Fashion designer Ally Hilfiger--daughter of fashion icon Tommy Hilfiger--spoke about her years-long experience with Lyme disease at a recent forum hosted by the advocacy organization Time for Lyme. Read More »
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NEWS: Authors of IDSA guidelines call Lyme advocates "anti-science" and "a threat to public health."
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Writing in the British medical journal "The Lancet," several members of the IDSA Lyme treatment guidelines panel (you know, those ones found to have all those financial conflicts-of-interest), along with some of their cronies, have some uncomplimentary things to say... Read More »
NEWS: Public hearing on Lyme bill in PA legislature Aug 30, 2011
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2011
A legislative committee will hold a hearing on HB 272, the Lyme and Related Tick-borne Disease Education, Prevention and Treatment Act. Among other things, the bill protects physicians who prescribe long-term treatment for Lyme disease, and requires insurance companies to cover... Read More »
NEWS: According to CDC, 2010 saw a drop of 8,000 cases of Lyme disease over previous year.
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2011
The CDC has released the official numbers for notifiable diseases in the US, listing a total of 30, 158 cases of Lyme for 2010. That's some 8000 fewer cases than 2009, for which the CDC reported 38, 468. Read More »
NEWS: You can watch UNDER OUR SKIN free at hulu.com
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2011
The Lyme documentary is now available for free instant viewing at the Hulu website. Read More »
NEWS: When medical ailments mimic mental illness
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2011
From the Wall Street Journal: More than 100 medical disorders can masquerade as psychological conditions. Studies have suggested that medical conditions may cause mental-health issues in as many as 25% of psychiatic patients and contribute to them in more than 75%. Diabetes,... Read More »
Lastest issue of the Lyme Times: The Lyme Debate, Part I–Diagnosis and Treatment
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2011
If you're a member of CALDA, look for this issue in your mailbox soon. If not, join now to start your subscription to the Lyme Times. Read More »
NEWS: Lyme advocate works to spread awareness & to "turn a negative into a positive."
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2011
New York activist Lis Heininger founded a local Lyme advocacy chapter, and educates others how to avoid tick-borne diseases. Read More »
NEWS: Off-the-Charts Anxiety–Is a Tick Bite Making You Nuts?
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2011
Rodale.com looks at how tick-borne infections can cause psychiatric symptoms that often go untreated. Read More »
LDO achieved Gold level: Committment To Transparency
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