Focus Blog List

• April 21, 2025
  How are multiple sclerosis and chronic Lyme related?
• April 16, 2025
  Eyes wide open: Tackling Lyme-induced spatial visual dysfunction
• April 8, 2025
  PODCAST: Understanding the unique burdens of Lyme on women
• April 7, 2025
  PODCAST: Renewing your microbiome to heal from chronic illness
• April 7, 2025
  Letting Go of Lyme and Other Illnesses This Sacred Season
• April 3, 2025
  A mother’s story: When “just anxiety” was really Lyme disease
• March 26, 2025
  Dr. Steven Harris on cutting-edge treatments for chronic Lyme disease
• March 25, 2025
  PODCAST: A Deep Dive into Chronic Mold Illness and Its Overlap with Lyme
• March 20, 2025
  Amy Tan’s Lyme disease: The body speaks through the mind
• March 14, 2025
  MEDICAL DETECTIVE: 2-week pulses of antibiotics for chronic bartonellosis
• March 13, 2025
  My path from Lyme disease to occupational therapy
• March 10, 2025
  The three Bs – Borrelia, What, and What? Co-infections and chronic illness
• March 7, 2025
  MEDICAL DETECTIVE: Explaining DDDCT protocol for treating Bartonella
• February 28, 2025
  MEDICAL DETECTIVE: Effective treatments for Bartonella infections
• February 28, 2025
  PODCAST: Chronic Lyme, trauma, and the mind-body connection
• February 28, 2025
  How Lyme disease inspired my newest mystery novel
• February 19, 2025
  MEDICAL DETECTIVE: Establishing the diagnosis of Bartonella
• February 12, 2025
  MEDICAL DETECTIVE: The complex role of Bartonella in chronic illness, part 1
• February 11, 2025
  PODCAST: Treating Lyme at the cellular level with Dr. Bill Rawls
• February 6, 2025
  Reflecting on Lyme disease, 30 years after writing “Dead End Host”
• February 4, 2025
  Battling a devious bug for 40 years and finally finding hope
• January 28, 2025
  From Lyme struggle to musical triumph: writing an entire album from my sofa
• January 27, 2025
  PODCAST: From Lyme patients to hard-charging Lyme advocates
• January 22, 2025
  How to tick-proof your home and reclaim the use of your yard
• January 13, 2025
  PODCAST: How Lyme impacts military personnel and their families
• January 9, 2025
  MEDICAL DETECTIVE #6: All about Babesia, aka “American malaria”
• January 3, 2025
  Last chance to protect access to vital sterile compounds is Jan. 8
• January 3, 2025
  MEDICAL DETECTIVE #5: Kris Kristofferson had chronic Lyme–not Alzheimer’s. How can you tell the difference? 
• December 30, 2024
  PODCAST: The Tick Chick’s Top Recovery Tips for Lyme Survivors
• December 20, 2024
  MEDICAL DETECTIVE #4: How to survive in a tick-filled world
• December 16, 2024
  PODCAST: Psychiatric and mental health toll of chronic Lyme disease
• December 13, 2024
  MEDICAL DETECTIVE #3: Let’s Talk About Lyme Rashes
• December 12, 2024
  Questioning the role of Lyme disease in the case of Luigi Mangione
• December 5, 2024
  MEDICAL DETECTIVE #2: How to recognize Lyme through symptoms alone
• December 4, 2024
  A rabbi’s roadmap for healing from chronic Lyme disease
• December 2, 2024
  PODCAST: Bridging chronic Lyme trauma and emotional healing
• November 29, 2024
  MEDICAL DETECTIVE #1: An overview of Lyme disease signs and symptoms 
• November 19, 2024
  PODCAST: Parallels between chronic Lyme trauma and domestic violence
• November 15, 2024
  The hidden struggles of multiple chemical sensitivity
• November 5, 2024
  Finding healing after four decades of Lyme-related misery
• November 4, 2024
  PODCAST: Finding spiritual strength in the face of Lyme disease
• November 1, 2024
  The power trio: NAD+, glutathione, and methylcobalamin in Lyme treatment
• October 29, 2024
  A marathon for a cause: honoring my son and supporting LymeDisease.org
• October 25, 2024
  What is glutathione and why must we protect patient access to it?
