Latest Dermacentor Podcast Episodes
Dr. Akiko Iwasaki, Voted TIME100 Most Influential Person in Health, Discusses the Battle Against Infectious Disease
Ticktective - May 17, 2024 19:06 - 53 minutesAkiko Iwasaki, Ph.D., is a Sterling Professor of Immunobiology and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology at Yale University, and an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in Canada and her postdoctoral training from the...
Rapamycin, The Dog Aging Project: What Animals Can Teach Us About Aging Better
Ticktective - April 10, 2024 14:11 - 1 hourDr. Matt Kaeberlein is the Chief Executive Officer at Optispan, Inc., Affiliate Professor of Oral Health Sciences at the University of Washington, and Co-Director of the Dog Aging Project. Dr. Kaeberlein’s research interests are focused on understanding the biological mechanisms of aging in orde...
Brain Bugs: A Neurologist Discusses Lyme, PANS, & PANDAS
Ticktective - March 18, 2024 15:44 - 49 minutesDr. Elena Frid is a Neurologist and Clinical Neurophysiologist specializing in Infection Induced Autoimmune Disorders. With clinical interests in Autoimmune Neurology, she sees patients with complex cases of Lyme disease + co-infections, PANS/PANDAS, and Autoimmune conditions resulting in variou...
Long Covid: What We Have Learned About Chronic Illness from the Front Lines
Ticktective - February 02, 2024 16:54 - 1 hourDavid Putrino is a physical therapist with a PhD in Neuroscience. He is currently the Director of Rehabilitation Innovation for the Mount Sinai Health System, and a Professor of Rehabilitation and Human Performance at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He develops innovative rehabilita...
Mother's Against Lyme: Congenital Lyme disease
Ticktective - January 09, 2024 21:43 - 51 minutesIsabel Rose is a writer, performer and activist. She has addressed audiences large and small urging understanding of, and support for, both congenital Lyme disease and rights for transgender children and their families. Rose is working on a memoir chronicling her lifelong battle against Lyme dis...
The Chronic Illness Puzzle: Mold, Metals, Toxins, Infections
Ticktective - November 13, 2023 18:45 - 1 hourDr. Todd Maderis is the Founder and Medical Director of Marin Natural Medicine Clinic in the San Francisco Bay Area. He specializes in treating tickborne infections, chronic viral infections, mold illness, and other conditions associated with complex chronic illnesses such as mast cell activatio...
Stealth Invader: Unveiling Lyme's Hidden Past
Ticktective - October 16, 2023 16:18 - 1 hourKris Newby is an award-winning medical science writer and the senior producer of the Lyme disease documentary UNDER OUR SKIN, which was a 2010 Oscar semifinalist. Her book BITTEN: The Secret History of Biological Weapons and Lyme Disease has won three international book awards for journalism and...
From Harvard MD to MS Patient: Wisdom from Both Sides
Ticktective - September 14, 2023 00:14 - 1 hourAnnie Brewster is an Assistant Professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, a practicing physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, in Boston, a writer and a storyteller. She is also a patient, diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2001. In response to the disconnection she experienced in h...
Infectious Minds: Unraveling the Link Between Infections & Psychiatric Disorders
Ticktective - August 24, 2023 16:33 - 1 hourDr. Robert C. Bransfield, MD, DLFAPA is a leading expert in the relationship between microbes and mental illness. He's a graduate of Rutgers College and the George Washington University School of Medicine and board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Psychiatry. He is ...
Biosafety Is Key to Our Future: the Truth About Germs, Lab Leaks, & Information Warfare
Ticktective - June 26, 2023 23:33 - 1 hourRaina MacIntyre (MBBS Hons 1, M App Epid, PhD, FRACP, FAFPHM) is Head of the Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW & author of DARK WINTER. She has over 450 peer-reviewed publications, has received many awards including the Sir Henry Wellcome Medal from the Association of Military Surgeons ...
