Oscar nominated documentary film ‘Under Our Skin’ is making waves, but who knew there was a film about Lyme disease up for an Oscar?! The film has won acclaim at several independent film festivals, and considers a potentially prescient view of Lyme disease.

‘Under Our Skin’ is punctuated with stories from Lyme disease sufferers describing highly varied and extreme disease symptoms ranging from muscle spasms, epileptic seizures, loss of speech and movement, to extreme, chronic pain and fatigue. In the film, patient after patient attested to the chronic symptoms they suffered in association…

Number 3, Trachoma Treatment Saves Sight & Saves Lives

Maybe an unexpected highlight, but I’m impressed at these findings… A recent study proved that application of azithromycin (Zithromax) to treat trachoma saved sight in Ethiopia and saved lives too. Chlamydia trachomatis is the leading cause of preventable blindness. Left untreated, chronic and repeated trachoma infections in children can lead to irreversible adult blindness; there are an estimated 8 million irreversible visual impairments attributed to trachoma.  Surgery, Antibiotics, Facial cleanliness and Environmental…

Number 5, Disease Outbreaks You May Not Have Heard About…

2009 began with Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); cases were recorded on 2^nd January. The outbreak came to an end in February, after causing 32 cases and 15 deaths.

From February to April, meningococcal disease outbreaks occurred first in Nigeria, then in ‘the African belt’, and finally in Chad; there were around 1600 deaths.

Notable also were cholera outbreaks in Zimbabwe between…