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The Need for Clinical Judgment in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Lyme Disease

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Abstract Clinical practice guidelines are increasing in number. Unfortunately, when scientific evidence is uncertain, limited, or evolving, as is often the case, conflict often arises between guideline committees and practicing physicians, who bear the direct responsibility for the care of individual patients. The 2006 Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines for Lyme disease, which have…

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United States : CDC Refuses to End Preferential Treatment of IDSA Lyme Guidelines in Response to Citizen Petition Patient advocates cite CDC/IDSA conflicts of interest

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“Fries says, “It’s unacceptable that when a federal government agency is presented with evidence of improprieties, the official response is to confirm the improprieties and indicate they will continue.” Now what will the government of Canada do considering their commitment to open government.  Will they insist Bill C-442 be followed with the good faith intended…

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Dr. Judith Miklossy – Video on (Lyme disease) neuroborreliosis relative to Alzheimer’s Disease

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Published on Oct 19, 2014 Judith Miklossy, PhD, held a very interesting presentation at the NorVect Conference 2014. In particular she looked at the connection between Lyme disease and Alzheimer´s disease. Here is an excerpt. All presentations from the NorVect conference can be watched in full length at www.norvect.no Judith was a founding Board member…

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Watch interview of Prof Ying Zhang on Borrelia persisters

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Interview with Prof. Ying Zhang at the NorVect Conference 2015   Published on Sep 29, 2015 Prof Ying Zhang from John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health explains why Lyme disease is so difficult to treat. Having worked with Tuberculosis (TB) for many years, he sees the similarities and differences between these to bacteria. With…

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Belleville, Ontario, Canada: Lyme Disease a concern for Health Unit as more ticks test positive

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Belleville News by Steve Petrick Nov 30th, 2015 Belleville – As a real estate agent in Centre Hastings, Steve Bancroft spends a fair bit of time walking around rural properties. These days, he always makes sure to tuck in his clothing so it’s covering his skin. He’s concerned about ticks and, more specifically, the disease…

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Nova Scotia: Shelburne-area family recounts struggle with Lyme disease

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SHELBURNE  – People hear about Lyme disease protection every year, about how to avoid a tick bite and the signs that one should watch out for.  But what happens when Lyme disease is contracted? One teenager in Shelburne County struggled for a year with the disease and in some ways continues to struggle. When Hannah…

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CanLyme director responds to Canadian Medical Association Journal commentary.

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Counter Points —  Robert G. Murray, Director, CanLyme.com The commentary from Dr. Dan Gregson et al. signals that there will be no change in the medical community in the treatment of Lyme disease and attitudes around it despite all the hopes of the public and politicians after the passage of Bill C-442. The Canadian testing…

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Response to Canadian Medical Association Journal Lyme practice scenario

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Re: Decisions; A 35-year-old man with a positive Lyme test result from a private laboratory Debra L. Fraleigh, Co-founder Ontario Lyme Alliance This fictional practice case scenario needs to have some modicum of realism if it is intended to be useful to inform diagnostic and treatment decisions. The patient, who believes he could have Lyme…

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Canada: President’s Newsbrief – Ontario College of Family Physicians

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[CanLyme Note: CanLyme is pleased to see the Ontario of College of Family Physicians is raising awareness about Lyme disease and that they recognize the difficulties of both diagnostics and treatment. There remains considerable work to do to build an infrastructure for both physicians and patients so that this rapidly expanding disease can be appropriately…

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United Kingdom: Phil Wilson MP: Spreading the word about Lyme [now a pandemic globally]

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Tuesday – 15 September 2015 AS an MP, I am continuously learning. Every week constituents come to me with a range of problems, some of which I am know about, others, however, are completely new to me. Recently, a constituent came to me about her daughter who suffered from Lyme disease. I will be honest:…

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Consumer Reports: Tick danger in autumn (also effective and safe tick repellents)

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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…

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N.L. woman who beat Lyme disease now researching illness in U.S.

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Krista Hewlett forced to quit medical school due to condition   A Newfoundland woman who battled Lyme disease for four years is now on the cutting edge of researching the condition in the United States. Krista Hewlett is currently a research associate at a clinic in Connecticut doing integrated medical treatment of Lyme disease. But…

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Forbes: Lyme Deaths From Heart Inflammation Likely Worse Than We Thought

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September 4th, 2015 Lyme disease and other tick-borne infections are skyrocketing. In western Pennsylvania, where I work, Lyme increased 25% just between 2013 and 2014, with Butler County having 412 cases and Allegheny County chalking up a record 822 cases last year. And where I vacation, in Maine, the rate of Lyme in 2014 was…

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Global TV – Lyme disease tests may not be accurate for some Canadians – Patients worried

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[CanLyme Note: The Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Canada (AMMI) failed to point out that there is no ‘gold standard serology’ for Lyme disease. The only standard is American ‘surveillance criteria’ that were never intended for establishing whether or not to treat clinical cases of Lyme disease. The US surveillance criteria were established in…

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Toronto: Drawings depict horrors of Lyme disease, artist calls for better testing and treatment

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written by Bruce Wark   Montreal artist Donna Jacobs is hoping her charcoal drawings soon to be on display at The Cabbagetown Arts Festival in Toronto, previously on gallery exhibit at Parrsboro’s Main & Station, July 15th-28th, will raise awareness about the horrors of Lyme disease as well as the urgent need for improved diagnosis…