Tick-Borne Disease Alliance:Bite Back for a Cure

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TBDA PSA featuring Kevin Bacon - YouTube

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Tick Borne Disease Alliance's insight:

Please view Kevin Bacon speaking out on Lyme and Tick Borne Diseases.

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New Tick-borne Disease Found

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Under the microscope, Sam Telford surveyed the tiny, spiral bacteria floating in spinal fluid taken from an 80-year-old woman. They looked very similar to the spirochete bacteria that can cause Lyme disease. But in fact, he had discovered yet another public health threat—a brand new disease that people can get from the same ticks that transmit the Lyme bacteria.

Tick Borne Disease Alliance's insight:

New Tick-borne Disease Found

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Five Strategies for Reducing Brain Overwhelm Due to Lyme Disease | GoodbyeLyme.com

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For people with Lyme disease or co-infections that feel overwhelmed by light, sound, emotions, or social interactions by Greg Lee During summers in my

Tick Borne Disease Alliance's insight:

Lyme brain anyone????

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Appearance of lyme disease rash can help predict how bacteria spreads through body

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Lyme disease is often evident by a rash on the skin, but infections do not always produce similar rashes. This can make it difficult to detect the disease early, when antibiotic treatment is most effective. Researchers describe a new mathematical model that captures the interactions between disease-causing bacteria and the host immune response that affect the appearance of a rash and the spread of infection.

Tick Borne Disease Alliance's insight:

Lyme Disease rash can help  predict how bacteria spreads thru the body.

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Test for persistent Lyme infection using live ticks shown safe in clinical study

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In a first-of-its-kind study for Lyme disease, researchers have used live, disease-free ticks to see if Lyme disease bacteria can be detected in people who continue to experience symptoms such as fatigue or arthritis after completing antibiotic therapy.

Tick Borne Disease Alliance's insight:

Test for persistent Lyme infection using live ticks shown safe in clinical study

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JMM | Mobile

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The present study investigated the cause of illness in human patients primarily in the southern United States.

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Tick test for persistent Lyme disease tried in humans

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A small experiment to see whether uninfected ticks could diagnose a lingering Lyme infection in people produced modest results, researchers say.DNA from the Lyme parasite,

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What Is Lyme Disease? New Findings Deepen the Mystery

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Many patients and practitioners criticize the medical establishment for not doing enough about Lyme disease. Much remains unknown about the illness, and even mode of transmission has recently come into question.

Tick Borne Disease Alliance's insight:

Much remains unknown about the Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases, and even mode of transmission has recently come into question.

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Lyme disease identified in Bay Area ticks, and it isn't alone

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Finding evidence of Lyme disease in the San Francisco Bay Area didn't surprise a team of researchers, although it may be news to many doctors in the region. But identifying another tick-borne pathogen that causes relapsing fever was unexpected and may deserve a closer look.

Tick Borne Disease Alliance's insight:

Lyme disease identified in Bay Area ticks, and it isn't alone

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Disease Ridden Ticks Double Threat to California Hikers and Bikers

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According to the California National Park Service, because of the “persistent blood-sucking behavior” of ticks they are able to infect people with not only debilitating illness but also life-threat...

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According to the California National Park Service, because of the “persistent blood-sucking behavior” of ticks they are able to infect people with not only debilitating illness but also life-threat...

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Free Lyme disease testing is coming to the Cape

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Cape Codders bitten by deer ticks will be able to have them tested for Lyme and two other diseases for free starting this spring.

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Cape Codders bitten by deer ticks will be able to have them tested for Lyme and two other diseases for free starting this spring

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SAN MATEO: Study finds some ticks carrying more than Lyme disease

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A new Stanford study reveals there are ticks in more Bay Area locations than previously thought, and some carry a new, mysterious disease in addition to Lyme disease.

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SAN MATEO: Study finds some ticks carrying more than Lyme disease

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Stanford study says ticks may cause double trouble

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A Stanford study has found that ticks infected with the bacterium that causes Lyme disease and a newly identified human pathogen are widespread in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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A Stanford study has found that ticks infected with the bacterium that causes Lyme disease and a newly identified human pathogen are widespread in the San Francisco Bay Area

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Test for Persistent Lyme Infection Using Live Ticks Shown Safe in Clinical Study

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Tick Borne Disease Alliance's insight:

Here is the first release about the study, which many have been waiting for!

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Chips that listen to bacteria: CMOS technology provides new insights into how biofilms form

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Researchers have shown integrated circuit technology can be used for a most unusual application -- the study of signaling in bacterial colonies. They have developed a chip based on CMOS technology that enables them to electrochemically image the signaling molecules from these colonies spatially and temporally -- they’ve developed chips that “listen” to bacteria.

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.."This is an exciting new application for CMOS technology that will provide new insights into how biofilms form," says Shepard. "Disrupting biofilm formation has important implications in public health in reducing infection rates."... goto link above for more

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#BiteBackForACure Bike Ride Day 23 - YouTube

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"It's 5 am...and I can't sleep" So starts this powerful testimonial from John Donnally. "The worst thing you can do, at this point in your illness, is to sto...

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This John Donnally film clip should be an inpiration for all Lyme suffers!

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Medical Xpress: Key to Lyme disease's locale may be found in the gut of a tick

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Tick Borne Disease Alliance's insight:

Who will be the heros here?

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