FDA Warns Consumers
and Health Care Providers Not to Use Bismacine, also known as
Chromacine -
Educational
Opportunities
School for New Learnming
(DePaul University)- The Chronic IIIness Initiative
Students
with chronic illnesses such as chronic fatigue syndrome, depression,
epilepsy, fibromyalgia, heart disease, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis,
among others, may take advantage of the services of the School
for New Learning’s Chronic Illness Initiative. This program
was designed to help students who have had difficulty attending
traditional programs because of relapses or unpredictable symptom
flare ups. Scholarships are available. Students who are successful
at completing School for New Learning degree requirements earn
a DePaul University degree.
Insurance
Information
Social
Security Online
Information
about the Social Security Disability Program
Handling
Disability Examinations
New
Ruling Should Improve Disabled CFIDS Patients' Access to Benefits
On
April 30, 1999, the Social Security Administration (SSA) issued
a ruling clarifying that persons with medically documented CFS
can be found to have a "medically determinable impairment."
The ruling provides guidance to disability claims processors
for applying SSA policy to applications for Social Security Disability
Income (SSDI) benefits that result from disability due to CFS.
While the new ruling will hardly "open the floodgates"
for CFIDS patients to garner disability benefits, it should make
it easier for disabled CFIDS patients to acquire benefits at
an earlier stage in the SSA appeals process.
West
Nile Virus Related Web site
nationalatlas.gov
Each
week, the National Atlas will include a new series of maps resulting
from ongoing West Nile Virus surveillance activities led by the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). West Nile Virus has emerged
in recent years in temperate regions of Europe and North America,
presenting a threat to public health, equine health, and since
1999, the health of bird populations. The most serious manifestation
of infection is fatal encephalitis (inflammation of the brain)
in humans and horses, as well as mortality in certain domestic
and wild birds
Lyme
Disease-Related Web Sites
Lyme
Disease Risk Assessments
Studies of Lyme disease done by the U.S. Army at various military
installations from 1983 to 1996.
Lyme
Disease -- The West Coast Connection
Educational site on Lyme disease as pertaining to the West Coast.
Includes information on tick testing, finding a Lyme specialist
and links to other useful sites.
European
Union Concerted Action on Lyme Borreliosis (EUCALB)
This is a site for the European scientific community to document
information on European LB and their progress toward standardization
of medical terms, concepts and research.
The
Pasteur Institute in France
This is an outstanding source of information on the microbiology
of spirochetes. Included is the registration of Borrelia burgdorferi
strains, substrainsand genetic codes. This is where Bb cultured
from a lone star tick from Texas and another cultured from a
flea from Texas have been characterized and registered. Information
on other spirochetes and tick-spread diseases is available.
Iowa
State University
Great site to view pictures and 2 second video of ticks and tick
dissection, mosquitoes, lice, lady beetles and more bugs. This
is an important viewing site.
Lots
Of Links On Lyme Disease
Although
this site is no longer updated, it still provides links to over
12,000 sites on the web with information about Lyme disease.
