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Linda’s comment:  This is EXCELLENT read….I have taken ALL of these products and they WORK!!

Full aritcle: http://www.newhaven.edu/news-events/82773.pdf

Excerpt:

 Our results demonstrated that both herbal agents, but not doxycycline, had very significant effects on all forms of B. burgdorferi, especially when used in combination, suggesting that herbal agents could provide an effective therapeutic approach for Lyme disease patient. 

Linda’s comments:  This comment by Wormser  raises my blood pressure ::::“It is so new in our area, it has flown under the radar,” says Moore’s physician Gary P. Wormser, M.D., the chief of infectious diseases at Westchester Medical Center and New York Medical College and head of a team researching tick diseases. “A lot of patients haven’t heard of it, and a lot of doctors don’t know about it.”::::

Link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41973641/ns/health-infectious_diseases/

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Wild raspberries lured Jacqueline Moore over the wall of her new garden in Westchester County, New York. It was July 2008, and Moore, her husband and their two small kids had just moved up from Manhattan. She was painting the kitchen, up on a ladder, when she glanced out the window and spotted the flash of red. She was thrilled: This was what they had left the city for. She called the kids, and they hopped over the wall. They picked raspberries every day for two weeks. 

About the time the berries ran out, Moore—who was 34 then, a personal trainer and marathoner—started feeling an achein her neck and shoulder. She thought painting the ceiling was to blame; or maybe it was the borrowed mattress she and her husband were sleeping on. Then she noticed herself getting irritable. Family were visiting to see the new house, and “I was having trouble taking care of the guests,” she recalls. “Every day, I would be twice as tired as I had been the day before.” …..

“It is so new in our area, it has flown under the radar,” says Moore’s physician Gary P. Wormser, M.D., the chief of infectious diseases at Westchester Medical Center and New York Medical College and head of a team researching tick diseases. “A lot of patients haven’t heard of it, and a lot of doctors don’t know about it.”

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November 10, 2010 (Atlanta, Georgia) — West Nile virus (WNV) might persist for years after acute infection, resulting in long-term neurological consequences in more people than previously thought, a new study suggests.

Kristy Murray, DVM, PhD, from the University of Texas School of Public Health, in Houston, presented the findings here at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 59th Annual Meeting.

“West Nile virus is not just an acute disease,” Dr. Murray told Medscape Medical News. “Patients who have the neuroinvasive form of disease will more than likely have long-term symptoms and sequelae,” she said. “This is a major finding, considering that more than 1.7 million Americans have been exposed since this virus first came to the United States in 1999,” she added.

WNV infection is generally asymptomatic, but a neuroinvasive variant that can result in encephalitis, meningitis, and acute flaccid paralysis occurs in approximately 1 in 150 infected individuals, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dr. Murray and colleagues initially observed that a larger than expected number of patients who presented with WNV infections were experiencing progressive neurological disease or kidney failure. They subsequently investigated long-term outcome in 151 patients with WNV in Houston beginning in 2002.

Of patients who presented with encephalitis, 77% had abnormal neurological findings, and 23% exhibited renal disease (including 5 deaths from renal failure).

Previously, the researchers found that 5 of 25 subjects tested positive for WNV viral particles in the urine. The current analysis indicated that 34 of 81 subjects (42%) had persistent WNV viral shedding in the urine. Of those patients, 65% had proteinuria and 13% developed renal failure.

Linda’s comment…..So many of my friends are embarrassed that they thought ole Mr Barrett was doing a good job!!  Now they are so sorry to say how wrong they were…Barrett is a danger to all medical professionals and most importantly to PATIENT’S, who have believed him for years….example:  Barrett supports IDSA and doesn’t believe there is any such thing as Lyme??  May the Lyme critters find their way to his underwear….Ask yourself, who pays Barrett’s bills?? 

Will the San Diego Federal Judge Put Stephen Barrett in Jail?…

 

Monday June 7th, 2010

 

Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen

 

Oh my, the “Barrett Settlement” story, http://bolenreport.com/feature_articles/feature_article091.htm
Will the San Diego Federal Judge Put Stephen Barrett in Jail?.. in San Diego, is getting even better.  It seems that now the Federal judge in the case has assigned a Federal Magistrate Judge, Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo “to retain jurisdiction for settlement purposes.”

 

Wow – this could could get interesting.  VERY interesting.  I’ll explain.

 

I have a copy, right here on my desk, of the settlement statement wording agreed to, and ORDERED by the Court, and so far, I don’t see that wording on Barrett’s website, nor do I see his minions mouthing those COURT ORDERED words.  Apparently they must all be in shock and cannot bring themselves to comply with the Court Order.

 

And NO, I’m not going to tell you what those COURT ORDERED words are.  http://bolenreport.com/feature_articles/feature_article091.htm
 
I’m going to wait and see what happens.  Frankly, I hope Barrett decides to defy the Federal Magistrate Judge.  Then Negrete can file for an Order of Contempt.  Being called on the carpet in front of a Federal Judge could have serious consequences for Barrett.

