Vivvo CMS 4.0 http://www.lymedisease.org/news/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. http://www.lymedisease.org/news/files.php?file= http://www.lymedisease.org/news/ http://www.lymedisease.org/news/lymepolicywonk/520.html Blog: Lyme Policy Wonk Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:29:00 -0400 CALDA and Time for Lyme (TFL) want to thank everyone for their help on the petition asking Connecticut Attorney General Blumenthal to further hold the IDSA accountable. Although the petitions were limited to Connecticut residents and the timing fell in the midst of school graduations with all of the time those entail, approximately 2,500 signatures were collected and are being sent to him. http://www.lymedisease.org/news/lyme_disease_views/519.html News Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:55:00 -0400 The San Jose Mercury News writes a follow-up story on Bart Fenolio, who last December was told he had two months to live. Fenolio has been in a nursing home since then, receiving Lyme treatment. Now he's well enough to go home. http://www.lymedisease.org/news/lymepolicywonk/518.html Blog: Lyme Policy Wonk Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:31:00 -0400 What do Representatives Chris Smith and Frank Wolf have in common? They know how to ask the right people hard questions. What do the IDSA, the NIH, and the IOM have in common? They’ve honed the skill of the artful dodger. Representatives Smith and Wolf want to know why the NIH “stepped back” from its charge to run a state of the science conference and handed that hot potato to the IOM. One big difference between the NIH process and the IOM process? The NIH process considers bias a conflict of interest, meaning IDSA folks wouldn’t be sitting on an NIH panel. But, drum roll. . .the IOM permits panels to be biased and coincidentally has a panel that consists almost exclusively of IDSA folks, 4 of 6 panel members. Oh, and one more thing, the IOM is not technically considered to actually be ‘the government’. This is a picture perfect example of plausible deniability. The NIH didn’t stack a panel. The IOM did with IDSA folks. But, hey, they like bias and they are not accountable, are they? A copy of the letter from Representatives Smith and Wolf to Dr. Francis Collins of the NIH together with Collins response can be downloaded at the bottom of this blog post. http://www.lymedisease.org/news/lyme_disease_events/517.html Events Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:13:00 -0400 The Lyme Disease Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania will sponsor this year's third annual Lyme advocacy training, the day before the LDA/Columbia 2010 Scientific Conference. http://www.lymedisease.org/news/touchedbylyme/516.html Blog: Touched by Lyme Tue, 27 Jul 2010 06:11:00 -0400 When the eight-year-old boy bent his head down, his mother noticed an odd little bump under his hair. Looking more closely, she saw it was a tick. “We live near wetlands,” she explained to me. “We pull ticks off our dog all the time. No big deal.” She plucked out the tick with tweezers, threw it away and forgot about it. http://www.lymedisease.org/news/lyme_disease_views/515.html News Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:16:00 -0400 The Sacramento County health department is warning the public to beware of ticks, after an eight-year Folsom boy caught tularemia, an infection carried by dog ticks. (Different from deer ticks, which carry Lyme disease.) The county health department then trapped 30 ticks in the area where the boy had been bitten, and found 6 of them infected with tularemia. http://www.lymedisease.org/news/touchedbylyme/514.html Blog: Touched by Lyme Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:44:00 -0400 Just last week, southern California Lyme patient Meredith Hiney heard about the upcoming 2010 CALDA Lymewalks, and “instantly knew” that raising money for Lyme disease research was something she wanted to do. Following the easy directions on the CALDA website, she set up her own fundraising page, emailed the link to family and friends, and in less than a week raised more than $1500 for Lyme research. Who is Meredith Hiney, and why is she fundraising like the energizer bunny? http://www.lymedisease.org/news/lyme_disease_events/505.html Events Sun, 18 Jul 2010 07:39:00 -0400 The 2010 CALDA Lymewalks are a series of events throughout California in September and October. The purpose is to raise the profile of Lyme disease in our state and to raise money for Lyme disease research. Events are planned for Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento, San Francisco and Ukiah. However, you can be a "virtual walker" anywhere. http://www.lymedisease.org/news/lyme_disease_views/513.html News Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:02:00 -0400 The Sydney Morning Herald continues its coverage of the divide between experts who insist there is no Lyme in Australia, and the many patients who feel they've caught the disease there. One of them, Karl McManus, who was bitten by a tick 3 years ago while helping film a TV show, died last week. http://www.lymedisease.org/news/lyme_disease_events/512.html Events Fri, 23 Jul 2010 04:05:00 -0400 The Lyme Disease Association will hold its 11th annual Lyme and Tick-borne Diseases Conference in Philadelphia Oct. 2-3. It is jointly sponsored by Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. CME credits available. Geared towards healthcare professionals. Open to the public. CALDA News, Events & Blogs