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> IDSA VIOLATES LYME GUIDELINES AGREEMENT

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> In January 2010, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

> was caught violating the voting procedures for deciding on whether

> to rewrite its Lyme disease medical guidelines, which according to

> a group of leading Lyme disease specialists, " mislead clinicians

> and result in poor patient care. "

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> This procedural change, which blatantly biased voting in favor of

> leaving the guidelines “as is,†was discovered through a Freedom

> of Information Request made on behalf of patient groups. As a

> result, Connecticut Attorney General Blumenthal requested that the

> IDSA redo the vote to comply with the Settlement Agreement.

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> In the meantime, as the number of U.S. Lyme cases grows by about

> 30% per year, Lyme patients are trapped between a broken health

> care system and biased medical guidelines that are being used by

> insurance companies to deny treatment.

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> ‣ AG chides Lyme panel for not following settlement agreement

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> ‣ Voting Violations: Which Way IDSA, the Right Way or the Might Way?

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> ‣ More Delays in Lyme Guidelines Revisions

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> ‣ July 30, 2009 Lyme Disease Review Panel Hearing

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> LYME ON TRIAL: CRIME & PUNISHMENT IN CONNECTICUT

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> Last week the Connecticut Medical Examining Board (CMEB) voted to

> discipline Dr. Ray , the 80-year-old pediatrician

> featured in UNDER OUR SKIN, for technical violations in the way he

> diagnosed and treated three children suspected of having tick-borne

> diseases. The medical board’s final decision, which will be signed

> in March, specifies that pay a $10,000 fine and finance four

> years of supervised probation by a licensed pediatrician. '

> supporters question the fairness of the proceedings against this

> pediatric Lyme specialist, who has treated more than 10,000

> children with tick-borne diseases over the course of his career.

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