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"On target with Lyme disease: Understanding vector-borne infections," is the title of a thorough article about Lyme disease in the latest issue of JAAPA, the Journal of the American Academy of Physicians Assistants. Without taking sides, the article discusses both the... Read More »

In an interview with the St. Petersburg Times, author Amy Tan says seizure medication and antibiotics keep her Lyme symptoms under control. "I have a new definition of healthy," Tan says. "If you can do what you want, you're healthy. So I'm healthy." Read More »

The Contra Costa Times talks to Dr. Dave Martz, who will keynote this weekend's Lyme disease conference in the San Francisco Bay area. After being told he had terminal ALS, Martz pursued Lyme disease treatment--which turned his health around. Read More »

"IDSA's primary concern is for the health and safety of patients," said IDSA President Richard Whitley, MD. Read More »

Says LDA President Pat Smith, "These guidelines being upheld become another nail in the coffin for those afflicted with Lyme disease." Read More »

The IDSA Lyme review panel has finally issued its long-awaited report. It recommends against making any changes in the medical society's controversial Lyme treatment guidelines. Read More »

A letter from Dr. Charles Ray Jones, Lyme-treating pediatrician who has been disciplined by the Connecticut medical board. Read More »

When Gavin Peters, a well-known skateboarding sensation in the 1990s, became mysteriously debilitated in 1997, he was diagnosed and treated for MS, which just made him substantially worse. In 2005, he was found to actually have Lyme, but none of the treatments seemed to help.... Read More »

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 »