Jun

28

From Here :

Newswise — Benjamin Luft, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Stony Brook University Medical Center, and colleagues discovered that a certain clone of Borrelia burgdorferi, the spirochete that causes Lyme disease, appears to be the most common strain causing Lyme disease in North America and Europe, and may account for the increase in cases for the past 20 years. Their investigation and findings of the ospC-A clone are reported in the July 2008 issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases, which is currently available on line Here :

According to Dr. Luft, Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne disease in the United States with more than 20,000 cases reported annually. While B. burgdorferi is the primary pathogen in the United States, clones of the pathogen are known to cause major disease. The ospC-A clone was one of the first strains ever identified.

In “Wide Distribution of a High-Virulence Borrelia burgdorferi Clone in Europe and North America,” Dr. Luft and colleagues detail various methods of genetic testing of 68 B. burgdorferi isolates from Europe and North America. Based on the findings of their tests, the researchers concluded that the ospC-A clone dispersed rapidly and widely in the recent past and in both regions of the world.

“I believe this discovery will make an important contribution since it identifies an identical and high virulence clone of Borrelia in both Europe and North America,” said Dr. Luft. “This may explain the recent spread of Lyme disease in North America.”

Jun

20

From Here :

UK campaign for clean drinking water.

Jun

20

From Here :

Artificial fluoridation involves increasing the fluoride level in water supplies to one part per million (ppm). Fluoride’s toxicity lies somewhere between that of lead and arsenic, and, like lead and arsenic, it’s a cumulative poison. Only half of all the fluoride we ingest is excreted. Our bodies retain the other half. It is stored, mainly in bone but also in some soft tissues, such as the pineal gland.

Naturally occurring fluoride is commonly bound to calcium and is less bioavailable than the fluoride added by water companies to treat their customers, which comes from fluorosilicic acid. The fluorosilicic acid used in the UK and Ireland is believed to originate from phosphate fertiliser operations in continental Europe. The UK Department of the Environment will not name the producers.

Worldwide, some 350 million people receive artificially fluoridated water, representing just six per cent of the global population. Of this global total, 171 million are Americans; only two per cent of Europeans receive fluorosilicic acid on tap, comprising around 5.7 million in Britain and around 2.4 million in Ireland. In addition, World Health Organization figures show that dental health has improved as much in countries without fluoridation as in those with fluoridation.

The US Centers for Disease Control stated in 1999 that fluoride’s anti-caries effect was topical, not systemic, confirming that we do not need to ingest fluoride.

Jun

16

Interesting Site.
From Here :

Even though there are common threads to all disease pathologies, in no way would I want any reader to think that MMS is a “one-stop” wonder with respect to helping mitigate and ameliorate said conditions. It is, however, an indispensable component that should be part of anyone’s health and well-being “tool box.”

Jun

9

Hydrogels

June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment

From Here :

Hydrogels are three-dimensional, hydrophilic, polymeric networks capable of imbibing large amounts of water or biological fluids. The networks are composed of homopolymers or copolymers, and are insoluble due to the presence of chemical crosslinks (tie-points, junctions), or physical crosslinks, such as entanglements or crystallites. Hydrogels exhibit a thermodynamic compatibility with water, which allows them to swell in aqueous media. They are used to regulate drug release in reservoir-based, controlled release systems or as carriers in swellable and swelling-controlled release devices. On the forefront of controlled drug delivery, hydrogels as enviro-intelligent and stimuli-sensitive gel systems modulate release in response to pH, temperature, ionic strength, electric field, or specific analyte concentration differences. In these systems, release can be designed to occur within specific areas of the body (e.g., within a certain pH of the digestive tract) or also via specific sites (adhesive or cell-receptor specific gels via tethered chains from the hydrogel surface). Hydrogels as drug delivery systems can be very promising materials if combined with the technique of molecular imprinting.

