Episodes

Looking at Lyme with Elizabeth May and Sarah Cormode.

9. Elizabeth May speaks to the challenge of updating medical best practices and the continued rise of ticks and Lyme disease

ByLEAP team

In this episode, Sarah speaks with another champion for Canadians living with Lyme, Green MP Elizabeth May. She describes how she first learned about the severity of Lyme disease when speaking to a woman from Pictou, Nova Scotia who required a wheelchair for mobility. After moving to British Columbia, Elizabeth met others who were experiencing life-altering illness due to the tick-borne diseases.

Episode 8 of Looking at Lyme with Dr. Joe Bloom and Sarah Cormode.

8. How to protect your pet from Lyme disease

ByLEAP team

Dr. Bloom mentions some of the medications currently available to repel and kill ticks on pets. He also gives his recommendation for tick removal and follow up when a tick is found embedded on your pet, highlighting areas that ticks are more likely to be found. Finally, Dr. Bloom points out that tick bites can occur during the winter, especially during warmer spells when ticks become active.

Looking at Lyme with Dr. Ralph Hawkins.

7. Dr. Ralph Hawkins explains the challenges of detecting Lyme disease through testing

ByLEAP team

In this episode of Looking at Lyme, Sarah speaks with Internal Medicine Specialist and Canadian Lyme expert, Dr. Ralph Hawkins. Dr. Hawkins has been treating Lyme patients in Canada for many years, gaining a wealth of knowledge about the disease. He recounts his introduction to the shortcomings of Lyme disease testing in Canada while treating…

Looking at Lyme with Dr. Ted Cormode.

5. How Lyme disease can impact children and family

ByLEAP team

In 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.

Looking at Lyme, podcast episode 2 of the first season.

2. Justin Wood takes us deep into the world of ticks

ByLEAP team

In 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.