Ticktective: Healthy Nutrition Is Crucial for Those with Lyme Disease and Chronic Health Conditions
Ticktective - March 13, 2023 01:26 - 20 minutesLindsay Christensen is the author of the book, “The Lyme Disease 30-Day Meal Plan: Healthy Recipes and Lifestyle Tips to Ease Symptoms". She provides nutrition consulting services at the California Center for Functional Medicine and her private practice, Ascent to Health.
On the Front Lines of Lyme Treatment: a Conversation with Pioneer Kenneth Liegner, MD
Ticktective - February 21, 2023 15:39 - 1 hourDana Parish interviews Dr. Kenneth Liegner, a Board Certified Internist practicing in Pawling, New York. He has been on the front lines of treating chronic Lyme and related infections since 1988. He has published in peer-reviewed scientific journals and is the author of In the Crucible of Chroni...
All About Kids with Lyme, PANS, Mold Illness
Ticktective - November 08, 2022 14:35 - 1 hourCharlotte Mao, MD, is a pediatric infectious diseases physician with special focus on Lyme disease and associated infections. She received her medical degree at Harvard Medical School and did her pediatric and infectious disease training at Boston Children's Hospital.
The Misunderstood Infection That Is Wreaking Havoc
Ticktective - October 17, 2022 16:33 - 1 hourDr. Edward B. Breitschwerdt is the Melanie S. Steele professor of medicine and infectious diseases at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine. He is also an adjunct professor of medicine at Duke University Medical Center, and Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Inte...
From Long Covid to Long Lyme: Persistent Infections Drive Chronic Illness
Ticktective - October 07, 2022 02:37 - 54 minutesMicrobiologist Amy Proal, PhD, serves as President/CEO of PolyBio Research Foundation and Chief Scientific Officer of the Long Covid Research Initiative (LCRI). Her work examines the molecular mechanisms by which viral, bacterial, and fungal pathogens dysregulate human gene expression, immunity...
A "Professional Persuader" Shares His Bold Discoveries as a Journalist, Author, and Lyme Patient Advocate
Ticktective - June 26, 2022 05:10 - 45 minutesRoss Douthat, New York Times columnist, political analyst and author, shares his findings on the state of Lyme research, public perception, and his personal experience with tick-borne infections. Previously he was a senior editor of The Atlantic. He is the film critic for National Review, and he...
Ticktective: A Straight-Forward Explanation of the Complications with Lyme Diagnostics and a Potential New Direct Detection Test
Ticktective - June 03, 2022 21:05 - 29 minutesDr. Brandon Jutras is an assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry at Virginia Tech whose recent diagnostic project on Borrelia’s peptidoglycans was selected for a Bay Area Lyme Foundation 2021 Emerging Leader Award. With over 25 peer reviewed publications in many of science’s top jo...
Why Classic Medicine Does Not Work for Complex Chronic Illness Such as Alzheimer's Disease and Tick-borne Disease
Ticktective - April 18, 2022 03:16 - 41 minutesDale Bredesen, MD is the author of the New York Times‘ bestseller, "The End of Alzheimer’s" as well as "The First Survivors of Alzheimer’s". He has held faculty positions at UCSF, UCLA, and UCSD. Dr. Bredesen directed the Program on Aging at the Burnham Institute before joining the Buck Institut...
The Complex Science & Politics of Chronic Diseases: Autoimmune, Tick-Borne, Multiple Sclerosis, Fibromyalgia & More
Ticktective - April 11, 2022 15:51 - 59 minutesSteven Phillips, MD is a Yale-trained physician and co-author of the book, "Chronic: The Hidden Cause of the Autoimmune Pandemic". He has treated over 20,000 patients from over 20 countries. Dr. Phillips is well-published in peer-reviewed medical literature such as the Lancet and has been featu...
