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IDSA VIOLATES LYME GUIDELINES AGREEMENT

LYME ON TRIAL: CRIME & PUNISHMENT IN CONNECTICUT

 
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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."

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.

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.

For more information, read these articles:

‣ AG chides Lyme panel for not following settlement agreement

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

‣ More Delays in Lyme Guidelines Revisions

‣ July 30, 2009 Lyme Disease Review Panel Hearing

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LYME ON TRIAL: CRIME & PUNISHMENT IN CONNECTICUT

Last week the Connecticut Medical Examining Board (CMEB) voted to discipline Dr. Charles Ray Jones, 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 Jones pay a $10,000 fine and finance four years of supervised probation by a licensed pediatrician. Jones' 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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