Sunday 15 December 2013

Vitamin D status and ill health: a systematic review : The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

Vitamin D status and ill health: a systematic review : The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

Vitamin D status and ill health: a systematic review : The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

http://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587%2813%2970165-7/abstract

Low serum concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) have been associated with many non-skeletal disorders. However, whether low 25(OH)D is the cause or result of ill health is not known. We did a systematic search of prospective and intervention studies that assessed the effect of 25(OH)D concentrations on non-skeletal health outcomes in individuals aged 18 years or older

Infection and Autoimmunity - Volume 12, Number 3—March 2006 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal - CDC

Infection and Autoimmunity - Volume 12, Number 3—March 2006 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal - CDC

The editors boldly state that reading the chapters in this book brings one to the conclusion that all autoimmune diseases are infectious, until proven otherwise (my paraphrase). Add environmental triggers to the mix, and most investigators would agree.

Isolation of Clostridium perfringens Type B in an I... [PLoS One. 2013] - PubMed - NCBI

Isolation of Clostridium perfringens Type B in an I... [PLoS One. 2013] - PubMed


Researchers have identified a bacterial toxin that they believe may be a trigger for multiple sclerosis (MS).

Monday 9 December 2013

You absolutely cannot be healthy any more – it’s official | Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

You absolutely cannot be healthy any more – it’s official | Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

This guy writes really well on health issues

I have been waiting for some time now before it became officially impossible to be healthy. In recent years the boundaries of health have been inexorably squeezed tighter and tighter. Recently, they snapped shut. The land of the healthy now no longer exists. Tis but a memory.
I wondered if it would be cholesterol that would obliterate health first, but it turned out to be blood pressure. This was pretty much second favourite in my book.
As with many areas of ‘health’ the definition of a healthy blood pressure has fallen and fallen. A few years ago we had go to the stage of a condition known as pre-hypertension. A state of having a high blood pressure that wasn’t really high, but represented an ill-defined danger of some sort. This pressure was set at 115/75mmHg. Far lower than the average blood pressure in the Western World.

Bartonella is Everywhere, So Why Don’t We Know More About It? | North Carolina Health News

Bartonella is Everywhere, So Why Don’t We Know More About It? | North Carolina Health News

Vectors of Bartonella infections include fleas, body lice, and sand flies.

Sunday 1 December 2013

People with CFS to benefit from Griffith’s National Centre for Neuroimmunology and Emerging Diseases

People with CFS to benefit from Griffith’s National Centre for Neuroimmunology and Emerging Diseases

Microbiome | Full text | Stool substitute transplant therapy for the eradication of Clostridium difficile infection: "RePOOPulating" the gut

Microbiome | Full text | Stool substitute transplant therapy for the eradication of Clostridium difficile infection: "RePOOPulating" the gut

BMC Medicine | Full text | Venous endothelial injury in central nervous system diseases

BMC Medicine | Full text | Venous endothelial injury in central nervous system diseases

The role of the venous system in the pathogenesis of inflammatory neurological/neurodegenerative diseases remains largely unknown and underinvestigated.

Genomic Test Accurately Sorts Viral vs. Bacterial Infections | Duke Global Health Institute

Genomic Test Accurately Sorts Viral vs. Bacterial Infections | Duke Global Health Institute

A blood test developed by researchers at Duke Medicine showed more than 90-percent accuracy in distinguishing between viral and bacterial infections when tested in people with respiratory illnesses.

Woods Study