“Lyme Disease in 2018”

August 3, 2018

An article published on August 2, 2018 in JAMA entitled Lyme Disease in 2018 provides important information regarding Lyme disease in the United States, including: “There has been considerable publicity about substantial increases in the incidence of Lyme disease; however, even though the inci[...]

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Does Chronic Lyme Disease Exist?

April 22, 2016

One of the most common medical malpractice inquiries we receive are from people throughout the United States who are suffering chronic and often debilitating symptoms that they firmly believe are due to the unnecessary and negligent delay in diagnosing their Lyme disease and/or the undue delay or fa[...]

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May Is Lyme Disease Awareness Month

May 6, 2014

May 2014 is Lyme Disease Awareness Month in the United States, focusing attention on Lyme disease prevention and treatment. The CDC’s most current statistics regarding the number of reported cases of Lyme disease in the United States, from 2003 through 2012, indicate that the number of confi[...]

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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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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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