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

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I was expecting a more scientific, useful book, e.g. "here are the latest studies and where things are at with Lyme research". Instead, as one of the other reviewers noted, the author has an axe to grind. He constantly plugs his other books, to the point of saying "if you want to know what X is" (when X is something you routinely run into regarding Lyme) "buy my other book!". He also espouses snake-oil remedies. Of all the Lyme-related books I've read, this is probably the worst.

For the few paragraphs of mildly useful info, it's not worth the price.

Want a useful book? Try Pamela Weintraub's "Cure Unknown: Inside the Lyme Epidemic" for starters. It's a very well-researched, non-partisan examination of the current state of Lyme Disease, its treatment, and the politics surrounding both.

In organizing the 2008 Lyme Disease Annual Report, Bryan Rosner has provided a new and invaluable service to the Lyme and tick-borne disease community. Now that it is written and in my hands, I can see how much we have needed a resource like this for many years.

To my knowledge, no one else has attempted to summarize the most important scientific and political events in the Lyme world as frequently as the "annual report" sets out to do. Moreover, this report bears the hallmarks of Rosner's writing - clear, concise, totally understandable to the lay reader, and keeping the "main things" of 2007-2008 Lyme news front and center.

Rosner has chosen a refreshing variety of contributing authors for this work, reflecting a good balance among both professional and lay Lyme disease researchers and providing late-breaking information on co-infections, too, which must not be overlooked in the Lyme recover process.

Overall, we are so pleased to see a resource like this available on the market and hope that it will begin a new tradition of quality annual updating about this rapidly-changing area of public health threats.

Brian is the #1 voice for both patients and physicians struggling to cope and keep up with the latest important news on Lyme disease. Lyme is the pandemic of the 21st century. Even President Bush was struck with it! All his books are a MUST.

Lyme patients, especially newly diagnosed lyme patients, look out for Brian Rosner. Hes out to target you. He endlessly self promotes his lyme books and rife machines on hundreds of websites, paying many of the moderators for posting about his books and his rife machine business. He constantly posts new youtube videos and they are all basically the same script with the same robotic sales pitch. Please look at his numerous youtube videos one after the other and see for yourself what a phony he is. His compassion is grossly scripted and fake. All of the videos are sales pitches for his benefit of making money off you! I do not recommend any lyme patient read his books or to even get in a discussion with one of his rife machine salesman, they will not let you get a word in edgewise. There are all hyped up and make you there new best friend, all calculated to pressure you into thinking you will not get better unless you get a rife machine. They will give false stats and even suggest it can cure lyme in 3 days. The good news is the word getting out on Brian Rosner true motives and lyme patients are no longer wasting there money on his books or rife machines. If you look on craigs-list or ebay you can see all the used rife machines for sale now by still sick lyme patients who are hoping to get a portion of there money back. Rife machines don't work! Rosner is all about self promotion and greed. You have been warned.

I recommend Pamela Weintraub's "Cure Unknown: Inside the Lyme Epidemic" and Confronting lyme. All written by honest, decent and brilliant writers.

Rosner looks at everything. So pick carefully. One of his sugars makes you fat. He seems to not know. Yet he brings in new research/clinician types like Savely and Schaller and the later had a huge section in the book. The Bartonella part saved a divorce in my family -- the tensions were Bartonella.

Has much more information than I needed, but the coverage was good.

Author had an axe to grind. This sometimes made me question his conclusions.

As a Lyme Disease sufferer, I found the book useful.

I have just received my copies of; The top Ten Lyme Disease Treatments, Lyme and Rife Machines and the 2008 Lyme Disease Annual Report and as an artist the first thing I noticed is that they are all attractive books with high gloss covers and attractive cover design. Ok, the giant tick on the 2008 Lyme Disease Annual Report is kind of creepy and made me itch all over just looking at it but it is still an attractive cover and one can't argue it appropriateness. I especially like the navigational theme of the compass and the silhouette of the hiker looking up towards the rising (or setting) sun, on the cover of The Top 10 Lyme Disease Treatments. Lyme Disease and Rife Machines size and cover design had more of a textbook or workbook feel to it which also seemed appropriate to me considering it's technical subject matter.

The second thing I noticed was the long list of well known and highly respected names in the Lyme world that graced the covers, forwards and inner pages of Bryan's books. Names like James Schaller M.D., Sue Vogan the host of "In short order" radio program, Ginger Savely FNP-C (whom I have had the pleasure of briefly cyber chatting with), Tami Duncan from LIA, Susan Williams Public Health Alert contributor and VP of TXLAD, Richard Loyd, PhD an electrotherapeutic device expert. The pages of Bryan's books are filled with ground breaking discoveries from the top minds in the Lyme disease world.

The third thing I noticed was the large print, which will be a Godsend for those Neuro -Lyme sufferers whose vision has been affected and for those that have trouble reading because of other Lyme issues.

If you or someone you know has advanced Lyme disease and are looking for a supplement to your current treatment protocol or especially if you are looking for alternative treatment options then Bryan's books are well worth reading.

For more complete reviews of Bryan's books and more information on Lyme Disease visit my Lyme Blog at: http://lindaslymediseasejournal.blogspot.com

To see art work and poetry created by Lyme sufferers visit the Lyme Awareness Art Projects Website at: http://www.lymeawarenessartproject.com

(You can cut and paste these website addresses in your browser's address bar or just Google "Lyme Awareness Art Project" and "Linda's Lyme Disease Journal")