The governor of Massachusetts has signed a bill providing protection to doctors who prescribe long term antibiotics for Lyme disease. The new law gives doctors discretion to diagnose and treat according to their best clinical judgment. Read More »
NEWS: Recall of three IV drugs; at least two of them may be used by Lyme patients
29
JUN
2010
A voluntary recall of three IV drugs has been announced. Two of the drugs are antibiotics sometimes used by Lyme patients--metronidazole (Flagyl) and Ciprofloxacin (Cipro). Read More »
NEWS: Canadian golf course officials find tree teeming with ticks; harbinger of things to come?
29
JUN
2010
"We were examining the tree for a type of beetle that's chewing at the leaves and the next thing I know we were picking ticks off each other," Scott said. "The leaves were just coated with them." He estimated there were upwards of 1,000 recently hatched... Read More »
PUBLICATION: "A Diagnostic Dilemma" in Nurse Practitioner journal
24
JUN
2010
Lyme specialist Virginia Savely, DNP, writes about the complexities of diagnosing Lyme disease in the latest issue of Nurse Practitioner journal Read More »
NEWS: Lyme disease "can completely tear a person apart"
23
JUN
2010
The Los Altos Town Crier--a San Francisco Bay Area newspaper--takes a comprehensive look at Lyme disease, profiling patients, a Lyme-treating physician, and the producer of Under Our Skin. Read More »
OPINION: "Don't try to convince the sick that they aren't sick"
21
JUN
2010
A Maryland Lyme activist takes an IDSA apologist to task, quite eloquently. Read More »
LDO achieved Gold level: Committment To Transparency