Dutch Lyme group joins international protest of IDSA guidelines
Lymevereniging, known in English as the Dutch Lyme Association, has endorsed the Ad Hoc Patient and Physician Coalition’s rebuttal to the IDSA’s Lyme treatment guidelines. There are now 67...
View Article77 groups in 8 countries join protest of IDSA Lyme guidelines
The Ad Hoc Patient and Physician Coalition to protest the IDSA Lyme guidelines continues to grow–both in the United States and abroad. At this writing, 77 organizations in eight countries have endorsed...
View ArticleWrongful death suit shows pitfalls of IDSA Lyme guidelines
By Mary Beth Pfeiffer In August of 2013, Joseph Elone died suddenly when Lyme disease infected his heart. He was 17 years old and had just returned from summer camp in Rhode Island, which then had the...
View Article85 groups in 9 countries protest IDSA Lyme guidelines
The Ad Hoc Patient and Physician Coalition to protest the IDSA Lyme guidelines continues to gather steam–throughout the world. At this writing, 85 organizations in nine countries have endorsed the...
View Article86 organizations in 10 countries protest IDSA Lyme guidelines
Eighty-six organizations in 10 countries have joined the Ad Hoc Patient and Physician Coalition, protesting the IDSA Lyme guidelines. (Update: 87 groups in 11 countries) Countries represented include:...
View ArticleTemporary halt in Lyme lawsuit against IDSA and insurers
The judge has ordered a stay in the federal lawsuit brought by Lyme patients against IDSA doctors and insurance companies. The suit–known as Torrey v. IDSA et al–charges six doctors and eight insurers...
View ArticleLyme Poland joins international coalition rejecting IDSA guidelines
Eighty-seven organizations in 11 countries are now on record as opposing the IDSA’s proposed Lyme disease treatment guidelines. The most recent one to join the Ad Hoc Patient and Physician Coalition is...
View ArticleLyme patients from Czech Republic join coalition, reject IDSA guidelines
A patient group from the Czech Republic has joined the coalition opposing the Infectious Diseases Society of America’s proposed new Lyme guidelines. Borelioza.cz (Lyme Czechia) is the 88th group to...
View ArticleVAINCRE LYME, of France, joins coalition opposing IDSA guidelines
VAINCRE LYME, a patient group from France, has joined the coalition opposing the Infectious Diseases Society of America’s proposed new Lyme guidelines. VAINCRE LYME translates as “Defeat Lyme.” It is...
View ArticleWhy the controversy over chronic Lyme disease is important to everyone
The following is a response to an opinion piece in the Connecticut Mirror newspaper. In it, two IDSA doctors charge that chronic Lyme disease is a fraudulent diagnosis. Furthermore, they accuse...
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