Laurie Martin

While the journal authors acknowledge that field studies indicate confirmed endemic areas or potential, future risk areas for ticks has grown from 1 region in 1997 to 13 regions in 2006, the authors minimize the growing concern of tick-borne illness in Canada. They point to the minor number of reported cases. In 2013, 500 cases were reported in Canada.  However, the number of reported Lyme disease […]

Guest Blog By Jennifer Bybel Lown,  Nurse Practitioner Dr. Daniel Cameron & Associates While Lyme disease isn’t necessarily rare, it is a less understood disease, surrounded by conflicting information. And, one in which, all too frequently, family members seem to be more knowledgeable than medical professionals. We recently treated a patient who had been sick

If the FDA gets its way, physicians would only have access to diagnostic tests for tick borne diseases that are FDA approved.  This would eliminate “specialty labs,” and severely restrict a clinicians ability to diagnose Lyme disease, as well as other tick-borne co-infections. This is a dangerous move in a period when we’re seeing an

A read of the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS) 2014 evidence based guidelines says otherwise.  The ILADS guidelines focus on the risk of poor outcomes such as chronic neurologic Lyme disease, Lyme encephalopathy, and post-Lyme disease syndrome. The ILADS guidelines highlight the poor evidence using the Institute of Medicine’s recommended evidence grading system.  The

Fibromyalgia and Lyme disease symptoms can include muscle pain, fatigue, sleep disturbances, gastrointestinal complaints, difficulty concentrating, headaches and temperature, light and sound sensitivities. Women are also more likely to be diagnosed with the condition. According to the National Institutes of Health, between 80% and 90% of people diagnosed with fibromyalgia are women. The treatments, unfortunately, are not

The task force by Executive Order must submit an action plan by February 15, 2015, outlining specific steps on how to implement a national strategy to combat antibiotic resistance and accelerate research and development on new antibiotics by 2020. The task force will be led by the secretaries of Health and Human Services, the Department

The task force by Executive Order must submit an action plan by February 15, 2015, outlining specific steps on how to implement a national strategy to combat antibiotic resistance and accelerate research and development on new antibiotics by 2020. The task force will be led by the secretaries of Health and Human Services, the Department

Congratulations are also in order for Congressman Chris Smith, NJ for all his years of support and work on making this bill. Congressman Sean Maloney, NY and Wolf, VA are to be thanked for their leadership as well.  Steve Bulger, District Director, Congressman Chris, Gibson – NY 19th CD, 518-610-8133 (office) Thanks are also in order

Over the past five years, the number of black-legged ticks (Ixodes scapularis), also known as deer ticks, in Ohio has exploded, and in turn, caused the number of reported Lyme disease cases to double, according to a new study conducted by Ohio State University and the Ohio Department of Health. [1] The authors in the

One study found that more than 1/3 of patients with chronic neurologic Lyme disease suffered from depression, in addition to fatigue, headaches, poor concentration, lightheadedness, and joint pain. While depression is not uncommon in patients with chronic illness, it does seem to be more prevalent among patients with Lyme disease, according to Dr. Robert Bransfield,