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June 2nd, 2014 CHCH TV Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Protecting your pet from Lyme disease is often not discussed enough. Watch TV segment
According to new research, Lyme disease could be older than the human race. The news was recently announced by scientists from Oregon State University, who studied a piece of amber that is estimated to be between 15 and 20 million years old. Inside the amber lies the fossilized remains of Borrelia – a spirochete-like bacteria…
Advocates for people with Lyme disease want public health agencies to take a more aggressive stance in treating the tick-carried disease early, before it leads to later health complications. With summer weather arriving, Ottawa Public Health is again warning the public to watch out for signs of Lyme disease, an infection caused by Borrelia burgdorferi,…
FREDERICTON – Researchers from Mount Allison University have begun dragging for ticks in different parks and forests throughout New Brunswick, looking to test the ticks for Lyme disease. Dr. Vett Lloyd, a professor of biology at the university, was diagnosed with the disease three years ago. “I was paralyzed in half my body, so it…
By Christian M. Wade Statehouse Reporter The Eagle Tribune Sat May 24, 2014, 12:07 AM EDT BOSTON – Lyme disease patients who suffer chronic symptoms look to long-term antibiotics for help, but often they lose support of insurers who are only willing to pay for short-term treatment. Rep. Theodore Speliotis, D-Danvers, has tried for nearly a…
ARLINGTON, Va., May 23, 2014 PRNewswire Lyme activists, who have the Infectious Diseases Society of America headquarters surrounded and under siege, issued a call for a Congressional Investigation of corruption within the CDC, IDSA, and the vaccine industry. According to Lyme researcher and activist, Carl Tuttle, “An investigation is long overdue. The conflicts of interest…
The HHS Working Group on Lyme and Other Tickborne Diseases invites you to listen to the archived webinar with experts scientists that took place on May 22, 2014. Listen to Dr. Stephen Barthold, Dr. Linda Bockenstedt, Dr. Monica Embers, Dr. Adriana Marques, and Dr. Linden Hu give their presentations and answer questions from individuals who were…
B. Sharma, A. Brown, K. Lewis; Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA Lyme disease, caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, is the most common vector-borne infection in North America and Europe. In 10-20% of cases, patients develop chronic Lyme disease after completing antibiotic treatment. The cause of these chronic symptoms is, however, poorly understood. We have previously…
ECCMID Spain, May 10-13th, 2014 Fritsche T.R.; Marti T.N.; Schotthoefer A.M.; Uphoff T.S OBJECTIVES: To establish benchmark prevalence rates of tick-borne diseases (Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Ehrlichia spp., and Babesia microti) post-introduction of nucleic acid amplification assays in an endemic region of the upper Midwestern USA. Expanding distribution of the tick vectors Ixodes scapularis and, to a lesser…
By Jamie Komarnicki, Calgary Herald May 20, 2014 7:28 PM With the number of confirmed Lyme disease cases rising in Alberta, the provincial government is going into the field for the first time to try to get a handle on whether the ticks that can transmit the bacteria to humans are surviving through the winter….
Paul Weyer hasn’t kissed his wife since November 2012. It’s not that Paul doesn’t want to kiss his wife, Tara, it’s simply that he doesn’t want to spread Babesia and the other tick-borne diseases he’s been fighting for the past two years. Weyer was born and grew up in Barrie with his five siblings in…
[CanLyme note: Medical boards are very good at skirting these laws by going into a Lyme doctor’s practice on trumped-up complaints that make it look like Lyme disease was not the reason for the investigation. It is now incumbant upon Lyme advocacy groups to monitor for this abuse of the medical profession’s privilege to self-police so that…
From the Lyme Disease Association of Alberta (LDAA) … The month of MAY has been officially declared LYME AWARNESS MONTH in Calgary by Major Naheed Nenshi! See attached pictures of the official proclamation! You can be sure that with your help, we will work hard to have this happen in other Albertan cities next May!…
Lyme disease might be the real culprit By: Melissa Martin, Winnipeg Free Press, from April 15th, 2010 Fact: Manitoba has one of the highest rates of multiple sclerosis in the country. Or do we just think we do? In a recent thesis, Winnipeg researcher Kathleen Crang found that some Manitobans diagnosed with MS and other chronic…
CTV’s medical specialist Avis Favaro reports on the painful side effects of undiagnosed Lyme disease in Canada and the link to child arthritis. Dr. Robbin Lindsay from the National Microbiology Laboratory speaks. Prompt and thorough tick checks are required. Watch CTV News
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