 

Contempt, in a Federal court, is taken very seriously.  Below is the official definition:     

 

CONTEMPT OF COURT
Any willful disobedience to, or disregard of, a court order or any misconduct in the presence of a court; action that interferes with a judge’s ability to administer justice or that insults the dignity of the court; punishable by fine or imprisonment or both. There are both civil and criminal contempts; the distinction is often unclear.

 

Contempt Of Court – Civil Or Criminal
A judge who feels someone is improperly challenging or ignoring the court’s authority has the power to declare the defiant person (called the contemnor) in contempt of court. There are two types of contempt, criminal and civil. Criminal contempt occurs when the contemnor actually interferes with the ability of the court to function properly – for example, by yelling at the judge. This is also called direct contempt because it occurs directly in front of the judge. A criminal contemnor may be fined, jailed or both as punishment for his act.

 

Civil contempt occurs when the contemnor willfully disobeys a court order. This is also called indirect contempt because it occurs outside the judge’s immediate realm and evidence must be presented to the judge to prove the contempt. A civil contemnor, too, may be fined, jailed or both. The fine or jailing is meant to coerce the contemnor into obeying the court, not to punish him, and the contemnor will be released from jail just as soon as he complies with the court order. In family law, civil contempt is one way a court enforces alimony, child support, custody and visitation orders which have been violated.

 

However, many courts have realized that, at least regarding various procedural matters such as appointment of counsel, the distinction between civil and criminal contempt is often blurred and uncertain.

Full article: http://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pu
bmed&id=20350056&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks

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Dr. Robert Lane received a B.A. degree in psychology from the
University of California at Berkeley (UCB), an M.A. degree in
biology at San Francisco State College, and a Ph.D. in entomology
at UCB. While employed as a California State public health
biologist he began his long-standing studies of the biology of
ticks and the ecology and epidemiology of tick-borne disease
agents. In 1984, Dr. Lane joined the faculty of UCB as a medical
entomologist, a position he has held until the present. The
diseases he and his many co-workers have investigated include
Colorado tick fever, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, relapsing
fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tularemia, and particularly
Lyme disease. Findings from these studies have elucidated the
basic transmission cycles of and risk factors for spotted
fever-group rickettsiae and Lyme disease spirochetes in the far
western United States. Bob is a Fellow of both the California
Academy of Sciences and the American Association for the
Advancement of Science, a recipient of a UCB Biology Faculty
Research Award and the C.W.

Linda’s comments:  I attended a lecture by Dr Martin Pall regarding NO/ONOO and found it extremely interesting.  You can google him and get a large number of articles by Dr Pall.  Well worth your reading time.

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We are excited to present information from the forthcoming book by Martin L. Pall, PhD, who shows that all these conditions – and probably many others – involve the same key biochemical response: elevated levels of nitric oxide (NO) and its oxidant product peroxynitrite (ONOO–), which initiate a biochemical vicious cycle. Although the mechanisms underlying this ongoing NO/ONOO– cycle are well-documented, Dr. Pall presents new information about how this cycle interacts to produce patterns of symptoms. The theory elegantly answers many questions, including: Continued

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November 13, 2009 (Washington, DC) — The odds that a child living in a Lyme-endemic area of the United States who presents with a joint effusion will be diagnosed as having Lyme arthritis is 29%. The odds are even higher (44%) if the affected joint is the knee. The leukocyte count is useful in distinguishing between septic and Lyme arthritis, researchers announced here.

“There was an increase in the number of cases in the United States by 101% over the past 15 years, possibly due to increased recognition of Lyme disease,” said Aristides I. Cruz Jr., MD, resident in the Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. During his presentation, he noted that 93% of all Lyme disease cases arise from 10 states, most in the Northeast United States.

November 13, 2009 (Washington, DC) – The odds that a child living in a Lyme-endemic area of the United States who presents with a joint effusion will be diagnosed as having Lyme arthritis is 29%. The odds are even higher (44%) if the affected joint is the knee. The leukocyte count is useful in distinguishing between septic and Lyme arthritis, researchers announced here.

“There was an increase in the number of cases in the United States by 101% over the past 15 years, possibly due to increased recognition of Lyme disease,” said Aristides I. Cruz Jr., MD, resident in the Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. During his presentation, he noted that 93% of all Lyme disease cases arise from 10 states, most in the Northeast United States. Continued

Is There a Link between Lyme Disease and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?

by Richard A. Van Konynenburg, Ph.D.
9th International IACFS/ME Conference
Reno, Nevada
March 12-15, 2009

Summary

A link has been hypothesized between Lyme disease and chronic
fatigue syndrome (CFS).  This link is based on the Glutathione Depletion-Methylation Cycle Block (GD-MCB)  hypothesis for CFS [6]. Continued

Linda’s comment: This is a must to sign up for…..The BOLEN REPORT is well worth signing up for.  Tim Bolen doesn’t take any of the flack from the Barrett…Tim is also a friend of the alternative and complimentary medical communities.  This is just one of the great articles in this issue.

I Love Being Hated by Quackbusters…

Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

New Orleans area doctor James Carter MD, PhD, author of the famous book “Racketeering in Medicine,” the blatant 1994 expose of the plot to destroy innovation in US health care, called me up one day, several years back, and asked me if I was coming to a certain health convention where he was going to be. Continued