Archive for March, 2010

Do you lead a Lyme support group?

Run a Lyme Disease Support group? If so, I can send you free flyers to hand out at your group. Just let me know how many people attend your group, and what your shipping address is. You can send your information privately via http://www.lymebook.com/ct-bm-pg

Lyme Disease: The Bacterial Next-Door Neighbor

My new video on shifting your paradigm when it comes to thinking about Lyme disease treatment:

http://www.lymebook.com/lyme-disease-the-bacterial-next-door-neighbor

MN Medical Board: long term antibiotics ok for 5 years

The Minnesota Medical Practice Board reluctantly agreed to look the other way when Lyme doctors prescribe “long term” antibiotics for Lyme disease. Does this mean Lyme patients will be flocking to MN for Lyme treatment now? At least it is progress in the right direction…

http://presspubs.com/articles/2010/03/16/vadnais_heights_press/news/doc4ba0153b5eec0480200174.txt

MINNEAPOLIS — It was a bitter pill to swallow, but members of the Minnesota Medical Practice Board agreed to look the other way when it comes to disciplining physicians who treat chronic Lyme disease with long-term antibiotics.

The resolution circumvents legislation that would protect physicians who prescribe long courses of antibiotics for persistent Lyme patients. At a House committee hearing Feb. 17, a bill by Rep. John Ward (DFL-District 12A) was laid aside to give the state board a chance to find a non-legislative solution to the treatment issue.

The compromise barely passed by a 8-6 vote at the board’s monthly meeting March 13. It basically reads that in the interest of allowing time for science to resolve the issue, the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice (MBMP) voluntarily will take a five-year moratorium on the investigation, disciplining or issuance of corrective action based solely on long-term prescription or administration of antibiotic therapy for chronic Lyme disease.

Free tickets to the upcoming Lyme/Autism conference

If anyone wants to attend the conference, http://www.liafoundation.org, please contact me:

http://www.lymebook.com/ct-bm-pg

Upcoming Lyme Seminar

Lyme Disease – Healing with Biological Medicine. Presented by Dr. Thomas Rau, M.D.

Wednesday, April 21 from 7pm – 830pm

Tabor Academy, Lyndon Hall South in the Academic Center, 85 Spring St, Marion, MA

For more info see: http://lymebook.com/lyme-lecture-march-2010.pdf