IR6 called C6 were found having...

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0 Review Of The 2011 Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases National Conference

In October 2011, a national conference on Lyme and tick-borne diseases was held in Philadelphia by Columbia University and the Lyme Disease Association. Here is a brief overview of the topics presented: Dr. J. William Costerton’s riveting talk on “The Role of Biofilms in Chronic Bacterial Infections” reviewed the history of the discovery of biofilms, demonstrating that these biofilms enable micro-organisms to resist host defenses and antibiotics, enabling infections to become chronic. Dr. Eva Sapi’s talk on “Killing Borrelia – an impossible...

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