Insights on Illness with Meghan O’ Rourke, editor of the Yale Review, and author of "The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness"
Ticktective - March 31, 2022 16:34 - 59 minutesMeghan O’ Rourke is the editor of the Yale Review as well as the author of articles in Scientific American, the New York Times, the New Yorker, the Wall Street Journal, Slate and many poetry publications. She is the author of several books including her newly released book, "The Invisible Kingdo...
A Broader Definition of Health through Ancestral Learning, Diet and Better Understanding of the Human Body
Ticktective - February 08, 2022 14:53 - 45 minutesChris Kresser, M.S., L.Ac., is a renowned expert, leading clinician, and top educator in the fields of functional medicine and ancestral health. He is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, "The Paleo Cure" as well as the book, "Unconventional Medicine". Chris is the co-founder and E...
Functional Medicine and How it Can Help Lyme Patients, Long Covid Patients, and Firefighters
Ticktective - January 21, 2022 03:44 - 30 minutesSunjya Schweig, MD is the president and co-founder of the California Center for Functional Medicine in the San Francisco Bay Area. One of his Johns Hopkins studies on herbal medicines for Lyme disease was in the top 1% of viewed articles on Frontiers in Medicine. He explains the basics for funct...
What To Do If You Find a Tick
Ticktective - December 21, 2021 23:58 - 38 minutesDan Wolff (Tick Man Dan), the founder and president of TickEase tweezers, discusses his invention, what to do when you find a tick, ecology of ticks, and how Tony Fauci ended up at his bar mitzvah.
Tick-borne Diseases, PANS/PANDAS and Resulting Pediatric Anxiety and Eating Disorders
Ticktective - October 07, 2021 16:22 - 37 minutesDaniel Kinderlehrer, MD is the author of "Recovery From Lyme Disease: The Integrative Medicine Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Tick-Borne Illness". He is also the author of several review articles in medical journals and the Lyme Times. Dr. Kinderlehrer attended Tufts Medical School and ...
Gratitude of a Celebrity, Business Woman, Author, Wife and Mom
Ticktective - September 10, 2021 03:01 - 30 minutesAlly Hilfiger, film producer, fashion designer, businesswoman, reality TV star, daughter of fashion mogul Tommy Hilfiger, and author of the book “Bite Me” shares her personal experience with tick-borne diseases and her path to healing.
Our Most Recent Tick Ecology Studies and What We've Discovered
Ticktective - July 24, 2021 05:02 - 25 minutesDan Salkeld, PhD, Bay Area Lyme Scientific Advisory Board member, discusses the ecology and epidemiology of Lyme and other emerging tick-borne pathogens such as Borrelia miyamotoi.
The Wearable Project: How Can Wearables Be Used in Diagnosing and Studying Lyme Disease?
Ticktective - July 08, 2021 18:41 - 31 minutesGuest host, Wendy Adams, Bay Area Lyme grant director, interviews Dr. Michael Snyder, Stanford W. Ascherman Professor and Chair, Department of Genetics Director, Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine Stanford University. Dr. Snyder is a major participant in the ENCODE project, the publi...
Mental Health Support for Persistent Lyme Disease patients and Covid Longhauler patients
Ticktective - May 08, 2021 21:00 - 20 minutesKerry Lang, a mental health therapist, shares how seeking wellness groups and having a positive attitude are so important to supporting the immune system and mental health. She discusses the Covid/Lyme overlap and how these two populations need to work together to inform each other.
The Mysterious History of Tick-borne Diseases and How We Can Stem the Epidemic
Ticktective - April 26, 2021 04:15 - 37 minutesKris Newby discusses her Lyme history, her extensive research into tick-borne diseases in the USA and where we find ourselves today in this new pandemic world.
How to Diagnose if Lyme Disease is Affecting the Heart and How to Best Treat It
Ticktective - March 17, 2021 00:31 - 34 minutesDr. Baranchuk, Professor of Medicine at Queen’s University in the Division of Cardiology in Ontario Canada, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Electrocardiology, Vice-President of the International Society of Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology and Secretary of the Inter-American Society of...
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