Lyme Disease: Testing, Prophylaxis, and Treatment Lyme Disease: Testing, Prophylaxis, and Treatment
From what to do when a patient presents with a tick, to which antibiotic to select for treatment.Medscape Family Medicine (Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines - June 4, 2021 Category: Primary Care Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Commentary Source Type: news
Babesiosis, a dangerous tick-borne infection that attacks red blood cells, appears to be a growing problem
The disease is most often caused by the tiny parasites and transmitted to humans in warmer months by deer ticks — the same ones that spread Lyme disease. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - May 29, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Abby Alten Schwartz Source Type: news
Man says his legs looked like a'zombie' after two tick bites gave him different diseases
Don Murry Grubbs, from White House, Tennessee was diagnosed with two tick-borne illnesses - Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever - after being bitten by two different ticks. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 28, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Trista Sutter ’s husband Ryan reveals his mystery illness is Lyme disease
The former “Bachelorette” winner has Lyme disease that was triggered by high levels of mold in his body, he shared on wife Trista... (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 25, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
UMD awarded funds to head off tick-borne infection before it begins
(University of Maryland) The University of Maryland (UMD) received funding from the Steven& Alexandra Cohen Foundation to develop novel therapeutic strategies to stop infection from Lyme disease pathogens before it begins. Unlike traditional antibiotics that attack the pathogen directly and put it on the defensive, UMD is exploring antimicrobials that would interfere with the pathogen on a biomolecular level to inhibit it from causing an infection in the first place. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - May 13, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Lyme disease symptoms: How common is lyme disease in the UK?
LYME DISEASE is an infection spread by ticks and is potentially life-threatening. How common is lyme disease in the UK? (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - May 9, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
‘Ticks Surprise Us:’ 2021 May Be Big Lyme Disease Year
This winter was one of the warmest on record, and lingering summer heat could add weeks of outdoor activity to animals that carry ticks, which thrive in hot, humid conditions. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - May 8, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
2021 May Be Big Lyme Disease Year 2021 May Be Big Lyme Disease Year
For the first time, Lyme disease-carrying ticks -- typically associated with woodlands in New England and other forested regions of the US -- have been found in abundance near beaches in Northern California, new research shows.WebMD Health News (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - May 8, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Lyme Disease Pathogen Present in Ticks Near the Coast
In Northern California, the proportion of ticks infected with the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi was the same in shrubland along beaches as in woodland habitats. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - April 26, 2021 Category: Science Tags: News & Opinion Source Type: news
Study finds Lyme-carrying ticks next to beaches and ‘pretty much wherever we looked’
"I don’t think we were expecting to find many ticks, but we did, and we found heaps of ticks in big numbers. And they’re infected with diseases," the study's lead author said. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - April 25, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Paulina Firozi Source Type: news
Phage-Targeting PCR Test Picks Up Early Lyme Disease Phage-Targeting PCR Test Picks Up Early Lyme Disease
Promising data show that a viral gene in the Lyme disease-causing bacteria can distinguish between early and late infection.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Rheumatology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Rheumatology Headlines - April 15, 2021 Category: Rheumatology Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Columbia establishes treatment center, clinical trials network for Lyme disease
(Columbia University Irving Medical Center) With a $16 million gift from the Steven& Alexandra Cohen Foundation, Columbia will open a center for Lyme and other tick-borne diseases this summer, offering patients specialized care and expanding research at a national level. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - March 30, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
New study predicts changing Lyme disease habitat across the West Coast
(The Translational Genomics Research Institute) The findings of a recent analysis conducted by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope, suggest that ecosystems suitable for harboring ticks that carry debilitating Lyme disease could be more widespread than previously thought in California, Oregon and Washington. Bolstering the research were the efforts of an army of " citizen scientists " who collected and submitted 18,881 ticks over nearly three years. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - March 16, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Five herbal medicines potent against tick-borne disease babesiosis in lab, says new study
(TellMed Strategies) Bay Area Lyme Foundation, a leading sponsor of Lyme disease research in the U.S., today announced the publication of new data finding that five herbal medicines had potent activity compared to commonly-used antibiotics in test tubes against Babesia duncani, a malaria-like parasite found on the West Coast of the U.S. that causes the disease babesiosis. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - March 9, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Lyme disease misinterpreted as child abuse - Pan T, Nasreddine A, Trivellas M, Hennrikus WL.
Child abuse is one of the most common causes for child fatality in the United States. Inaccurate reporting of child abuse combined with scarcity of resources for child abuse evaluations can lead to unintended consequences for children and their families. T... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 4, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
