Archive for September, 2011

Ticks in Czech Republic

Linda’s comments:  Thank you Eva for all you do to find some answers to this horrific disease…

This study illustrates that ticks in CR carry a wide variety of infectious pathogens.

A total of 549 subadult ticks of three species Ixodes
arboricola (75.0%), Ixodes ricinus (23.1%), and Haemaphysalis concinna
(1.8%) were collected from 20 species of birds (Passeriformes).
Rickettsiae were detected in 44.0% larvae and 24.5% nymphs of I.
arboricola

Aspirin – with Dr. Gordon & Linda’s comments

Linda’s comment:  I love the Beyond Chelation-Improved….I also like the Boluoke with the wobenzyme….great for lyme patients…..great for coagulation problems that Lyme patient’s suffer from…

Dr. Gordon’s Comments:

I do not use aspirin for primary prevention for any of my patients. The benefits are too small and the risks are real. It has clearly been oversold and misrepresented. It never has been an anticoagulant, but it does have some limited antiplatelet effects. On the whole it has some benefits but there are also some bleeding risks.

Moreover, since it does not decrease deaths from heart attacks or all-cause mortality, the patients are living with false sense of security and will ignore advice to be on a product that could clearly add years to their life but does not have all the marketing money behind it. Beyond Chelation-Improved is the real protection patients are seeking.

Patients who I clearly can help decrease all cause morbidity and mortality without question using Beyond Chelation Improved and, particularly for serious cases, adding Boluoke BID to the program, are not getting the message, as they believe in the hype surrounding aspirin. I can state unequivocally BC-I and Boluoke together do dramatically lower mortality from heart attacks even in patients with high risk documented left main disease. It also lowers all-cause mortality while also lowering stroke incidences.

The reasons are clear if you consider that BC-I has over 100 active ingredients and over $10 million in research behind it. BC-I has three books written about how it was developed and it took over $10 million back in the sixties to develop this natural approach to ending heart attacks and that was real money back then. There are two published studies where it lowered heart attacks by an average of 91% but that was some time before I added the EDTA to the formula. I believe that the benefits are even greater now.

So let’s take the time to learn the truth about the limitations of aspirin. For as long as your patients believe that their aspirin has made them less subject to death, they will have little real interest in learning about a product that really works, but takes real money to purchase every day of their life.

Attached is the conclusion of this large meta analysis report linked here: “There was no evidence of a statistical bias (p >0.05). In conclusion, aspirin decreased the risk for CV events and nonfatal MI in this large sample. Thus, primary prevention with aspirin decreased the risk for total CV events and nonfatal MI, but there were no significant differences in the incidences of stroke, CV mortality, all-cause mortality and total coronary heart disease.”

Garry F. Gordon MD,DO,MD(H)
President, Gordon Research Institute
www.gordonresearch.com

Link: http://www.ajconline.org/article/S0002-9149(11)01013-7/fulltext

Excerpt:

Systematic analysis of the outcomes from the 9 trials confirmed that aspirin decreases the incidence of nonfatal MI and CV events. However, aspirin had no statistically significant effect on CHD, stroke, CV mortality, and all-cause mortality, but was highly significant for overall CV events.

 

 

IV Antibiotics in Lyme disease

Excerpt:

CONCLUSION: Prolonged intravenous antibiotic therapy is associated with
improved cognition, fatigue, and myalgias in patients referred for
treatment of neurologi c Lyme disease.

Benefit of intravenous antibiotic therapy in patients referred for
treatment of neurologic Lyme disease.

Stricker RB, Delong AK, Green CL, Savely VR, Chamallas SN, Johnson L

Int J Gen Med 2011 9; 4 : 639-646

Multiple infections in the same tick in NY

Link: http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/vbz.2009.0036

Excerpt:

286 ticks were collected. 70% of them had only one infection, but 30% had two or more. 5% had three or more. Polymicrobial infection in the same tick is quite common.

 

 

Parasites and how they affect the brain

Link: http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/3/1/38

Excerpt:

…a chronic CNS specific immune response induced by the parasite plays a role in the disruption of neuromodulation, neuronal integrity, and behavior in infected hosts.

 

CXCL13 to know if it’s Lyme or another inflammatory disease

Linda’s comment:  CXCL13 in CSF could be an important component for diagnosing Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB),  Don’t you just love these studies.  WHY are they not doing the follow through of this deadly disease…???

Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Discriminating%20Lyme%20neuroborreliosis%20from%20other%20neuro-inflammatory%20diseases

Excerpt:

In the diagnosis of LNB elevated
levels of CXCL13 can aid the diagnosis, but levels should be interpreted
with care.

 

Why You Need More Vitamin D. A Lot More.

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Excerpt:

(OMNS, Sept 16, 2011) Vitamin D has emerged as the nutrient of the decade. Numerous studies have found benefits for nearly 100 types of health conditions. These health benefits include reduced risk of bone diseases, many types of cancer, cardiovascular disease (CVD), diabetes mellitus, bacterial and viral infectious diseases, and autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis,[1] neurological conditions such as cognitive dysfunction,[2] and improved athletic and physical performance.[3]

Lyme Disease – Topic of New Book

Excerpt:

March 25th, 2010

(2004) I am a member of the Chelation Discussion Group, headed by the guru of Chelation therapy, Garry Gordon, M.D., D.O. It may have well over 2000 health professional members now on a worldwide basis. The theme seems to be primarily questions answered by Dr. Gordon as well as astute contributions from the members. Well, there is a tremendous number of communications per week. I used to print them all out and save them, but now I have decided to record the essence of many of the teachings in my brain.

FOR REST OF ARTICLE>>>

http://fight4yourhealth.com/answers/chronic-infections-treatments-that-work

Postural orthostatic tachycardia & Lyme

Linda’s comment:  Ok so some may respond to antibiotics, where does the tatigue, joint pain and cognitive dysfunction come from….While IDSA says there is no such thing as chronic Lyme or post treatment LD, this very report speaks of them…..

Link: http://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&id=21305487&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks

Excerpt:

Conclusions: In an appropriate clinical setting,
evaluation for POTS in patients suffering from post LD syndrome may lead to
early recognition and treatment, with subsequent improvement in symptoms of
orthostatic intolerance. (Cardiol J 2011; 18, 1: 63-66).

Rickettsia detection in Thailand

Linda’s comment:  There are many many strains of Lyme.  The species from different countries makes it difficult to find the right treatment….PCR analysis revealed Rickettsia bacteria in two Haemaphysalis species. This is a first time support for Thailand.

Excerpt:

In this study, we identified two Haemaphysalis species present at the Khao Yai
National Park in Thailand and investigated the presence of rickettsia in these
ticks.

 

Link: http://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&id=21318277&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks