THE SUBVERSION OF MEDICINE
By Linda on Apr 7, 2011 in Linda's Tips | comments(0)
Linda’s comments: This is a must read…..you will definitely be enlightened….
This article is published in the April issue of the Public Health Alert and is also posted on the homepage of Lyme Education Awareness Program’s website.
THE SUBVERSION OF MEDICINE
THROUGH TREATMENT GUIDELINES
by Jerry Leonard and Tina J. Garci
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Excerpt:
On April 19, 2010, Tina J. Garcia of Lyme Education Awareness Program submitted a letter to the Institute of Medicine’s Committee on Standards for Developing Trustworthy Clinical Practice Guidelines.Her submission outlined then Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal’s antitrust investigation and egregious findings of conflicts of interest regarding the Infectious Diseases Society of America’s (IDSA) Practice Guidelines for Lyme Disease.The Attorney General revealed egregious financial conflicts of interest held by the most influential IDSA Lyme Disease Practice Guideline Committee members. The authors of the IDSA Lyme Disease Practice Guidelines had financial ties to “drug companies, Lyme disease diagnostic tests, patents and consulting arrangements with insurance companies.”
