Re: New Jersey conference/anyone from NE going?

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Just wondering if anyone from New England was going? I would love to go, and perhaps carpool! Tamiduncan@... wrote: LIA Foundation East Coast 1-day Conference This 1-day conference will educate attendees with an Intermingling

of Traditional and Alternative Therapies to provide treatment strategies to begin in our healing journey. This conference will cover topics that would be appropriate for parents of children with autism, Lyme disease and related infections, adults with Lyme disease and medical professionals. Hilton Fort Lee Washington Bridge 2117 Route 4 Eastbound Fort Lee, NJ 07024 Saturday, April 12, 2008 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Registration

Fee The fee includes the 1-day conference and a boxed lunch. Early Bird – register prior to March 1st - $70 Regular – register after March 1st -

$85 Online registration form at: www.liafoundation.org We recommend NOT registering at the door as we expect to sell-out prior to the conference. Exhibitor Spaces are available Hotel Rooms Special room rate of $149 per night plus tax IF you book your hotel by March 15th. (subject to availability) After March 15th, regular room rates will apply. Agenda Exhibitor Set-up 6:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Registration 7:15 a.m. Introduction and Welcome 8:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Bransfield, M.D. 8:15 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Tick-Borne Infections, Lyme Borreliosis: A Contributor to Autism Spectrum Disorders Richie Shoemaker, M.D. 9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. “What biotoxins do to inflammation and brains: implications for the approach to the autistic patient.†-Innate immune responses predictably follow acquisition of acute and chronic illness caused by biologically produced neurotoxins. These responses provide a road map for both diagnosis and treatment. -Autism rarely is associated with innate immune response abnormalities; in cases where autism is diagnosed and innate immune abnormalities can be defined, treatment of biotoxin illness may yield salutary results. BREAK/Exhibits 10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m Book Signing by Ritchie Shoemaker, MD, author of Mold Warriors Ray , M.D. 10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Janelle Love,

M.D. 11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Dr. Love will be speaking about: (1) biomedical issues of our autistic children, (2) transmission routes of Lyme disease, (3) why the standard lab tests cannot locate Lyme disease in our children, (4) how the Borrelia neurotoxin affects our children, and (5) how to counteract the neurotoxin when implementing Borrelia elimination. LUNCH / Exhibits 12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Peta Cohen, MS, RD 1:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. The Systemic and Metabolic Impact of Infection I will describe how infection impacts the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal-thyroid-gut-gonadal-immune-cardiovascular axis.

I will describe how infection impacts the excitatory-oxidative stress-inflammatory cycle and its impact to methylation and transsulfuration. I will provide take home solutions to arrest these cyclical events and promote the healing process. G. Baker, ND 2:00 p.m.

– 2:45 p.m. Genetic Predispositions for Immune and Detoxification Dysfunction that contribute to Lyme Disease and Autism Guissepina Feingold, M.D. 2:45 p.m. – 3:30

p.m. BREAK/Exhibits 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Warren Levin, MD 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. The Double Importance of Candida in Lyme and Autism. Horowitz, M.D. 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Herbs, Hormones and Heavy Metals: An evaluation of the importance of hormonal

dysfunction and heavy metal exposure among chronic lyme patients. Discussion of alternative treatments for lyme, heavy metals and hormone dysfunction will be discussed with a focus on newer herbal therapies to treat Borrelia Burgdorferi. Agenda and Speakers Subject To Change Tami DuncanPresident and Co-Founderwww.liafoundation.orgPlease help our mission of research, awareness and education by

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