Dr. Daniel Cameron

Asian Longhorned Tick in New York: First Human Bite Raises Public Health Questions The Asian longhorned tick has officially been identified in New York following the first documented human bite in the United States. This discovery raises an important public health concern: emerging tick species may go unnoticed until human exposure occurs — a pattern […]

Tick Bite Risk in Military Personnel: Lessons from German Army Training Tick bite risk in military personnel is an underrecognized occupational hazard, particularly during field training in endemic regions. A study examining German military recruits evaluated how often tick bites occurred during basic training and whether complications followed. The authors found that “one out of

1H-MRS Early Lyme Neuroborreliosis: Brain Injury Missed by MRI 1H-MRS early Lyme neuroborreliosis may reveal neurologic damage that is not visible on standard MRI scans. This raises an important clinical concern: patients with Lyme disease symptoms can include neurologic complaints even when conventional imaging appears normal. The authors conducted a study to determine whether 1H-MRS

Lyme Disease Cardiac Problems: 19 Documented Complications Lyme disease cardiac problems extend far beyond the classic heart block presentation. A comprehensive literature review documents 19 distinct cardiac manifestations — from sinus arrest to ventricular flutter to cardiac arrest. The first reported case of exercise-inducible heart block demonstrates how physical stress can unmask hidden conduction abnormalities

Infected Deer Ticks Moving Into New York City Parks Infected deer ticks are moving into New York City parks, highlighting a growing urban risk for Lyme disease. There has been an “unprecedented increase in locally acquired cases in New York City,” writes VanAcker in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. In response, VanAcker and colleagues launched

Anchoring Bias Lyme Disease: When Diagnosis Goes Wrong Anchoring bias in Lyme disease can occur when clinicians fixate on an initial diagnosis and fail to adjust their thinking as new information emerges. Conversely, this same cognitive bias may also occur when Lyme disease is incorrectly diagnosed and the true underlying illness is missed. Aguirre and

Should Lyme Disease Be Added to the Causes of Vocal Cord Paralysis? Lyme disease vocal cord paralysis is an uncommon but clinically important presentation. Neurologic Lyme disease can affect the nerves controlling the vocal cords, leading to hoarseness, voice changes, or even loss of voice in some patients. In the Prevention article, doctors describe how

Lyme Literate Doctor: What Does It Really Take? What is a Lyme literate doctor? After 37 years treating Lyme disease, I’ve been asked this question countless times. The term is often used—sometimes dismissively—yet rarely defined with clinical precision. Baker argues in the American Journal of Medicine that Lyme disease conforms to the same principles as

Bourbon Virus Treatment: Potential Therapy Discovered Bourbon virus treatment has long been unavailable, as this rare tick-borne illness has no approved therapies. However, new research suggests that an existing antiviral drug may offer a potential path forward. In 2017, a 58-year-old woman from Missouri presented with generalized weakness, myalgia, nausea, and a rash after tick