Looking at Lyme
111 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago -Looking at Lyme is an educational podcast created by the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation, designed to increase awareness and empower listeners with expert knowledge. Join host Sarah Cormode as she explores various perspectives about Lyme disease and its impact on human health. Throughout the series, we will learn alongside doctors, entomologists, geneticists, community leaders and other experts. Come learn how to stay safe in the outdoors!
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S1 E5: How Lyme disease can impact children and family
August 18, 2020 15:45 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBListen to Sarah Cormode interview her father, pediatrician Dr. Ted Cormode. They explore the challenges of Lyme disease in children, and the serious complications of Lyme disease when patients don't receive an early diagnosis.
5. How Lyme disease can impact children and family
August 18, 2020 15:45 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBIn today’s podcast, we start to explore Lyme disease in children. Sarah welcomes her father, Dr. Ted Cormode, to the podcast. He understands Lyme disease both as a pediatrician and as a parent supporting and advocating for his child. Dr. Cormode talks about his experience as a parent when Sarah first became ill. In medical school, he did not learn about Lyme disease so he spent the next years digging deeper into medical research. Dr. Cormode walks us through some of the unique chal...
4. Understanding symptoms and treating the whole person
August 11, 2020 15:00 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBIn this episode, Sarah speaks with Dr. Bruce Hoffman, a Functional Medicine physician from Calgary. Dr. Hoffman describes Functional Medicine and explains how numerous factors influence a patient’s health. He highlights the importance of taking an in-depth patient history to understand and document symptoms. This helps determine whether a patient might have other underlying health concerns that may need to be addressed. Dr. Hoffman explains that there are several approaches to tre...
S1 E4: Understanding symptoms and treating the whole person
August 11, 2020 15:00 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBOn episode 4 of Looking at Lyme, Sarah speaks with Dr. Bruce Hoffman about symptoms and patient health, treating the whole person, and helping people with Lyme disease.
S1 E3: Entomologist Janet Sperling tells us about the spread of ticks and Lyme disease
August 04, 2020 15:30 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBIn this episode, Sarah speaks with Canadian entomologist Janet Sperling, who specializes in modelling the spread of ticks and Lyme disease. Janet fills us in on some of the important research happening in Canada right now regarding ticks and Lyme disease.
3. Entomologist Janet Sperling tells us about the spread of ticks and Lyme disease
August 04, 2020 15:30 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBIn this episode, Sarah speaks with Canadian entomologist Janet Sperling, who specializes in tick microbiomes. Sarah sets the stage with a quick history of Lyme disease, including how it got its name and how long it’s been around. We’ll find out why it’s important to know the different kinds of ticks found in Canada and what habitats they need to survive. Janet Sperling explains how ticks are able to stay attached for days and how they transmit pathogens to us. Did you know ticks c...
S1 E2: Justin Wood takes us deep into the world of ticks
July 27, 2020 17:00 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MBIn this episode, Justin Wood speaks with our host, Sarah Cormode, and takes us deep into the world of ticks in Canada. We find out what makes ticks tick.
2. Justin Wood takes us deep into the world of ticks
July 27, 2020 17:00 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MBIn this episode, Justin Wood takes us deep into the world of ticks. We will find out what makes ticks tick, including their feeding patterns and life stages. We learn about the different kinds of ticks found in Canada, as well as valuable information about how to identify ticks and know which ones can transmit pathogens to humans. Did you know that many people don’t feel anything when a tick bites? Justin fills us in about how ticks are able to attach and feed undetected, even aft...
S1 E1: Exploring Lyme disease with Dr. Liz Zubek
July 20, 2020 17:00 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBIn this episode, we meet host Sarah Cormode and explore Lyme disease through the perspective of a Canadian family physician during her interview with Dr. Liz Zubek.
1. Exploring Lyme disease with Dr. Liz Zubek
July 20, 2020 17:00 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBIn this episode, we meet host Sarah Cormode and explore Lyme disease through the perspective of a Canadian family physician during her interview with Dr. Liz Zubek. Sarah draws upon her expertise in education, research and outdoor adventure to explore all things Lyme. She reflects back on her own experience with Lyme disease after being bitten by a tick in her backyard in 2012, then ventures out to speak with a wide variety of experts to better understand this disease. Guided by ...
Introducing Looking at Lyme
July 16, 2020 17:00 - 58 seconds - 903 KBJoin host Sarah Cormode for this brief introduction to Looking at Lyme, where she explores various perspectives about Lyme disease and its impact on human health. https://www.lookingatlyme.ca Support this podcast