Jenna’s Lyme Blog

On Friday, November 14th Boston Channel 5 (and possible others) broadcast the show “Chronicle”, episode “Ticked”. It is a discussion of Chronic Lyme Disease.

Posted on January 2nd, 2012 under Chronic Lyme Disease, Co-infections, Lyme News, Product Reviews. Comments: 8

Researchers in Italy and subsequently in the UK have recently (October and November 2011) published findings that demonstrate Bartonella heslslae transferring DNA to human endothelial cells.

Posted on December 14th, 2011 under Chronic Lyme Disease, Co-infections, Lyme News, Research and Development. Comments: 6

We will be restreaming select presentations on December 17, 2011 that were not seen due to
technical difficulties on October 27th & 28th, 2011 free of charge.

Posted on December 14th, 2011 under Chronic Lyme Disease, Discussion, Lyme News. Comments: 1

When it was just humans suffering with tick born diseases we were told that we were crazy. Now that the moose are endangered something must be done.

Posted on December 9th, 2011 under Chronic Lyme Disease, Discussion, Lyme News. Comments: 2

Bonnie Bassler of Princeton University … has also discovered that in addition to their “private languages”, many bacteria have developed generalized chemical messages that can be interpreted by members of other species. In lectures she postulates that in the future, we can hope to develop microbes that can “turn-on” good behavior and “turn-off” bad behavior.

Posted on December 8th, 2011 under Chronic Lyme Disease, Lyme News, Research and Development. Comments: 4

Not only does the guide define chronic Lyme disease but it clearly validates it. Also noteworthy is the statement, “A negative serological finding does not rule out Lyme borreliosis.”

Posted on December 5th, 2011 under Chronic Lyme Disease, Coping with Lyme Disease, Discussion, Lyme News. Comments: 4

Historically, the Annual ILADS Professional Conference is designed to foster collaboration and dialogue between Lyme disease researchers and those who care and advocate for Lyme disease patients in a variety of settings. The 2011 conference provided updates in clinical knowledge and treatment techniques. Innovations in care were also addressed in plenary sessions and workshops

Posted on December 5th, 2011 under Chronic Lyme Disease, Lyme News. Comments: 2

Researchers from Ludwig Maximilian University in Germany found that the application of a local antibacterial gel to the site of a bug bite that transmitted the infection may quickly kill the entire virus responsible for the disease.

Posted on December 2nd, 2011 under Chronic Lyme Disease, Lyme News, Research and Development, Treatment Protocols. Comments: 3

Lyme-TAP is a new patient assistance program helping patients with financial hardship pay for diagnostic Lyme testing who would otherwise be unable to afford testing.

Posted on November 19th, 2011 under Chronic Lyme Disease, Lyme News. Comments: 1