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Fri, Jul 26: Black-legged ticks are crawling into parts of Ontario. Marianne Dimain reports Watch Global News story
Testing in Canada is not good, the government of Ontario is well aware of that fact yet they imposed the same old criteria on the province. Go to https://odjradio.com/outdoor-journal-july-20-2013/ and scroll down to where you see Podcast. Select download which gives you an audio player. Once it is up and ready to play move the player…
July 3, 2013 – A team of scientists at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University has discovered why long-term treatment with many common antibiotics can cause harmful side effects — and they have uncovered two easy strategies that could help prevent these dangerous responses. They reported the results in the July…
Authors: Karmacharya P, Aryal MR Location: Department of Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA 19611, United States. Citation: World J Cardiol 2013(May); 5(5): 148-150. DOI: 10.4330/wjc.v5.i5.148 Although Lyme carditis is relatively rare within 4-6 wk of exposure, it can uncommonly present as the first sign of disseminated Lyme disease. Here we present 17 year…
On April 13th, 2013, a one day Think Tank was held for the medical professionals at the BC Women’s Hospital invloved with the Complex Chronic disease Program headed by Medical Director, Dr. Alison Bested. Here are YouTube presentations of each of the presenters at the symposium; 1) Dr. Alison Bested’s opening remarks including the introduction…
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…
Two Hamilton-area women are among the growing number of Canadians with Lyme disease paying tens of thousands of dollars to get antibiotics in the United States because of a rift in the medical community over how to diagnose and treat the infection. “It’s a very controversial topic,” said Dr. Michael Gardam, director of infection prevention…
By Mark McNeil The Hamilton area is facing an infestation of brown dog ticks and health authorities are worried an influx of Lyme disease-causing ticks will follow. “Lyme disease is on the radar,” says Susan Harding-Cruz, manager of the vector-borne disease program for Hamilton’s public health department. “We are on the lookout for black-legged ticks…
Planning an outdoor vacation? Beware of the “ticking time bomb” – blood-sucking parasites spreading Lyme disease with potentially devastating consequences. The infectious disease is easier to get than you think and no one is immune, yet too little is being done, says Rossana Magnotta, CEO of Magnotta Winery. “You’ve got to protect yourself and your…
Albertans have been asked to keep their eyes peeled for a little black bug over the next few months, one that likes to hitch a ride on your canine companion. The Alberta government has recently expanded its tick surveillance program, asking individuals to submit ticks they find to the nearest participating environmental public health office,…
Calgary’s Langevin Bridge will turn green Saturday night to raise awareness for Lyme disease. The first World Lyme Disease Day was held on May 11th and landmarks across Canada have been joining in on the awareness efforts by turning on green lights. The CN Tower went green last Saturday and Niagara Falls will go green…
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1549 Abstract: Case definitions for European Lyme disease have been published. However, multiple erythema migrans may pose a diagnostic challenge. Therefore, we retrospectively reviewed the clinical and serological findings and response to therapy in a cohort of consecutive 54 patients with PCR-confirmed erythema migrans, referred to a university dermatology clinic. The proportion of patients…
Black-legged ticks are already notorious bad guys known for spreading Lyme disease. Now the nasty little creatures are making people sick by spreading a new and little-known bacteria similar to the germ that causes Lyme disease. There have been no reports of north state residents being sickened by the tick’s bite, even though the Borrelia…
N Engl J Med 2013; 368:291-293January 17, 2013DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1215469 To the Editor: Borrelia miyamotoi, a spirochete that is genetically related to the species of borrelia that cause relapsing fever, has been detected in all tick species that are vectors of Lyme disease.1,2 It was detected in Ixodes scapularis ticks from Connecticut in 2001 and subsequently…
Here you can read the letter from Dr. Strang at, Strang MLA’s/MP’s followed below by a copy of our reply that was also sent to all Nova Scotia politicians, federal and provincial. Dr. Strang acted in a manner that is contrary to the principles of open science in that he deliberately did not mention the…
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