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Summary and Opinion on Bill C-442, “An Act respecting a National Lyme Disease Strategy” Lyme disease (borreliosis) can be contracted in any part of Canada through migratory birds that transplant ticks randomly. The ticks themselves are establishing populations more and more frequently across Canada with ever increasing rates of infection with Lyme disease. A national…
Listen to KPFA Flashpoints radio host, Dennis Bernstein, interview Canadian microbiologist Marianne Middelveen, and Dr. Ray Stricker discuss their research indicating Lyme Disease may be a sexually transmitted disease, not unlike it’s cousin, syphilis, another spirochaetal bacteria. Andy Abrahams Wilson speaks about the creation of his documentary ‘Under Our Skin’, that was shortlisted for an…
Microbiologist Tom Grier (MS-Lyme), and pathologist Dr. Alan MacDonald (Alzheimer’s-Lyme fame) were interviewed, Tuesday, January 28th, on KPFA 94.1 FM radio, Berkeley, California, by host Dennis Bernstein. Listen to the archived show at KPFA FM 94.1 Berkeley, CA radio
Host Dennis Bernstein interviews famous ‘Joy of Luck Club’ author Amy Tan about her struggles getting the diagnosis of Lyme Disease. Also, Dr. Steve Harris, the well known California Lyme Disease educated physician, is interviewed as well. Listen to Tan/Harris interview Very good interview and is only the beginning of more to come. The next show info is ……
POWERFUL PICTURES CAMPAIGN ~ LDAA~ The Vision: To make a compelling & inspiring video presentation made up of still pictures. These pictures will be of various people from around Alberta who have dealt with Lyme in some way; Patients, Caregivers, Family & Friends, anyone & everyone; all conveying a common message. Each person who participates…
By Rob Houle St. Catherines Standard Sunday, January 19, 2014 Matt Risi wants his life back. For the last 10 years, his health has been in a downward spiral. The bite of an insect that can be the size of the period at the end of this sentence altered his life. Risi has Lyme disease as…
Tuesday, 14 January 2014 09:59 By Jessica Bernstein “We’re here because this government has the resources to deal with the AIDS epidemic and they won’t do it unless we force them.” – ACT Up activist protesting the FDA,1988 “I am one of the 300,000 plus annual Lyme patients being ignored by the CDC and HMOs.” – Lyme disease…
CanLyme note: Listen to this scientist’s symptoms… unable to walk, crawling around house, then, look at what the American Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) calls these symptoms, “the aches and pains of daily living”… outrageous, yet Canadian doctors and labs are forced to follow the IDSA guidelines or risk their licence to practice.. Aberdeen…
DOCTORS and scientists are working to develop the first UK-wide campaign to tackle a chronic bacterial infection that has increased 1000% in Scotland over the past decade. Lyme disease can affect organs such as the heart and brain, resulting in a range of long-term ill-health, including vision and mobility problems. The multi-disciplinary team is being…
Re: “We’ve become a nation of Internet hypochondriacs,” Josh Freed, Opinion, Jan. 2. I take offence to Josh Freed’s sweeping comments about illnesses such as Lyme disease and the Internet creating a nation of hypochondriacs. My partner was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2005. He had classic MS symptoms, along with other symptoms I did…
…”Much of the contention and controversy with regard to Lyme disease centres on the Infectious Disease of America clinical practice guidelines referenced in the OMR article. Clearly, these guidelines need to be updated and revised.” Read full text
Release date- 09012014 – Leverkusen, – Nearly half of the world’s population is infected with at least one type of vector-borne disease (1). These diseases are transmitted from parasites to animals and humans, and have a significant impact on public health and our global economy. The economic impact of Lyme disease alone is estimated to…
By WILLIAM WEIR, bweir [at] courant [dot] com The Hartford Courant 10:06 p.m. EST, December 31, 2013 A series of fatal cases of Lyme disease in the Northeast, including one from Connecticut, have health officials on the lookout for a very rare complication of the tick-borne disease. The first fatality was in November 2012, when a Massachusetts resident…
By Daryl Vandenberg | September 12, 2013 | Smiling is something most of us take for granted, but for Shayna Jenny Van Dyke, the possibility of losing it is something she thinks of daily. She said when she’s having a relapse with her Lyme disease; numbness in her face is the first sign. In 2009 Lyme disease became a…
By Jennifer Frazer | December 28, 2013 The bacteria that cause syphilis and Lyme Disease have something extraordinary in common: they manage to propel themselves through their environment in spite of the fact their tails are located inside their bodies. For bacteria, they’re also unusually shaped and active. In this movie, you can see the bacteria that cause Lyme Disease moving like living, squirming cavatappi….
