| VVH-TV News -- Lyme Disease: Medical Nightmare (Part 1) |
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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 $2
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 Blanchard, President, Time for
Lyme. A former resident of Westhampton, where
she and members of her family contracted Lyme
disease, she presently lives in Greenwich,
Connectcut. Her organization, Time for Lyme,
focuses on education and research.
Suffolk County Health Commissioner Dr.
Humayan Chaudhry. confirms how Lyme disease
has become "endemic".
Suffolk County Legislator Edward Romaine
New York State Assemblyman Fred W.
Thiele, Jr., Sag Harbor, New York who
talks about the bill he has before the New
York State Assembly requiring
health insurers to provide compensation for
long-term treatment of Lyme
diseases -- a measure that has been bottled
up in Albany.
Shelter Island Town Supervisor Alfred
Kilb, Jr. Shelter Island has long
been a particular hotspot for Lyme disease
and Kilb describes Shelter
Islanders he knows with chronic cases of the
disease.
(c) Video Voice, Inc. 2007 all rights
reserved.
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Affichage : 13796
Durée : 1782 s |
| VVH-TV News -- Lyme Disease: Medical Nightmare (Part 2) |
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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 $2
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 Blanchard, President, Time for
Lyme. A former resident of Westhampton, where
she and members of her family contracted Lyme
disease, she presently lives in Greenwich,
Connectcut. Her organization, Time for Lyme,
focuses on education and research.
Suffolk County Health Commissioner Dr.
Humayan Chaudhry. confirms how Lyme disease
has become "endemic".
Suffolk County Legislator Edward Romaine
New York State Assemblyman Fred W.
Thiele, Jr., Sag Harbor, New York who
talks about the bill he has before the New
York State Assembly requiring
health insurers to provide compensation for
long-term treatment of Lyme
diseases -- a measure that has been bottled
up in Albany.
Shelter Island Town Supervisor Alfred
Kilb, Jr. Shelter Island has long
been a particular hotspot for Lyme disease
and Kilb describes Shelter
Islanders he knows with chronic cases of the
disease.
(c) Video Voice, Inc. 2007 all rights
reserved.
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Durée : 1865 s |
| Under Our Skin - Lyme Disease Documentary Trailer |
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An infectious film about microbes, money and
medicine.
One of the most controversial illnesses in
the history of medicine, Lyme disease may be
the fastest growing infectious disease in the
United States. Yet each year thousands are
misdiagnosed - many of them told that their
symptoms are "all in their head." This
upcoming documentary investigates the
shocking human, medical, and political
dimensions of Lyme disease, an emerging
epidemic destroying countless numbers of
lives. A case study of the dangers of the
confluence of money and medicine, the film
brings into focus a haunting picture of our
healthcare system and its inability to cope
with a biological terror under our skin.
Film website: www.UnderOurSkin.com
Tags : lyme disease open eye pictures documentary trailer medical controversy andy abrahams wilson movie film |
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Durée : 325 s |
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