LDA Press Releases

National Institutes of Health Study on Lyme Disease Reveals Significant Chronic Symptoms and Common Misdiagnosis

October 28, 2005

National Institutes of Health Study on Lyme Disease Reveals Significant Chronic Symptoms and Common Misdiagnosis MEDIA CONTACTS: Sandy Dawkins, 617-937-2571 sandy.dawkins@mslpr.com Kira Edler, 617-937-2578 kira.edler@mslpr.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE National Institutes of Health Study on Lyme Disease Reveals Significant Chronic Symptoms and Common Misdiagnosis Columbia University and Lyme Disease Association Announce New Data at 6th Annual […]

Senate & House Lyme Bills: $100 Million for Lyme Research & Education

August 15, 2005

National Contact: Pat Smith 888 366 6611 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Senate & House Lyme Bills: $100 Million for Lyme Research & Education National Lyme Disease Association Announces Support for Bills Nearly 90 Lyme groups supporting measures Jackson, NJ─ The national non-profit Lyme Disease Association announces its support of two new companion bills introduced in Washington […]

Writer’s Block of the Worst Kind: An Open Book on Lyme

April 24, 2005

Contact: Patricia V. Smith, President For Immediate Release (888) 366-6611 April 25, 2005 Writer’s Block of the Worst Kind: An Open Book on Lyme Internationally Acclaimed Authors Share Stage with Acclaimed Medical Authorities www.LymeLiterati.org Manhattan – For the first time, four nationally acclaimed authors and an executive editor are sharing the stage with two prominent […]

INTENSIVE TREATMENT HELPS PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC LYME DISEASE

November 2, 2004

INTENSIVE TREATMENT HELPS PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC LYME DISEASE Report from NIH-funded Columbia Study of Chronic Neurologic Lyme Disease Jackson, New Jersey, November 2, 2004─Patients with chronic Lyme disease retreated with 10 weeks of intravenous antibiotics showed significant improvement in cognition and other symptoms, said Columbia University neuropsychiatrist Brian Fallon, MD, principal investigator for a […]

Columbia/LDA Medical Conference

October 10, 2004

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Columbia/LDA Medical Conference Genomes Unlock Borrelia Secrets: New Lyme Disease Findings Published in PNAS & Columbia Long-Term Treatment Study Results on Agenda New York & New Jersey, October 10, 2004─The New Jersey-based national Lyme Disease Association and Columbia University College of Physicians will jointly sponsor a one-day medical conference (8.5 […]

Genomes Unlock Borrelia Secrets: New Lyme Disease Findings

September 28, 2004

Genomes Unlock Borrelia Secrets: New Lyme Disease Findings The Lyme Disease Association announces the release of the following research article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS), September 28, 2004: Genetic exchange and plasmid transfers in Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto revealed by three-way genome comparisons and multilocus sequence typing, which represents a […]

Lyme Disease Association/Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons Conference

October 31, 2003

Lyme Disease Association/Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons Conference Nov. 14 to Feature New Research on Genomes of Lyme Bacteria How Lyme Bacteria Cause Dementia Studied NY Times Bestselling Author Amy Tan to speak on LymeAid4Kids Fund Philadelphia PA, October 31, 2003-Open to physicians and the public, the LDA/Columbia Conference offering 8.5 continuing medical […]

LYME DISEASE ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES CAPE COD CHAPTER

September 3, 2003

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PR CONTACTS (local) NAME: Terri Reiser TELEPHONE EMAIL (national) NAME: Pat Smith 888-366-6611 Lymeliter@aol.com LYME DISEASE ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES CAPE COD CHAPTER Educators to Direct the Chapter Cape Cod, Massachusetts, September 3, 2003–The national Lyme Disease Association (LDA) announces the formation of the Lyme Disease Association, Cape Cod Chapter (LDACCC). Says LDA President […]

Rhode Island Legislature Takes Large Leap for Lyme Patients

July 7, 2003

Rhode Island Legislature Takes Large Leap for Lyme Patients Bill Mandating Insurance Coverage for Lyme Treatment Unanimously Passes Senate, Governor Signs East Providence–July 7, 2003 proved to be a fateful day for Lyme patients in Rhode Island. Governor Donald Carcieri signed into law the Lyme Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Act (H6136 SubA/S1173), which unanimously passed […]

CONGRESSMAN TAKES AIM AT LYME DISEASE IN THE MILITARY

September 17, 2002

Tuesday, September 17, 2002 Press Release SOURCE: Lyme Disease Association CONGRESSMAN TAKES AIM AT LYME DISEASE IN THE MILITARY Lyme Disease Association urges higher education for physicians ROBBINSVILLE, NJ –- September 16, 2002- Rising concern over debilitating cases of Lyme disease that go undiagnosed has led the Lyme Disease Association (LDA) to initiate a meeting […]