Pamela Weintraub's stirring speech at the Institute of Medicine's state-of-the-science Lyme workshop on October 11 brought a standing ovation from the audience, and spirited discussion from panelists. Read the text of her remarks here. Read More »
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NEWS: Researchers decode Lyme disease genome
09
OCT
2010
Research into the genetic makeup of the microbe that causes Lyme disease offers hope for better diagnosis, treatment and possible prevention of the illness. Scientists have completed genetic blueprinting of 13 different strains of the bacteria. Read More »
NEWS: Sacramento State teacher/athlete shares fight against Lyme
07
OCT
2010
The student newspaper from California State University, Sacramento, profiles Pamela O'Kane, who fought back after Lyme treatment to compete in world class athletic events. Read More »
NEWS: Grad student chronicles the "new normal" of living with Lyme disease
28
SEP
2010
From the Cornell Daily Sun: "After over a year of struggling to find the origin of my affliction, and after bouncing around from physician to physician, only to hear the new guy arrive at the same false conclusion as the guy who came before him, I dried up. Any energy I had... Read More »
Lyme awareness at the Santa Cruz County Fair
28
SEP
2010
About 25 activists from area support groups talked to hundreds of people over the six days of the fair. Read More »
NEWS: Nurse solves mystery of illness that stumped top specialists (Hint: it was Lyme disease)
27
SEP
2010
The Washington Post reports on a "mystery illness" that kept one man going from doctor to doctor. Read More »
NEWS: Australian doctor claims "absolute proof" two of his patients have Lyme disease
17
SEP
2010
While government health officials insist that Lyme disease doesn't exist in Australia, one doctor says he's taken tissue samples at the bite sites of two patients--and the results were positive for the tick-borne illness. Read More »
NEWS: Support group leader named to California Lyme panel
13
SEP
2010
Karen Chew, who facilitated the Mid-Peninsula Lyme Disease Support Group for 15 years, has been named to California's Lyme Disease Advisory Committee (LDAC). Ms. Chew, a dental hygienist who contracted Lyme in 1979 from a tick bite at Pt. Reyes National Seashore, has long... Read More »
Special double issue of Lyme Times: IDSA Hearing, Part 2
08
SEP
2010
More than a year after the IDSA's historic Lyme hearing, there continue to be reverberations throughout the Lyme community. Read legal analysis, speaker presentations, and transcripts. Read More »
LDO achieved Gold level: Committment To Transparency
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