Lyme Disease News

Under Our Skin , like most activist documentaries, isn't content to merely make its case and get out of the room.

Kevin Slater, 48, of Holme-on-Spalding Moor, suffered life-threatening Lyme Disease which developed into encephalitis - " inflammation of the brain that can cause brain damage, blindness and even death.

A TODDLER who was taken to hospital after a tick burrowed under his skin, ended up being treated by a vet.

What are the symptoms of late-stage Lyme disease complex? I use the term 'complex' because the spectrum of symptoms are most often caused by the Lyme germ, Borrelia burgdorferi, and other co-infecting pathogenic organisms the ticks carry and transmit.

The Sarasota County Health Department is issuing a tick-borne disease advisory in response to the identification of an individual who acquired Rocky Mountain spotted fever locally.

On Friday, October 23, 2009, Barbara Petitt, a former Registered Nurse took a few minutes following her therapy to share her story about Debbie Roberts and Massage & Fitness Professionals of the Treasure Coast.

The John Drulle M.D. Memorial Lyme Fund Inc. is holding its annual masquerade fundraiser from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Jenkinson's Pavilion.

The Historic District Commission denied a request for garden fencing at 19 Kimberling St.

Searching for Persistence of Infection in Lyme Disease is a highly innovative Bench-to- Bedside research project that could have an extraordinarily significant impact on the field of Lyme disease.

Father of two, Kevin Slater, 48, was walking in Grisedale Valley, Patterdale, when he was bitten by a tick.

There are tons of bugs out there. So how do you avoid getting bitten and other unpleasant side effects? Dr.

Katie never felt the bite that caused her to lose roughly four years of her life.

Here is a daunting fact: one in five Americans has an autoimmune disorder , which occurs when the immune system attacks itself.

Effective insect repellents are an important tool to protect people from serious mosquito- and tick-borne disease.

Many people are concerned about what might be in the insect repellants they apply to their skin or clothing.

Deer ticks that can transmit lyme disease are being found most often along the Red River corridor and into the Lake Winnipeg area.That's the bad news students heard at Bug Day at University of Manitoba this week.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 20, 2009 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched a new Web page containing product information on certain skin-applied insect repellents.

It took 20 years and a trip to a specialist in New York before Beverly Santos was diagnosed as having Lyme disease.

For 50 years, David Kocurek watched as his body mysteriously turned on him. Starting at the age of 7, he suffered from debilitating ailments: relentless headaches.

Although North Carolina disease experts are reporting the first full in-state cases of Lyme disease this year, officials in Onslow County and on Camp Lejeune say they've seen typical numbers of tick-borne illnesses so far.