This tick borne disease, a result of forest mismanagement, is sharply on the rise. But medicine still hasn't worked out how best to diagnose it, let alone treat it. ...
The incidence of new cases of Lyme disease has doubled in the US since 1991, according to the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
What is Lyme disease? Although the world’s attention was riveted on a small cluster of SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) cases last year, it is Lyme disease (LD) that is considered one of the fastest-growing illnesses in the world.
One small study has had remarkable success with a rare type of cat’s claw (Uncaria tomentosa). The benefits of most types of cat’s claw are counteracted by tetracyclic oxindole alkaloids (TOA), which prevent the most active compounds,