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The CT state medical board has fined the controversial Lyme-treating pediatrician and placed his license on probation for four years. (The decision was made last month, but didn't become official until this week.) Read More »

Researchers from Yale University recently told a group orthopedic surgeons that they should have a high suspicion of Lyme disease when evaluating a child with a swollen knee. Read More »

A proposed MN law to protect Lyme doctors who prescribe long-term antibiotics has been laid aside. The Medical Practice Board has agreed to a 5-year moratorium on actions against physicians which are based solely on antibiotics therapy for chronic Lyme disease. Read More »

The journal "Minerva Medica" has published a study of the safety of IV therapy in 200 patients with neurological Lyme disease. The study concludes that with proper care of the IV device, risk to the patient is low. Read More »

Though Shasta County, CA, is known to harbor lots of ticks, few tick studies have been done in the area. Since November, a pair of district technicians have spent a day each week collecting tick samples from 20 spots around the district, which stretches from Castella to... Read More »

"As Lucille Ashford's mom raced the 10-year-old toward a Cleveland emergency room last month, the girl lost consciousness. Lucille's heart was struggling to keep her alive. Doctors quickly intervened and saved the child's life. Then it took a team at Rainbow... Read More »

"I have two kids who have lost seven and five years of their lives at such a crucial stage," said mom Susan Jasper. "If somebody had suggested to us six years ago that maybe you should look at Lyme, that might have saved Russell and Katie losing so many years of... Read More »

From the UNDER OUR SKIN blog: "Last year the medical board punished 43 physicians for serious charges such as substance abuse, sexual misconduct, mental illness, and negligence; not one of these physicians received a fine larger than $5,000. And only one other physician,... Read More »

Theresa Denham, president and founder of the Oregon Lyme Disease Network, takes on a recent Eugene Weekly columnist who maintained that Lyme was not a serious threat to Oregonians. Read More »