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- From: mcg2@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (Marc Gabriel)
- Newsgroups: sci.bio
- Subject: LymeNet subscriptions
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.220431.69531@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 22:04:31 GMT
- Organization: Lehigh University
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- I submitted the following announcement a few days ago to this board.
- Unfortunately, due to technical difficulties, some subscription requests
- submitted on Sat. (1-23) and Sun. (1-24) were not processed. If you
- subscribed and did *not* receive confirmation of your subscription from the
- list server, please re-subscribe.
- Sorry for the problems.
- The first issue of the LymeNet Newsletter will appear later this week.
- Here is the original announcement...
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- Introducing...
-
- ******************************************************************************
- * The Lyme Disease Electronic Mail Network *
- * LymeNet *
- ******************************************************************************
-
- Lyme Disease is now the fastest growing infectious disease in the United
- States. In 10 short years, this little known bacterial infection has claimed
- half a million victims and the number of new patients continues to spiral
- upward with no relief in sight. It is estimated that in 1991, 100,000
- Americans contracted this dangerous disease. If left untreated, LD can cause
- permanent nerve, musculoskeletal and cardiac damage.
-
- Unfortunately, many in the medical and political arenas have not given this
- epidemic much thought. Self appointed experts in the academic community have
- declared that LD can always be cured with short courses of simple antibiotics.
- However, as the number of cases rise, doctors on the front lines are
- discovering that LD is more serious that previously suspected, requiring longer
- treatment therapies and more complex combinations of medicines. The battle
- lines have been drawn.
-
- And the battles continue at LD conferences, and in the various State
- legislatures where insurance companies, terrified at the high cost of LD, are
- attempting to short change patients. Estimates show that the average cost of
- treatment for chronic LD patients ranges from $60,000 to $100,000 per patient.
-
- MAILING LIST:
- To keep up with the latest developments, including new treatment protocols,
- research news and political events, we introduce the Lyme Disease Electronic
- Mail Network. LymeNet, in association with the Lyme Disease Network of New
- Jersey, Inc., with provide you with a periodic newsletter with the latest
- information. All you need is an Internet- accessible e-mail address.
-
- INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS INCLUDE:
- * LD patients
- * Friends or family of LD patients, who may wish to forward the
- newsletter to an LD patient
- * Interested members of the medical community
- * Interested members of the press
-
-
- To subscribe, send a memo to Internet address listserv@Lehigh.EDU
- In the body type:
-
- subscribe LymeNet-L <Your Real Name>
-
- Please send problem reports to mcg2@Lehigh.EDU.
-