News Coverage
Lyme: What's The Right Course?
Dr. Steven Phillips, a Wilton physician and former president of the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society, which is dedicated to addressing Lyme disease, will present research suggesting that patients with chronic Lyme disease have persistent infections. The existing guidelines have hurt his patients, he said....
Canadian station, CTV W5 News, interviews two individuals with Lyme disease
Why are crippling Lyme disease cases being misdiagnosed? ILADS member, Dr. Steve Harris, discusses his Canadian Lyme disease patient....
'Lyme Rage': Can Lyme Disease Affect Your Personality?
"I'm convinced that Lyme in a chronic form can affect psychiatric issues, neurological issues and you can have neurological problems," New York epidemiologist Dr. Daniel Cameron said...
ABC Debate heats up over Lyme disease
One of the main issues which will be discussed at the hearing is the use of long-term antibiotics. Because they're not recommended in the guidelines, insurance companies won't pay for them. At the hearing there will be experts on both sides of this debate. The documentary "Under our Skin" by Open Eye Productions debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival. It will be shown at select theaters in the Philadelphia area in August. For more information, visit:...
Hearing on Lyme went well, AG says
Connecticut's attorney general said he felt a hearing in Washington, D.C., on Thursday on Lyme disease treatment guidelines that he helped bring about was "unprecedented" and set a standard for transparency and fairness in crafting medical recommendations. ...
Rodale.com coverage IDSA hearing
Perhaps one of the most convincing presentations came from Allison Delong, MS, biostatistician for the Center for Statistical Sciences Program for Public Health at Brown University in Rhode Island. Delong explained major flaws in two studies heavily credited in creating the IDSA guidelines, and ones that are often used to discredit long-term antibiotic therapy. “She has the ability to lay out the math, and call out other studies as flawed and overrated,” says Daniel Cameron, MD, president of ILADS....
Conn. House unanimously approves chronic Lyme treatment
HARTFORD - The House of Representatives in a unanimous vote Thursday afternoon took what will likely be viewed as a nationally recognized stand in the heated debate over the existence of chronic Lyme disease. ...
All she lost: My sister's battle with Lyme disease
"After a decade of unbearable side effects, she decided to end her life." John Baiata, NBC New Producer, writes about his sister Sue's battle with Lyme disease in the May 18, 2009 MSNBC site....
Dr. Edwin Master's passed away on father's day
Ed Masters was a beloved member of our medical community. He became a well known graduate of Dartmouth College and native of Southeast Missouri where he practiced medicine for 35 years. Dr. Masters fought long and hard to prove the existence of Lyme disease in the South including and included numerous publications and presentations on Lyme Disease, Lyme-like illness (AKA STARI or Masters Disease), Human Monocytic Ehlichiosis (HME) Ehrlichia ewingii, Babesiosis, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, etc.. He will be sorely missed. Dr. Daniel Cameron ...- The Diane Rehm show from American University Radio discussed Lyme disease on WAMU radio
- ILADS guidelines becomes a standard of care
- IDSA hearing July 30, 2009
- ILADS summarizes its push for the Freedom to Practice Medicine
- ILADS Members Question Motives of New England Journal of Medicine Article on Lyme Disease Treatment
- Dr. Edwin Master's passed away on father's day
- Lawmakers challenged with Lyme Disease
- Experts debate Lyme disease-violence claim
- Chronic Lyme Disease Controversy
- Update on the ILADS Lyme Guidelines
R-Anne
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24 February, 2010 09:18:52
Thank You for issuing this press release to clarify why the guidelines have not been updated. Many in the Lyme community had been given ...
Irene Bayersdorfer
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01 August, 2009 08:01:14
I have been diagnosed many times as having a positive reaction from the Lyme profile, however in most cases a Western blot was not ordered. ...
trishden
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31 July, 2009 09:50:08
Thanks Sue I won't bother wasting my time listening to the regurgitations of
IDSA & ALDF. Although Dr. Bransfield is one of the good guys ...
Ivanko
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30 July, 2009 04:09:37
ILADS is my favorite.
Oliver Brody
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27 July, 2009 08:32:10
Will the webcast be available to watch after the conference?