Jun

7

From my Eye :

Jun

6

From Here :

A silent epidemic is ravaging our people, inflicting a large and harrowingly complex group of symptoms including arthritic conditions, autoimmune conditions, cognitive problems, and many more. This quiet, nearly undetectable bacterial pathogen has infected millions, and most of them don’t even know it. This disease has been identified as the fastest-growing infectious disease in the US, as well as the number-one insect-borne pathogen in the US. Yet this only represents the known cases of a disease that is known to be dramatically under-reported, under-diagnosed, and very difficult to both detect and treat. Up to one-half the population may have been exposed to this disease, according to Lyme disease expert Dietrich Klinghardt, MD, of Seattle, WA.

and more here :

Jun

4

From Here :

A dramatic tale of microbes, medicine and money, this eye-opening film investigates the untold story of Lyme disease, an emerging epidemic larger than AIDS. Each year thousands go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed, told that their symptoms are “all in their head.” Following the stories of patients and physicians as they battle for their lives and livelihoods, the film brings into focus a haunting picture of our health care system and its ability to cope with a silent terror under our skin.

Jun

3

From Here :

Unfortunately the many common symptoms lead to many cases of borreliosis being undiagnosed or misdiagnosed. Many undiagnosed sufferers have been told that the symptoms are just in their heads.

The standard investigations at Breakspear Hospital for borreliosis are:

Borrelia antibody evaluation by ELISA technique, which measures antibodies to the organism.
Polymerase Chain Reaction test for Borrelia burgdorferi, which measures the presence of the DNA – the chromosomes of the organism from the patient.
Lymphocyte Transformation Test for Borrelia burgdorferi (LTT MELISA), which, if the results are positive, demonstrates current active infection with the organism.
Borrelia burgdorferi IgG and IgM antibody evaluation by the Immunoblot/Western Blot technique, which detects portions of the Lyme disease organism.
Bowen test, which provides rapid identification of Borrelia burgdorferi (RIBb) and is a research test being undertaken in a laboratory in the United States.
There are other investigations that may be undertaken. Tests of specific Lyme related lymphocyte reactions can be performed. The outer surface peptides often camouflage the organisms and reactions to these may be evaluated. We can also measure co-factor infections of Borrelia.

Jun

3

Titanium may not be the inert, harmless metal that it was once thought to be.

From Here

Titanium has historically maintained the reputation of being an inert, and relatively biocompatible metal, suitable for use as both a medical and dental prosthesis. There are many articles supporting these beliefs, but more recently, there is scientific evidence that titanium, or its corrosion by-products, may cause harmful reactions after traveling through the circulatory, or lymphatic systems. These corrosion by-products can cause reactions in the blood, fibrotic tissue, and in the osteogenic cells.

Jun

1

New UK site

June 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment

A Promising looking site for UK and world wide sufferers of Morgellons…

They are especially keen to hear from:

Members of the public that are personally affected by Morgellons.
General Practioners and other Health care professionals.
Consultants; Dermotologists, Infectious disease specialists.
Scientists of various disciplines, involved in research; Microbiologists, Parasitologists etc.
Department of Health and DEFRA officials.
Politicians (Councillors/Members of Parliment).
Vets.
Environmental Health officers, inc. pollution control and Pest control professionals.
Water Authorities, dealing with wastewater and sewage.
Go Here Please.

Jun

1


Having had major dental work during my life, I have to acknowledge that this might be a constituent part of my illness.
Indeed, I had major dental work in the mid 1990’s that preceeded my illness, by 7 or 8 years as described by Dr Amin in this article.
I have also tested positive for C.Pneumoniae and recieved multiple tick, mosquito, flea and headlice bites over the course of my life.
The Morgellons jigsaw is nearly complete I think, although I am sure that there are many variations.

From Here and Here

Neuro-Cutaneous Syndrome (NCS) is a disorder primarily characterized by neurological crawling and pin-prick sensations and dermatological symptoms including itchy cutaneous sores. Many other neurological and dermatological imbalances are also involved. A cause-effect relationship has been established between toxic dental materials (cause) and NCS (effect). A protocol has been developed and NCS patients have been successfully treated at our Arizona-based Parasitology Center, Inc. (PCI). This article addresses the experience of 18 new patients seen at PCI and treated following our designated protocol. Of these, 6 patients have completed the protocol and have experienced full recovery. Three other patients who have not completed their protocol have partially recovered.

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