Lyme Lecture tonight, Salem, NY

This is taking place near my home town...I'll be there!

Mark your calendar-
The Friends of Bancroft Library are happy to announce SUNY Adirondack associate professor of microbiology Holly Ahern will give a presentation on Lyme disease. This will take place on Thursday, March 24th from 6:30 pm-8pm at Proudfit Hall in Salem, NY.

It was very informative... held in the town library.
The presenter was knowledgeable and an excellent speaker. There was plenty of opportunity for questions. A couple of times she told folks, "your doctor is WRONG." That was satisfying!

I realize that I've learned a lot in the couple of months I've been here...much still to learn. There's a desperate need for educated health care professionals in upstate New York.

I was very impressed by a slide that illustrates the problem: 240-440,000 NEW cases of Lyme annually, and only $25 million NIH funding for research...less than any other disease, including: Hep C: 1300 annual cases...$112 million; West Nile Virus 5,700 new cases $29 million; HIV/AIDS 56,000 new cases, $3 Billion; Influenza 73,000 new cases $251 million; Zika Virus, 20 new cases, 1.8 BILLION REQUESTED IN 2016!!!

She talked about promising new tests on the horizon and recent successful private fundraising efforts for Lyme research (since not so much happening in the government sector). (No details tonight...left my notes in the car and too tired to go get them.)

This is the organization that sponsored the talk:

http://www.lymeactionnetwork.org/index.html

Very glad I went!

Thanks so much for sharing this, Kathie! So happy for you that you could attend!

I was at a garden show last week and stopped by to speak with the Master Gardeners as I always do. I was blown away at their ignorance about Lyme, etc.

The brochure that Lyme Action Network created is excellent and I just might see what I can do to spread the word with the Master Gardeners association.

You are thisclose with a successful hyperlink, Kathie ;)

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wooohoooo! Thanks, Annette and cd!