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Sept 13th, 2015
CONSUMER REPORTS – You may think your risk of getting Lyme disease ends when the weather starts to cool, but by fall, adult ticks have had more time to become infected with disease-causing bacteria. In some areas, up to 50 percent of ticks can be infected with diseases such as Lyme, compared with only 20 percent in the summer. Consumer Reports tells you how to protect yourself.
ByJoanna Frketich The founder of an Ontario winery with area connections is working to create a research facility for Lyme disease with the hope it will one day test and treat patients. Rossana Di Zio Magnotta saw firsthand the lack of knowledge in Canada on how to diagnose and treat the debilitating disease as her…
This is related to all medical practice not just Lyme borreliosis. We have inserted our comments. “Patients have the right to decide on investigations and treatments (patient autonomy).” Properly informing the patient (captured from Canadian Medical Protective Association June 18th, 2018) Canadian legal judgments dealing with informed consent suggest the following interpretations: When possible…
On Thursday, February 27th, 2014 Elizabeth May’s office received a letter from the Canadian Medical Assocation president, Louis Hugo Francescutti, throwing their support behind Bill C-442. Earlier the College of Family Physicians of Canada had thrown their support behind the Bill as well. The Bill will be up for 1st reading and debate on Monday,…
Insects are emerging as the weather warms up and tick season has arrived March 25th, 2022 Now that warmer weather has arrived in the Central Okanagan, check yourself, your children and your pets if you’re out for a walk, bike or hike. Tick season is here, and although Lyme disease is rare in this part…
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2013 Mar 14. [Epub ahead of print] Fritz CL, Payne JR, Schwan TG. Source 1 Infectious Diseases Branch, Division of Communicable Disease Control, California Department of Public Health , Sacramento, California. Abstract Abstract Tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF) is endemic in mountainous regions of the western United States. In California, the…
David Leggett used to love the outdoors. He was a healthy, active, family man who enjoyed camping trips with his wife and two daughters.
