This month’s guest blog is by Carly Jennings and her blog ‘Carly Jennings: My Mindful Journey’ has been nominated for a Kindred Spirit Award for MBS blogger award. Please vote for Carly here – nominations close on 6th June 2018! I’m feeling a need –a pull – to journal, and to […]
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We are midway through Lyme awareness month and our ‘Wake up to Lyme’ campaign has been taking the nation by storm! Over 500 awareness packs have been distributed with orders for hundreds more flooding in. Thank you to Mosi-Guard Natural who teamed up with us to provide 500 packs and […]
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LDUK admin Sophie Ward shares what she has been doing for our annual ‘Wake Up to Lyme’ campaign to inspire people to get involved in spreading the word about the dangers of ticks. I arranged a brief meeting with my local MP, Ben Wallace, to fill him in on where […]
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May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month! LDUK wants to prevent further people being infected with Lyme disease this Summer. Our ‘Wake Up to Lyme’ campaign aims to raise awareness on how to prevent tick bites, how to safely remove ticks and the importance of early treatment for those people who become […]
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May is Lyme disease awareness month. We are kicking off our second ‘Wake Up to Lyme’ campaign to raise even more awareness this year. Our campaign consists of sharing information across our social media platforms and sending out awareness packs containing leaflets, posters and car stickers to be distributed across […]
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The NICE Lyme disease guideline has now been published and can be accessed here. LDUK commented extensively on the draft guideline, labelling it as ‘an inadequate tool for doctors and patients, seriously undermined by lack of evidence’. Our comments can be found here. The usefulness of the guideline is therefore […]
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LDUK member Julie posted a heartwarming request in our Online Community. Her daughter Kay suffers from Lyme disease and her birthday was coming up… Kay has been ill off and on for the last 10 years but basically couch/bedridden for the last 1 ½ years. I know that birthdays are […]
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Dr Nathan is a Board-Certified Family Physician and also a Founding Diplomate of the American Board of Integrative and Holistic Medicine. Dr Nathan’s practice evolved into “Complex Medical Problem Solving”, working with patients who had no clear diagnosis from conventional medicine and were suffering with persistent and debilitating illnesses. These […]
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‘Last month I was struggling with a few things that all together were making me feel quite low. Luckily I’ve more or less come out the other side now, but it wasn’t a fun place to be. I’ve since realised that I’m probably not alone in this respect and just […]
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Lyme Disease UK representatives, along with those from other charities and patient groups, were invited to take part in the UK Government Independent Reviews on Lyme disease, commissioned by the Department of Health. Our participation was made up of a face to face consultation with the researchers as well as […]
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