Chronic Lyme disease does not exist, study says

New Haven Register;  October 4, 2007 ;     641 words ......demanding extreme treatments for "chronic Lyme disease," but the condition does...scientifically rigorous studies on chronic Lyme disease in peer-reviewed journals...looked for primary sources of chronic Lyme disease," he said. Evidence of bacteria...

Doctors hotly debate treatment of Lyme disease

Oakland Tribune;  November 20, 2006 ;     700+ words ......People are not going to be thinking 'Lyme disease' in San Jose, but they should," said...who expanded her practice to include Lyme disease treatment after infectious disease...the enduring misunderstandings about Lyme disease is that it's largely confined to a...Western black-legged ...

Lyme disease patients caught in divide regarding treatment

Oakland Tribune;  November 21, 2006 ;     700+ words ......People are not going to be thinking 'Lyme disease' in San Jose, but they should," said...who expanded her practice to include Lyme disease treatment after infectious disease...the enduring misunderstandings about Lyme disease is that it's largely confined to a...Western black-legged ...

SOME DOCTORS OVERTREAT LYME DISEASE

Roanoke Times & World News;  October 26, 2005 ;     363 words ......Shining a light on Lyme disease," I would like to shed further light on Lyme disease. Antibiotic treatment...manifestations of Lyme disease, which is caused by...appropriately treated Lyme disease, a very small percentage...is sometimes called chronic Lyme ...

LSU student shares Lyme Disease story of misdiagnosis

University Wire;  October 30, 2007 ;     700+ words ......a separate diagnosis of "chronic Lyme disease." In a January 2007 letter...patients diagnosed with "chronic" Lyme disease are nonspecific and associated...and is convinced she has chronic Lyme disease. Forester said students who...

Experts Differ on Chronic Lyme Disease Dx.

Family Practice News;  June 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......YORK -- The diagnosis of chronic Lyme disease continues to divide medicine...symptoms often attributed to chronic Lyme disease--extended bouts of fatigue...fraught with problems that chronic Lyme disease should be diagnosed by physician...

'Chronic Lyme disease' at center of debate ; Some physicians are saying it...

Concord Monitor;  October 14, 2007 ;     488 words ......there is no evidence that chronic Lyme disease exists, and that patients...physicians that they have chronic Lyme disease, dismiss the report as biased...than calling the condition chronic Lyme disease, Shapiro and colleagues advocate...

Lyme disease patients spread awareness near Iowa State U.

University Wire;  June 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......latter stages of Lyme disease. "The doctors had...in the field of Lyme disease." As the disease...compares the pain of chronic Lyme disease to a "tortuous coma...years. The Iowa Lyme Disease Association was...education about Lyme disease prevention ...

Despite report, Lyme disease can be chronic

New Haven Register;  October 18, 2007 ;     246 words ...In response to "Chronic Lyme disease does not exist," I would...There is no debate over the chronic Lyme disease at my house. So...Journal study insist chronic Lyme disease does not exist? I suspect...years ago by declaring that Lyme disease is ...

Chronic Lyme disease research center established at Columbia...

Townsend Letter: The Examiner of Alternative Medicine;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......bacteria) that cause Lyme disease. The New Jersey-based national Lyme Disease Association and...for research on chronic Lyme disease is scheduled...neurological Lyme disease, is Associate...the problem of chronic Lyme disease, exclaimed ...

NEJM Owes Patients Responsible Journalism, Says Lyme Disease Association.

PR Newswire;  October 4, 2007 ;     462 words ......Smith, President of the Lyme Disease Association. JACKSON, N...Clinical Appraisal of 'Chronic Lyme Disease.' Eleven of its authors...article concludes there is no chronic Lyme disease, and patients should not...patients. It implicates Lyme disease groups ...

U. Connecticut prof.: Chronic Lyme disease a lemon

University Wire;  November 27, 2007 ;     700+ words ......conclusion that the condition known as chronic Lyme disease has no scientific basis and medication...of Medicine, "A Critical Appraisal of 'Chronic Lyme Disease,'" argued that chronic Lyme disease is an unfounded explanation for a variety...

Lyme disease can sneak up on you

The Boston Globe;  May 26, 1997 ;     482 words ...Lyme disease is one of the trickiest diseases around...chronic -- and causes trouble for years. Lyme disease, especially the chronic form, has been...and researchers agree that preventing Lyme disease is both possible and critical. They also...throughout the state. The ...

THE LYME DISEASE TICK CREEPS INTO THE SUBURBS

The Boston Globe;  May 14, 2002 ;     700+ words ......2000, the number of reported cases of Lyme disease nationwide was higher in each of the even-numbered years. Lyme disease in humans is caused by a bacteria...inhabited by deer, cause the spike in Lyme disease numbers every two years. In Massachusetts...destroyed last year after they ...

Pennsylvanians falling prey to Lyme disease

Philadelphia Tribune, The;  March 9, 1999 ;     700+ words ......1999 Pennsylvanians falling prey to Lyme disease By Christina Crews Tribune Staff Spring...areas can be hazardous to your health. Lyme disease is more fatal than you may think and...Pennsylvanians are falling prey to. Lyme disease is an illness that is caused by a bite...