Posts Tagged ‘Blumenthal’

“Chronic” Dishonesty in Medicine?

Texas Heart Institute Journal, 2008.  Follow-up letter to the article, “Dishonesty in Medicine,” concerning Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal’s investigation into alleged dishonesty by the IDSA in the writing of their 2006 guidelines.

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2435453

State of Connecticut, Public Hearings in Re: Lyme Disease, 2004

Hartford, CT. Transcript of 2004 State of Connecticut Health Department public hearings with the objectives to “to eliminate the common use of excessively restrictive Federal reporting criteria to diagnose and treat Lyme Disease and, second, to correct the under-counting of Lyme disease…”

http://www.ct.gov/ag/lib/ag/health/0129lyme.pdf

Agreement Ends Lyme Disease Investigation by Connecticut Attorney General

The Infectious Diseases Society’s press release press release on CT Attorney General Blumenthal ‘s investigation into the improprieties of the authors of the IDSA Lyme guidelines, which resulted in a settlement in which the guidelines will be reviewed by an impartial panel.

http://www.idsociety.org/Content.aspx?id=11182

Attorney General: Attorney General’s Investigation Reveals Flawed Lyme Disease Guideline Process, IDSA Agrees to Reassess Guidelines, Install Independent Arbiter

A government press release on CT Attorney General Blumenthal ‘s investigation into the improprieties of the authors of the IDSA Lyme guidelines, which resulted in a settlement in which the guidelines will be reviewed by an impartial panel.

http://www.ct.gov/ag/cwp/view.asp?Q=414284&A=2795

An Agreement Between the Attorney General of the State of Connecticut and the Infectious Diseases Society of America

This legal document outlines the agreement between the State of Connecticut and the IDSA concerning reviewing and revising the IDSA Lyme treatment guidelines.

http://www.ct.gov/ag/lib/ag/health/idsaagreement.pdf