Archive | May, 2010

Medical Guidelines Based on Minimal Evidence

May 30, 2010

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Medical Guidelines Based on Minimal Evidence

Thanks to the California Lyme Disease Association (CALDA) for this heads up. According to Lorraine Johnson, the CALDA Lyme Policy Wonk, two poster sessions at the IDSA annual meeting last fall stated that most of IDSA treatment guidelines, including those for Lyme Disease, are based mainly on opinion, not actual scientific evidence. Only 15% of [...]

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Bartonella Can Be Transmitted in Utero

May 6, 2010

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Bartonella Can Be Transmitted in Utero

Press Release from North Carolina State University: North Carolina State University clinical researcher Dr. Ed Breitschwerdt has found blood and tissue evidence of Bartonella in twins born to parents with chronic headaches, memory loss, shortness of breath, muscle weakness, and fatigue. One twin, now 10, has been chronically ill since birth. His sister died at [...]

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