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Aug. 25th, 2015 Melinda Wenner Moyer The growing global battle against blood-sucking ticks On a balmy day in late June, Scott Williams waits for a white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) to fall asleep. Williams, a wildlife biologist with the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven, has just transferred the animal from a trap to…
By Jim Moodie, The Sudbury Star, August 26th, 2015 The city is experiencing a minor rash of Lyme-carrying ticks, any one of which could cause a major rash to form on the skin of an infected person. On Tuesday, the Sudbury and District Health Unit reported two blacklegged ticks had tested positive for the Lyme disease…
[CanLyme note: Medical research should be of the highest standard of all research, but in many cases the opposite is true. A good example is the Infectious Disease Society of America and their published material. Much of it is no more than opinion, not reproducible, and certainly not worthy of publication yet they get broad coverage…
Meghan Roberts, CTV Winnipeg Published Sunday, August 23, 2015 9:23PM CST A Winnipeg man says he travelled to New York State to get treatment for his chronic Lyme disease. Richard Underwood joined the Canadian Forces in 2007 as a teen. He believes that’s when he contracted the disease. Black-legged ticks, also known as deer ticks,…
It starts with a tick bite. This may be followed by the characteristic bullseye rash. And then the other symptoms of Lyme disease appear. Fever, fatigue, body aches, and headaches can all set in. For most patients diagnosed with Lyme disease, the symptoms fade as the infection is cleared following a course of antibiotics. But…
Diagnostic Considerations – Other psychiatric illnesses – Anatomic lesions – Metabolic illnesses – Endocrine disordersInfectious illnesses – Miscellaneous disorders – Vitamin deficiency …”Many infectious illnesses, such as influenza, Lyme disease, hepatitis C, and any of the encephalitides (particularly those caused by the herpesviruses), can cause mental status changes such as depression, anxiety, irritability, or…
Published online Aug. 6th, 2015 ABSTRACT Lyme disease (LD) is the world’s leading tick borne infection caused by the spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb). This infection is a global health concern and is associated with numerous cardiologic, dermatologic, rheumatologic neurologic, and psychiatric manifestations (Bratton et al., 2008). Only a few epidemiologic studies have evaluated the frequency…
[CanLyme note: CanLyme has no evidence to support the insinuation of the Entomological Society of America in the last sentence of their statement that there may have been “intentional” introduction of tick-borne diseases.] July 29th, 2015 The Entomological Society of America (ESA) strongly supports building a national strategy using Integrated Tick Management (ITM) to better control…
[CanLyme note: They forgot Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates, and others including professional golfers and baseball players.] Lyme disease, the most common tick-borne illness in the United States, can be a devastating condition, leading to serious health issues like arthritis and neurological disorders. Several celebrities have reportedly been diagnosed with the disease; some, like…
[CanLyme note: The researchers acknowledge in their paper that their findings are limited to doxycycline, alone, at their prescribed dosages. The paper adds to the long list of articles that substantiate chronic persistent Lyme Disease beyond short term antibiotics and continued benefit while antibiotics are present.] John R. Caskey, Monica E. Embers ABSTRACT Doxycycline is a…
[CanLyme Note: The tell-tale “bull’s eye” rash seldom occurs. Of those 17 children in Nova Scotia with confirmed Lyme Disease, only 18% had a rash of any kind. Current research indicates only a “small subset” of the various strains of borrelia bacteria that cause Lyme disease will cause any rash. Read here.] August 9th, 2015 Erin…
By Courtesy University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine Aug 5, 2015 Most horses in the Mid-Atlantic region show evidence of exposure toBorrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. The majority of exposed horses do not develop clinical signs of disease. However, a small number of infected horses will develop disease of the nervous…
[CanLyme note: We invite your review of the below article (free PDF of study can be accessed in the link below). Comments on study design, methodology, the questionnaire, data sourcing, and conclusions drawn, are invited. Add your review in our comments section. Also, how do you believe this information will be used by medical bureaucrats…
July 29th, 2015 More than 600 cases of Lyme disease were reported in Canada in 2013 – a number that’s expected to rise to 10,000 in the next five years. Jim Wilson, president of the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation (CanLyme), says global warming may be the reason so many ticks are moving to areas they…
[CanLyme note: The argument to market a vaccine anytime soon is weak. Until many eyes have had a chance to review the data, primarily including the patient’s experts, no vaccine should be introduced… and if it is, it will fail because of broken trust.] Published on Jul 30, 2015 A Lyme disease vaccine is no…
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