Posts Tagged ‘2001’
New England Journal of Medicine, 2001. Refutes literature on the effectiveness of placebo, through review and analysis of over 100 clinical trials. Symptoms were not helped by placebo, except in instances of subjective symptoms or pain. Includes table.
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM200105243442106#t=article
Topics: 2001, Gotzsche, Hrobjartsson, pain, placebo, symptom, treatment
Posted in categories journal, medical, Off Site Article, table |
American Family Physician. Easy-to-read patient handout on the cause, diagnosis, and treatment of Babesia infections.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20010515/1976ph.html
Topics: 2001, Babesia, babesiosis, diagnosis, etiology, overview, symptom, treatment
Posted in categories journal, medical, Off Site Article |
Quintiles Transnational. Part of a presentation on tracking illness reports through insurance company claims, the report compares their figures for Lyme in 2000 with the reports of the CDC. Includes charts, maps.
http://energycommerce.house.gov/reparchives/107/hearings/11012001Hearing406/russell.pdf
Topics: 2001, borreliosis, CDC, epidemiology, government, Lyme, map, Quintiles
Posted in categories chart, map, Off Site Article, slide presentation |
CDC, 2002. Report of annual statistics for Lyme disease, and a discussion of the rate of actual cases compared to the reportable ones. Includes chart, image, map, table.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5317a4.htm
Topics: 2001, 2002, borreliosis, CDC, epidemiology, government, Lyme, statistics, surveillance
Posted in categories chart, government, image, map, medical, news, Off Site Article, report, table |
American Family Physician. An overview of the spread, symptoms, and treatment of Babesia microti, a protozoal tick-borne disease. Includes images, tables.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20010515/1969.html
Topics: 2001, Babesia, coinfection, epidemiology, microti, Mylonakis, overview, symptom, treatment
Posted in categories image, journal, medical, Off Site Article, table |
Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience. Children with Lyme disease received neuropsychological testing to determine cognitive deficits. Includes tables.
http://neuro.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/reprint/13/4/500
Topics: 2001, borreliosis, children, cognitive, encephalopathy, Fallon, Jones, Keilp, Liebowitz, Lyme, neuroborreliosis, Rissenberg, symptom, Tager
Posted in categories journal, medical, Off Site Article, table |
Infection and Immunity. This study examines one way in which Borrelia resist the immune system’s defenses. Includes chart, images.
http://iai.asm.org/cgi/reprint/69/6/3685
Topics: 2001, afzelii, Alitalo, Borrelia, borreliosis, burgdorferi, chemistry, Finland, garinii, Heikkila, Ilkka, immune, Jokiranta, Lyme, Meri, Oksi, Ramo, Seppala, Viljanen
Posted in categories chart, image, journal, medical, Off Site Article |
Weill Cornell Medical College. An overview of Lyme to date, with emphasis on skin manifestations, the differential diagnosis, and treatment protocols. Includes charts, images, and maps.
http://www.hss.edu/professional-conditions_13650.asp#Definition
Topics: 2001, antibiotics, borreliosis, diagnosis, ELISA, erythema, Lyme, Magid, overview, rash, skin, treatment, western blot
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Weill Cornell College of Medicine, 2001, audio and transcript. After a brief look at the history of Lyme, Bass discusses neuroborreliosis, its symptoms, testing strategies and challenges, and treatment.
http://www.hss.edu/professional-conditions_13468.asp
Topics: 2001, antibiotics, Bass, borreliosis, ceftriaxone, ELISA, encephalopathy, Europe, history, immune, IV, Lyme, meningitis, neuroborreliosis, PCR, persistence, symptom, test, treatment, US, western blot
Posted in categories audio, lecture, medical, Off Site Article, transcript, video |
New England Journal of Medicine. This randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled study examined 78 seropositive and 51 seronegative patients who had previously received about 30 days of IV ceftriaxone for Lyme disease, but still had symptoms. Includes charts, tables.
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/reprint/345/2/85.pdf
Topics: 2001, antibiotics, borreliosis, chronic, Evans, Hu, IV, Johnson, Klempner, Kosinski, Levy, Lyme, McCall, neuroborreliosis, Norton, Schmid, symptom, treatment, Trevino, Wall, Weinstein
Posted in categories chart, journal, medical, Off Site Article, table |