LymeDisease.org’s Lonnie Marcum live-tweeted the August 26 meeting of the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. Look below for her summary of what happened. (Slide the bar on the right to advance the images.) Read More »
Columbia’s Cohen Center will specialize in complex legacies of Lyme disease
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Columbia Magazine (Columbia University in New York City) August 19, 2021 By David J. Craig …With a $16 million gift from the Steven and Alexandra Cohen Foundation, the group, led by Brian Fallon, a professor of psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC)... Read More »
US News & World Report: Lyme disease can wreak havoc on mental health
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US News and World Report, August 17, 2021 by Steven Reinberg Lyme disease can exact a significant mental toll as well as a physical one on its sufferers, a new study confirms. Patients hospitalized for Lyme disease had a 28% higher incidence of mental disorders and were twice as... Read More »
Connecticut calls 3 invasive tick species “major public health hazards”
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Hartford Courant, August 16, 2021 By Jesse Leavenworth State scientist Goudarz Molaei pulled a square of cloth through brush and grass on the Stratford coast Friday, then stopped and pointed to a crawling smear of larvae on the white fabric. The tiny arachnids were either Gulf... Read More »
Herbal medicines show potency against Bartonella in test tube
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A new study shows that herbal medicines have potent activity in test tubes compared to pharmaceuticals commonly prescribed for the treatment of bartonellosis. Bartonellosis is a collection of emerging infectious diseases, including cat scratch disease, trench fever, Carrion’s... Read More »
$4.8 million awarded to develop treatment for Bartonella-related disease
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by Jordan Bartel/NC State Veterinary Medicine Much of what the world knows about Bartonella was discovered by a small lab on the fourth floor of the North Carolina State College of Veterinary Medicine research building. Now, the CVM is leading the way to a new milestone:... Read More »
Groundbreaking study links Lyme disease to psychiatric disorders
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A new study published in The American Journal of Psychiatry links Lyme disease to elevated risk of psychiatric illness. It has long been suspected that Lyme disease may increase the risk of psychiatric disorders, including depression and suicidal ideation. However, knowledge to... Read More »
Dr. Kenneth Bock: Tick-borne illnesses “can look like anything”
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By Jason Wachob, mindbodygreen.com Here’s the thing about tick-borne illnesses: According to functional medicine doctor Kenneth Bock, M.D., they can cover different organ systems, and so patients often present myriad symptoms. “It can look like anything,” he... Read More »
Research consortium aims to develop new drug for bartonellosis
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Key infectious disease researchers at Tulane University, Duke University and North Carolina State University will collaborate on an initiative to develop a treatment for bartonelloses, a spectrum of vector-borne diseases that can cause debilitating symptoms. The three-year, $4.8... Read More »
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