Emerging Diseases – Chronic Lyme Disease Emerging Diseases From Chronic Fatigue to Lyme: Medically Unexplained No More published on Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:05:28 -0400 Hard-to-see things like spirochetes or retroviruses aren’t going to stop some flat-Earthers from… Rebel with a Cause: The Incredible Dr. Masters, Part IV (Conclusion) published on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:31:24 -0400 He was a tempting target: “With my data, nothing fit anymore –not the tick, not the microorganism,… Rebel with a Cause: The Incredible Dr. Masters, Part III published on Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:45:19 -0400 “I am not comfortable with the CDC’s position that Missouri is the hole in the donut, and that… Rebel with a Cause: The Incredible Dr. Masters, Part II published on Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:30:03 -0400 “I was living in two worlds,” Masters said. “I would go to conferences and present to… Rebel with a Cause: The Incredible Dr. Masters, Part 1 published on Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:12:16 -0400 It was July 2003 that I set out on a journey to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, to visit Edwin J Masters,… Dispassionate about swine flu published on Sat, 02 May 2009 04:51:42 -0400 Like a grade B thriller, there’s foreshadowing of disaster and infection run amuck. But it’s just… Babesia: The malaria-like disease in your yard, part 1 published on Sat, 04 Apr 2009 20:09:58 -0400 Doctors could never explain the strange spikes of fever to 105 degrees Fahrenheit that hit me in… An infection can change your personality –there’s plenty of proof published on Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:07:24 -0400 Can an infection really alter your personality? At least 65 different microbes have been recognized… Pastor killing: Another act of violence attributed to Lyme disease published on Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:30:12 -0400 A man opened fire on a pastor near St. Louis, murdering him a a rain of gunfire. His family says… Chimp attack: Can Lyme explain it? Forbes wants to know. published on Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:12:04 -0500 It would be wrong if the Connecticut chimp attack caused anyone to fear Lyme patients, or to think… Tick menagerie: Lyme isn’t the only disease you can get from a tick published on Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:12:56 -0500 Sitting next to Burgdorfer in a sun-drenched conference room at the Rocky Mountain Laboratories, I… Metaphysical medicine: The murky meaning of cure published on Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:59:05 -0500 The meaning of cure is relative. For the patient, remaining symptoms can be disabling and… Disappearing a disease: when guidelines lack balance, patients suffer published on Thu, 05 Feb 2009 09:04:40 -0500 Will a new infectious diseases panel rubber-stamp the old guidelines for diagnosis and treatment… High Anxiety (Neurological Lyme Disease, Part Three) published on Sun, 01 Feb 2009 22:42:53 -0500 The young man attacked his neighbor with a medieval ax. Could the real provocation be partially… When the doctor gets sick, the journey is double-edged (Part III) published on Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:04:16 -0500 “What has happened to the medical profession I loved so much? What has happened to make physicians… Autism: Environmental triggers, UC Davis says published on Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:17:01 -0500 It’s time to start looking for environmental drivers of the autism explosion, a major study from UC… When the doctor gets sick, the journey is double-edged (Part II) published on Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:31:22 -0500 As psychiatrist Virginia Sherr, pictured here, recovered from her long illness, she began to view… Chronic fatigue syndrome & child abuse: Disordered patients or disordered research? published on Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:19:44 -0500 The news that the majority of people with chronic fatigue syndrome had been subject to child abuse… When the doctor gets sick, the journey is double-edged (Part I) published on Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:41:04 -0500 Despite her own credentials as a physician, Holland PA psychiatrist Virginia Sherr, pictured here,… Bartonella: It infects sheep, now humans published on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:00:30 -0500 The CDC has documented human infection with a species of bartonella bacteria most commonly found in… When physicians miss the diagnosis, patients can be stigmatized with psychiatric labels (Neurogical Lyme Disease, Part Two) published on Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:16:17 -0500 Adults lost homes and jobs. Children lost their childhoods when cognitive or emotional disabilities… Shadowland of the Mind (Neurological Lyme Disease , Part One) published on Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:06:04 -0500 The first time I met a group of severely disabled Lyme disease patients I spent hours listening to… Through the Looking Glass published on Mon, 22 Dec 2008 08:51:37 -0500 … Paradise Lost published on Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:12:20 -0500 It’s easy to see why we had such a cavalier, even reckless, attitude toward the environment, and… Into the Woods published on Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:12:56 -0500 …