Posted by bleauberry on November 6, 2009, at 18:27:02 In reply to Underlying cause, posted by dapper on November 5, 2009, at 23:59:36 Yes, I have had luck in identifying the root cause(s)...usually several intermingled...
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, New York Medical College, Valhalla, and 2Department of Biomedical Sciences, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine of New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury,...
Abstract Persistence of tissue spirochetes of Borrelia burgdorferi as helices and round bodies (RBs) explains many erythema-Lyme disease symptoms. Spirochete RBs (reproductive propagules also called coccoid bodies, globular...
Sixteen years ago, Patricia L. Gerbarg, a Kingston, N.Y., psychiatrist, contracted Lyme disease. But as sometimes happens, her blood tests were negative, so the condition was not diagnosed for five years. By that time, she had...
Autumn has arrived in the northern hemisphere and with shades of yellow and orange comes a less-welcome visitor: cold and flu season. Made worse this year by the H1N1 (swine flu) pandemic, people around the world are flocking...
Posted by bleauberry on October 29, 2009, at 19:14:39 In reply to Diagnose me...For fun., posted by Phidippus on October 28, 2009, at 17:03:06 I sometimes share my frown on the terms we use in psychiatry to describe symptoms,...
The Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) and Tufts University today announced they are the recipients of four supplemental grant awards from the National Institutes of Health. These new awards, totaling...
Results from Orkin's first-ever "Scariest Pest Halloween Poll" reveal spiders, one of Halloween's quintessential icons, are the scariest pests of 2009. According to Orkin experts, the pests people consider the scariest are not...
Q:Two weeks ago, I noticed that my face was slightly droopy on one side, so I immediately went to my doctor. He was able to rule out a minor stroke and told me I most likely have Bell's palsy. What caused this, and will it...
POINT PLEASANT BEACH — The John Drulle M.D. Memorial Lyme Fund Inc. is holding its annual masquerade fundraiser from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Jenkinson's Pavilion. The nonprofit organization was named after a noted physician from...