2008 Lyme Disease Annual Report: A Yearly Update for Doctors and Patients

Every year, newsworthy events throughout the Lyme Disease community will be chronicled in our Annual Report. This issue contains exciting and provocative topics including:

The neuropsychiatric manifestations of Lyme Disease

The debate surrounding the chronic form of the infection

The supplement of the year: glyconutrients

Updates on patient activism and physician criticism

News from Bryan Rosner

Much more!

The Year In Review

Further denial of the existence of chronic Lyme Disease. Persecution of Lyme Disease doctors. Devastating manifestations of chronic, neuropsychiatric Lyme Disease. New breakthrough supplements for accelerating the recovery process. These are just some of the fascinating and important events in the story of Lyme Disease that mark the past year. Allow Bryan Rosner and several of the most respected and credible writers in the Lyme Disease community to take you on a journey of journalistic discovery and expert commentary through the current events in Lyme Disease science, culture, and activism. BioMed Publishing Group s Annual Report offers updates to patients and physicians on some of the important and impactful events of the year.

Contributing Writers in the Annual Report

James Schaller, M.D., Richard Brand, M.D., Sue Vogan, Ginger Savely, FNP-C, Tami Duncan, Susan Williams, and Richard Loyd, Ph.D.

Author's Introduction

The idea for an annual Lyme Disease report or newsletter was born after I had gathered information on several new topics, not included in my previous books, which needed publishing but did not comprise enough specific information for entire books to be written. I considered producing mini-books for each topic, but decided against this as it involves too much pre-press work, is too time consuming and expensive, and fails to incorporate the valuable information into a central, easily accessible source. Nor did I have the quantity of information necessary to produce multiple books on the several new topics I wished to publish.

I have always wanted to launch a newsletter, but resisted doing so for a long time due to the pressing and demanding constraints of monthly or quarterly deadlines. Newsletter production deadlines would take time, energy, and attention away from my primary activities in the Lyme Disease community: research and evaluation of new products and information. Nonetheless, I knew that a newsletter was probably the correct outlet for the updates I desired to share with Lyme Disease sufferers and health care practitioners.

Because of my reservations, I held off on publishing the information in this book for some time. Then, one day, I was nearly knocked over by the idea that launched the book you now hold in your hands: I would produce an annual newsletter. It would be the perfect combination of updated, relevant literature and a manageable production schedule. It would be the ideal tool for releasing information in a fashion that is more up-to-date than conventional books, but less grueling on the publishing side than conventional magazines and newsletters.

The 2008 Lyme Disease Annual Report is packed with information on a variety of topics that I believe you will find to be informative and useful. In addition to articles that I have written, I have incorporated some of the best writings of the year from numerous authors and researchers in the Lyme Disease community. I want to offer my special thanks to those writers who contributed to this report. As you will soon find out, their stories, research, and passion for healing in the Lyme Disease community, add a unique and valuable component to this report.