RIP Dr. Willy Burgdorfer: Scientific Community in Mourning
The discoverer of the spirochete that causes Lyme disease passed away yesterday, November 17, 2014. In 1982, researcher Willy Burgdorfer, a researcher and expert in spirochetal diseases at Rocky...
View ArticleIncreasing Evidence Points to Major Role Birds Have in Spreading Lyme Disease
Back in 2010, Yale reported the increasing evidence that pointed to migratory birds spreading Lyme disease not just between states but around the world. A team led by School of Public Health...
View ArticleHas Columbia University’s Lyme Research Center Sold Out to IDSA?
In 2003 the excitement was contagious. For so many thousands of people suffering with chronic Lyme disease there was finally hope on the horizon. Although the Lyme Research Center would not open...
View ArticleSave That Tick and Get it Tested for Lyme Disease!
Can you even tell what kind of tick is in the picture? It is a deer tick (larvae) and it is already infectious. Yes, it has been recently discovered that ticks become infected by their mother. Also,...
View ArticleThe Integrity of Advanced Lab Services
Until early 2012 there was no reliable diagnostic test beyond what is mentioned above. However as of 8/1/2012, a blood culture boasting 99% accuracy (later adjusted to 94% based on comparison testing...
View ArticleLyme Disease MSIDS History in the Making
Momentum is slowly changing as more and more esteemed medical doctors stand up for the dilemma patients struggle with to find compassionate treatment for their chronic Lyme disease, or as it is now...
View ArticleStudies Show Lyme Disease Persists After Antibiotic Treatment
Yes, that is a picture of Dr. Alan Steere, one of the three doctors at Yale who discovered Lyme back in 1979. So much has happened in the last three decades, but it took less than 10 years for...
View ArticleGovernor Cuomo Signs Pro-Lyme Disease Bill Into Law
The State of New York has gotten something right. A new law has been passed in New York protecting Lyme doctors from persecution thanks to the New York State Legislature, strong Lyme activism under...
View ArticleBest Antibiotics to Combat “Persisters” in Lyme Disease According to New Study
What is a Lyme disease “persister”? Mounting evidence that shows Borrelia (Lyme disease) to remain active and continue to cause painful and debilitating symptoms even after antibiotic treatment has...
View ArticleDeadly Bourbon Virus; a New Co-Infection of Lyme Disease
A Kansas farmer, John Seested, age 68, died in June, 2014 after testing negative for all tick-borne illnesses, The Fort Scott Tribune reported. Still, tick-borne illnesses was listed among three...
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