Research Articles

Lyme disease is debilitating and Western medicine is not proficient in treating it. The disease is caused by spirochete bacteria, they are known to be resistant. This article explores natural medicines to kill the spirochetes. The text below is a significant part of the study.  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4738477/ Our study has shown that the most promising compounds effective against spirochete and latent rounded forms of both tested  Borrelia  sp. were cis‐2‐decenoic acid, baicalein, monolaurin and kelp (iodine). They demonstrated bacteriostatic and bactericidal effects in a time‐dependent manner against spiral and rounded forms. We are aware that fluorescence staining used in our study may not reveal few persisting rounded forms that may grow out from a population treated with the ‘drug of choice’; however, this would be relatively a small population. At the same time, these compounds, except kelp (iodine), revealed mild or moderate cytotoxic eff...

Nothing new here except that M.E./C.F.S research is getting more funding, although a drop in the bucket compared to other disease funding. Research is finally breaking through the notion that the disease goes much further than some absurd "guesses" that it is a behavioral or "mental" problem. People with this disease are truly disabled, that disability goes far beyond an idea of "I don't feel well" that is truly live-changing. Here is some of the discussion: 'Milestone' Meeting Highlights NIH Efforts to Combat ME/CFS Miriam E. Tucker April 17, 2019 1 Read Comment BETHESDA, Maryland — The National Institutes of Health (NIH) held a 2-day conference on high-level science that is beginning to yield clues to understanding and ultimately treating the complex, multisystem illness now known as  myalgic encephalomyelitis /chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). The Accelerating Research on ME/CFS Meeting, held on the NIH...

7.) “Success represents the 1% of your work which results from the 99% that is called failure. Instead of being  afraid of the challenge and failure , be afraid of avoiding the challenge and doing nothing.” –  Soichiro Honda

There are over 800 chemicals that are in our environment, what exactly these do to us is largely unknown (at least by popular news). Science is showing that these chemicals change things in our body such as the immune system. This article demostrates that one such chemical is altering immunity. http://www.sci-news.com/medicine/e319-immune-responses-influenza-infection-07071.html Widely-Used Food Additive E319 Impairs Immune Responses to Influenza Infection Apr 8, 2019 by  News Staff / Source « Previous |  Next » A common food additive called  tert-butylhydroquinone  (E319) suppresses the immune response the body mounts when fighting the flu; it also reduces the effectiveness of the flu vaccine through its effects on T cells, according to new research in mice by Michigan State University scientists.

Research into CFS/M.E. is very complex, there are multiple possible starting points and these can branch into a multitude of subsets. There is clear definition of the immune/neurological and endocrine pathways and the question is what came first. It is known that the immune system will trip the neurological pathways and vice versa. Stress is very harmful and is known to trigger a number of pathways. The  HPA (hypothalamus/pitituary/adrenal) pathways are known to be defective and the following study looks at the possibilites. Here is an excerpt: Stress “Stress” is an unfortunate term. Usually we think of stress as emotional; in biology, though, stress means  any  threat that disrupts the balance (or homeostasis) of the body. The stress response or HPA axis, prepares the body to respond to the threat.  Any  threat then, whether infectious, emotional, physical, chemical, etc, will initiate the stress response. Once triggered, the stress response suppresse...

Lyme disease is caused by a spirochete bacteria. Once the bacteria sets in then it can be a serious situation. There are a number of attempts to control this, often with poor results. This researcher has shown the Cannabidiol is quite effective.

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