February 24, 2009

Lyme Disease Epidemic Causing Healthcare Crisis

An ongoing battle over the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease, a tick-borne illness, is pitting doctors against doctors, prompting health insurance companies to deny medical claims at an alarming rate, and …

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Doctors miss Lyme disease diagnosis

Ten years ago, I had what would become a critically important conversation with an older woman, also a former trail runner.

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Structure Of Bacteria That Causes Lyme Disease Detailed In 3D, Study

ScienceDaily a ‘ They are borne by ticks and can cause acute and chronic symptoms in joints, muscles and the nervous system a ‘ the bacteria that cause Lyme borreliosis, which 80,000 people in Germany contract …

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Structure Of Bacteria That Causes Lyme Disease Detailed In 3D

They are borne by ticks and can cause acute and chronic symptoms in joints, muscles and the nervous system — the bacteria that cause Lyme borreliosis. Researchers have now succeeded in identifying their structure more accurately. Using a cryo-tomography microscope, the previously unknown detailed structure of the spirochete bacteria can be shown in three dimensions.

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