By Thomas M. Grier, M.S. © Ever wonder how the Lyme spirochete gets around in the human body? This is the question that Dr. Mark Klempner, M.D. asked himself, and was able to help elucidate at the 1996 LDF Conference in Boston. The Lyme bacteria has been isolated from nearly every organ, and every tissue […]

Editorial by Thomas M. Grier, M.S. © Hello, In 1996 I gave a talk on neurological Lyme disease to the Upper Peninsula Michigan Health Department. A large part of that talk was about quinolinic acid, a neuro-toxin that is produced in both Lyme patients and M.S. patients as a result of macrophage activation in the […]

By Thomas M. Grier, M.S. © Wouldn’t it be nice if, when you’re on safari and you’re charged by a man-eating lion, you knew your gun was loaded with live ammo instead of blanks? I’d like to feel that way when I think about antibiotic treatment of Lyme disease. But what if we’re just shooting […]

By Thomas M. Grier, M.S. © Recently after the July floods in Hermantown, MN near Duluth, many people in the region experienced severe diarrhea, possibly from the contamination of well water. None suffered from this condition more so than our singer in our band. For over a week she took her probiotic capsules only to […]