Lyme Disease Misdiagnosis Disaster In The United States
October 17, 2012
Every week we receive many inquiries from people who have been diagnosed with Lyme disease who want to know if they have a possible medical malpractice claim for the failure of their primary care physicians or other health care providers to order timely and appropriate medical testing for Lyme dis[...]
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Chronology Of The Fungal Meningitis Outbreak
October 14, 2012
By now most people in the United States have heard about the current outbreak of fungal meningitis in the United States that has been linked to contaminated epidural steroid injections manufactured by a compounding pharmacy headquartered in Massachusetts. Three lots of the potentially contaminated[...]
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Lyme Disease In Maine During 2011
April 22, 2012
Lyme disease is transmitted to people through the bite of a deer tick (Ixodes scapularis) infected with the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi. The first documented case of Lyme disease that occurred in Maine was in 1986. Lyme disease in Maine has increased each year from 2003 to 2011 (except for 2010, [...]
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150th Consecutive Daily Blog (And Counting)
August 1, 2011
Today’s blog represents the 150th consecutive daily entry appearing in this blog. Over 500 hours have been devoted to researching and writing the blogs that have appeared here. We have addressed the official statistics regarding medical malpractice claims in the U.S. (March 5) as well as i[...]
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Misdiagnosis Of Lyme Disease
June 2, 2011
We received such a positive response to our recent blog regarding Lyme disease (posted on May 25, 2011) that we decided to further blog about the disease. Lyme Disease Statistics According to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), from 1992 to 2006 there were a tot[...]
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The Month Of May Is Lyme Disease Awareness Month
May 25, 2011
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) has declared the month of May as Lyme Disease Awareness Month. What Is Lyme disease? Lyme disease is a tickborne disease and is the most commonly reported vectorborne illness (that is, a disease transmitted to humans by ticks[...]
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