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2005
Lyme Disease Association Archives: 2005
The Middlesex Regional Educational Services Commission (MRESC) invited the LDA president, who is a former board of education president, to present an in-service to non-public school nurses in Piscataway: Overview of Lyme Disease and How It Affects School Children, December 2005. Strategies for dealing with children with Lyme disease in the classroom were included, as were diagnosing and treating difficulties, ticks that carry and transmit tick-borne diseases, and prevention. Pictured are LDA President Pat Smith (L), Mark Finklestein, Superintendent of the MRESC and a commission nurse.
The International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society Rye, NY DVD, Proceedings of the 2004 Annual Scientific Session is available–an educational and teaching tool with current knowledge of doctor practices. To order, go to www.ILADS.org, click guidelines and order form. (Can NOT be ordered from LDA).
Jointly sponsored by Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and 8.75 Category 1 CMEs awarded
Lyme and other Tick-Borne Diseases: Emerging Tick-Borne Diseases
Friday, October 28, 2005, Crowne Plaza, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
For full information, click on the conference brochure links below.
Conference Brochure (Outside)
Conference Brochure (Inside)
August 6, 2005, Mt Equinox, Vermont uphill bike climb sponsored by the Manchester Rotary. Proceeds to go to the Rotary and the LDA for research including the Columbia University Lyme Disease research center. See site for details.
2nd Annual Beach Walk
Sunday October 23, 2005
Writer’s Block of the Worst Kind: An Open Book on Lyme
Internationally Acclaimed Authors Share Stage with Acclaimed Medical Authorities
Time for Lyme® Rocks Miami’s South Beach, a fundraising gala, will take place on Saturday evening, April 2nd at the Hyatt Regency in Greenwich, Connecticut. This is the fourth major fundraiser of its kind hosted by Time For Lyme, a nonprofit Lyme disease prevention, education, research and advocacy network. Time for Lyme® Rocks Miami’s South Beach will benefit the Columbia University Lyme Disease Research Center, as well as Lyme disease education and awareness programs.
On January 6, 2005, the New Hampshire Senate introduced Senate Concurrent Resolution 4 (SCR4) which is now in the Senate Human Services Committee.
Pat Smith, President of the national Lyme Disease Association (LDA), will speak at the YWCA gymnasium, 815 W. Fourth Street, Williamsport, PA, on Saturday, January 15, 2005 from 1-3 pm.