Posts Tagged ‘News’

Lyme Disease Flight – CHEK News May 26, 2008

Friday, October 15th, 2010

How the health care system has failed them. CHEK News Vancouver Island, BC Canada. Interview with Jay McQuhae regarding his daughter Marie battling Lyme Disease while they battle the road blocks in our healthcare system. After chartering a private jet they have now left Canada for her to be treated by a Lyme specialist in Northern California
Video Rating: 4 / 5

This video is a 10 minute sample from a 90 minute presentation. This sample clip discusses the following topics: 1. Controversy in Lyme disease diagnosis. 2. How to conduct a therapeutic trial. 3. Geographic prevalence of Lyme disease. 4. Misdiagnosis. 5. Yearly incidence of Lyme disease. 6. Definition of the disease and advanced survival characteristics. 7. A thoughtful statistical analysis of the number of reported cases of Lyme disease, which leads to the conclusion that, instead of 20000 new Lyme disease cases per year, there are actually more like 200000 new cases each year. The full DVD, which is 90 minutes long and available from www.lymebook.com has a lot more detailed information including a look at the three different types of Lyme disease bacteria: Spirochete, cell wall deficient and cyst form. The full DVD also presents various treatment options for Lyme disease and related health problems. The full DVD sells for .50. We sell about 8 different DVDs and this one has been by far the most popular. You can see this DVD and the rest of our products at www.lymebook.com . The speaker is Bryan Rosner, author of 4 Lyme disease books and founder of BioMed Publishing Group. Bryan’s Lyme Disease books include 1. When Antibiotics Fail: Lyme Disease And Rife Machines, With Critical Evaluation Of Leading Alternative Therapies 2. The Top 10 Lyme Disease Treatments: Defeat Lyme Disease With The Best Of Conventional And Alternative Medicine 3. The 2008 Lyme Disease Annual
Video Rating: 4 / 5

VVH-TV News — Lyme Disease: Medical Nightmare (Part 2)

Monday, October 11th, 2010

Lyme disease — it has become epidemic on Long Island and much of the New York Metropolitan Area, indeed across the United States. But as bad as the illness has become, so has treatment for it — health insurers have discouraged long-term treatment for what is often a long-term illness. Suffolk County Long Island Legislator Edward Romaine recently held a public meeting on Lyme disease. Eva Haughie, President, Empire State Lyme Disease Association. She has had Lyme disease for nearly 20 years. Her association is based in Manorville. Dr. Joseph Burrascano, East Hampton, New York He is a pioneer in the treatment of Lyme disease. And because of the push by medical insurers to only cover short-term treatment — two, three or four weeks of antibiotics — and Dr. Burrascano having developed a protocol for treating the many people who are not cured in the short-term but have chronic Lyme disease, he ended up being attacked. But he came through it and is regarded as a major leader in the field. Staci Grodin, Co-Founder and President, Turn the Corner Foundation. A Lyme Diseases victim, her Turn the Corner Foundation has raised over million and funded important Lyme disease research. Sandy Berenbaum, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Brewster, New York. She has specialized with working with those with chronic Lyme disease. Her accounts were most poignant, and her explanation of why health insurers balk at providing compensation for long-term treatment most illuminating. Diane
Video Rating: 5 / 5

Lyme News CTV National July 16, 2007

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010


Lyme Disease, the insect borne illness that’s spreading accross Canada and the debate over diagnosis (Does our healthcare system pass the test?)

May 26, 2008 A-Channel News Victoria – Lyme Flight

Friday, July 30th, 2010


A Vancouver Island father says he has to take his daughter to the US because the BC Healthcare system won’t diagnose or treat her. Patients with Lyme disease say BC failed them Several Lower Mainland residents claim the BC government is denying them the care they need to recover from Lyme disease and are flying to California for help.

Good Morning America, ABC News

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010


News coverage of UNDER OUR SKIN broadcast nationally on ABC’s Good Morning America on July 3, 2008.

lyme disease Local Baltimore News, Weather, Breaking News WMAR TV

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010


Lyme disease in baltimore, Maryland is on the rise.

April 17, 2009~ A-Channel News Lyme disease follow-up story

Monday, March 22nd, 2010


Follow-up to a pre Lyme Rally News story from May 16, 2008. Includes interviews with three Lyme victims / in advance of a weekend screening of Under Our Skin www.underourskin.com Aired April 17, 2009 on A-Channel News, Victoria BC Canada

June 8, 2009 Lyme disease spreading in Canada – CBC National News

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010


In a study published in Monday’s online issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal, scientists documented how the territory of the blacklegged tick Ixodes scapularis, which transmits Lyme disease, is expanding east across the country. “Projected increases in temperature with climate change are expected to permit and accelerate the expansion of I. scapularis into Canada,” Dr. Nicholas Ogden from the Public Health Agency of Canada in Saint-Hyacinthe, Que., and his colleagues wrote. Property of CBC Canada, shared on youtube only to help raise awareness for Lyme disease

Newscaster, Brooke Landau Lyme Disease Battle (abc News Story)

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009


Broadcaster ABC 14 years Brooke Landau Battle with Lyme disease. The extraordinary story of survival of medicine emphasizes the relentless struggle and perseverance of the TV personalities e. . .

Lyme Disease Flight – Chek News May 26, 2008

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009


As the health system has. CHEK News Vancouver Island, BC Canada. Interview with Jay McQuhae regarding his daughter Marie battling Lyme disease, while the battle within the barricades. .