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Do You Have Lyme Disease?
NEWS: Lyme advocate works to spread awareness & to "turn a negative into a positive."
06
AUG
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?
06
AUG
2011
Rodale.com looks at how tick-borne infections can cause psychiatric symptoms that often go untreated. Read More »
NEWS: Antibodies Linked to Long-Term Lyme Disease Symptoms
05
AUG
2011
Some patients with Lyme disease still show symptoms long after their treatment has finished. Now proteins have been discovered that set these people apart from those who are easily cured. Scientific American reports on a finding published today in Clinical Immunology. Read More »
NEWS: Using genetic engineering to combat malaria, Lyme and other illnesses
04
AUG
2011
Researchers at the University of Maryland show that a genetically engineered fungus may help fight several vector-borne diseases. But the press release contains no discussion of potential risks of releasing such genetically engineers materials into nature. What unintended... Read More »
NEWS: New species of tick-borne ehrlichia found in upper mid-western states
04
AUG
2011
The New England Journal of Medicine reports that a previously unknown species of the tick-borne Ehrlichia bacterium was responsible for mysterious infections affecting four people in Wisconsin and Minnesota in 2009. All four patients contributing these samples -- two of whom were... Read More »
NEWS: Red Cross Worried Over Growing Cases of Babesiosis
28
JUL
2011
The Minnesota Department of Health reported in May that the number of state cases jumped from 31 in 2009 to 56 last year, the highest annual total ever seen in Minnesota. Babesiosis is caused by a parasite that invades the blood stream and doesn't always cause symptoms. Like... Read More »
Connecticut Paper The Day Gets Facts All Wrong
27
JUL
2011
The Day recently published an editorial bashing Senator Blumenthal (CT) for “endearing himself to those suffering from long-term health problems they believed were connected to Lyme disease, so-called chronic Lyme.” (Blumenthal has just introduced federal Lyme legislation.) They... Read More »
Dr. Jones’ Legal Defense Running on Empty
24
JUL
2011
Death by a Thousand Cuts. The Connecticut Medical Board has been prosecuting and persecuting Dr. Jones for more than five years, imposing draconian fines and requiring him to hire -- and pay for -- a monitor who reviews his patients' charts. This is a huge monthly expense. His... Read More »
LDO achieved Gold level: Committment To Transparency
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