Dr. Daniel Cameron

Do Antibiotics Work for Lyme Disease? Evidence and Studies Antibiotics for Lyme disease are widely used, but an important question remains: do they help patients who present primarily with non-specific symptoms? An article entitled “Antibiotic treatment in patients that present with solely non-specific symptoms and positive serology at a Lyme centre,” published in the European

Flaws in Lyme Disease Clinical Trials: ALDF Article Critiqued Debate continues over whether persistent symptoms after Lyme disease treatment may reflect ongoing infection. An article from the American Lyme Disease Foundation (ALDF) argues that clinical trials show no evidence of persistent infection, but important limitations of those trials are often overlooked. Dr. Phillip Baker, former

Is Suppressing Immunity Harmful to Lyme Disease Patients? Some Lyme disease patients take medications that suppress the immune system to treat autoimmune or inflammatory diseases. But does suppressing immunity worsen Lyme disease? A study examining Lyme disease patients receiving tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) inhibitors found these individuals were more likely to develop complications and treatment

Are Lyme Disease Symptoms Misdiagnosed as Psychosomatic? Lyme disease symptoms are sometimes dismissed as psychosomatic when laboratory tests are inconclusive. But according to psychiatrist Robert Bransfield, MD, this labeling reflects deeper problems in how clinicians diagnose complex multisystem illnesses. Lyme disease is sometimes misdiagnosed when symptoms are complex, fluctuate over time, or involve both neurologic