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  • Regarding Bill to Help Children with Lyme Introduced in House of Representatives
    Regarding Bill to Help Children with Lyme Introduced in House of Representatives

    New Jersey Congressman Christopher Smith has introduced a bill which could change the way children with Lyme Disease are treated by our government and their schools. The bill is called “Children ...

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  • Regarding CDC Doctor Webinar: Help or Hindrance for Patients?
    Regarding CDC Doctor Webinar: Help or Hindrance for Patients?

    I had high hopes when I learned that the CDC was planning a webinar for physicians, to teach them the latest research data on Lyme disease. Imagine my disappointment when the information all turned ...

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  • When Lyme Disease is not Lyme Disease?
    When Lyme Disease is not Lyme Disease?

    Remember the old joke about “When is a door not a door?” It took me the longest time when I was a small child to understand the answer to that riddle – “When it is a jar” was my understanding, and ...

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  • Demystifying Lyme Disease Symptoms and Treatments
    Demystifying Lyme Disease Symptoms and Treatments

    Demystifying Lyme Disease Symptoms and Treatments Every year, there are an estimated 325,000 cases of Lyme disease nationwide , and about 25% of them are children. This makes it an epidemic larger ...

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  • FDA Recommends 200 MG Doxycycline Per Day For 5 To 7 Days Only For Treatment Of Lyme Disease
    FDA Recommends 200 MG Doxycycline Per Day For 5 To 7 Days Only For Treatment Of Lyme Disease

    MedImpact , an independent, trend-focused pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), is the nation's largest privately held PBM, serving health plans, self-funded employers and government entities. [i] A letter ...

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  • Lyme Disease 2017 - the year in review
    Lyme Disease 2017 - the year in review

    Search the Web for Lyme Disease information, and plenty of articles come up about new ways of diagnosing the disease, along with information on how to prevent it (mostly by not allowing ticks to come ...

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