• October 24, 2024
  PODCAST: Navigating trauma to heal from chronic Lyme
• October 14, 2024
  Labeling law would protect people with alpha-gal syndrome
• October 8, 2024
  PODCAST: Insights from Amy Offutt, MD, on finding the right Lyme doctor
• October 7, 2024
  A young girl and her therapy dog take on Lyme disease together
• October 4, 2024
  Why compounding pharmacies matter and why you should care
• September 30, 2024
  Kris Kristofferson’s shocking tale of Lyme-induced Alzheimer’s
• September 25, 2024
  A “Doolally of Doctors” and the madness behind the misdiagnosis of Lyme disease
• September 25, 2024
  PODCAST: Catching up with Lyme advocate Olivia Goodreau
• September 24, 2024
  Why patients fight to protect access to B12 shots as methylcobalamin
• September 23, 2024
  Remembering Pat Smith, staunch veteran of the “Lyme wars”
• September 17, 2024
  When Lyme patients must fight to be believed by doctors
• September 11, 2024
  Comparing herbal therapy to antibiotics for chronic Lyme disease
• September 6, 2024
  Defend your access to essential Lyme treatments on Sept. 12
• August 26, 2024
  PODCAST: Maintaining a career while managing chronic Lyme disease
• August 23, 2024
  Fighting to save our lifeline of glutathione, B12, and more
• August 13, 2024
  PODCAST: Treating neurologic Lyme disease with hyperbaric oxygen
• August 12, 2024
  PODCAST: Is it Lyme, mold, or both?
• August 7, 2024
  What do “Real Housewives of Invisible Illness” do all day, anyway?
• August 6, 2024
  How to make healthier food choices during Lyme treatment
• August 5, 2024
  Understanding the Jarisch-Herxheimer Reaction (JHR)
• July 31, 2024
  THE LAST FIVE MINUTES: How self-compassion can bring healing
• July 30, 2024
  PODCAST: Dr. Neil Nathan on mold, Lyme, and EMFs
• July 25, 2024
  True crime as true Lyme: Tick bite leads to murder-suicide
• July 24, 2024
  Lyme can cause both physical and psychological symptoms
• July 24, 2024
  PANS–when infections trigger neuropsychiatric symptoms
• July 22, 2024
  PODCAST: Personalized Lyme disease treatment
• July 22, 2024
  PODCAST: A commitment to Lyme disease advocacy
• July 15, 2024
  The haunting legacy of Lyme, Connecticut
• July 15, 2024
  Patient tells scientists: Lyme is a literal emergency. Help us.
• July 14, 2024
  PODCAST: A Polish doctor’s perspective on persistent Lyme disease
• July 10, 2024
  THE LAST 5 MINUTES: Remember, progress comes in inches, not feet
• July 8, 2024
  Florida undercounts Lyme disease and downplays its risk
• July 7, 2024
  Have you ever been exasperated by the zero-to-10 pain scale?
• June 26, 2024
  THE LAST 5 MINUTES: How “keyhole sunsets” can help you heal
• June 20, 2024
  Avoiding tick-borne diseases while traveling in Europe
• June 18, 2024
  PODCAST: Gen Lyme offers zoom support meetups 5x per week
• June 17, 2024
  THE LAST 5 MINUTES: 8 Concepts and Contemplations in Healing
• June 6, 2024
  A candid and moving account of one family’s Lyme story
• June 4, 2024
  “Lyme Ninja Warrior” vows to never give up, never stop fighting
• June 3, 2024
  Lyme disease in Ireland through one patient’s eyes
• June 3, 2024
  PODCAST: Getting to the root cause of Lyme-related stress
• May 31, 2024
  Pouring 30+ years of Lyme experience into a novel
• May 29, 2024
  Lyme patients: Your blood could hold the key to chronic Lyme
• May 14, 2024
  Her “ALS” symptoms cleared up with Lyme disease treatment
• May 13, 2024
  Lyme is an unforgiving disease that’s too often hidden from view
• May 1, 2024
  PODCAST: Medical gaslighting, human rights, and Lyme disease
• April 30, 2024
  Author channels her Lyme experiences into a mystery novel
• April 27, 2024
  How meditation can help you cope with chronic Lyme disease
• April 23, 2024
  Keep your garden tick-free by choosing the right plants
• April 18, 2024
  Healing Lyme disease with mind-body medicine
• April 17, 2024
  Returning to nature helped heal this Lyme survivor
• April 13, 2024
  To my fellow Lyme fighters, I’m with you. Your pain is my pain.
• April 4, 2024
  Author looks at “patient-led revolution” in medical care
• March 27, 2024
  Methylene blue–a new/old drug for treating Lyme disease
• March 25, 2024
  I’ve got Lyme disease and you may have it, too
• March 22, 2024
  How to get the treatments we need for long COVID, long Lyme, and others
• March 19, 2024
  PODCAST: 5 things this “Tick Chick” did to recover from Lyme
• March 11, 2024
  What’s ahead as UCSF joins Lyme clinical trials network
• March 11, 2024
  Frequently asked questions about mold-related illness
• March 5, 2024
  PODCAST: Neurological and cognitive issues from Lyme
• February 20, 2024
  Singer/songwriter went to Nashville to record “Dear Lyme”
• February 20, 2024
  PODCAST: Finding resilience through the Lyme disease journey
• February 14, 2024
  Patient priorities regarding maternal-fetal Lyme research
• February 13, 2024
  Brain on fire: neuropsychiatric disorders in children
• February 8, 2024
  When Lyme causes dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system
• February 7, 2024
  “Leave space for a future version of you…one who is healthy and active”
• February 5, 2024
  PODCAST: How Lyme advocacy brings more federal funding
• February 5, 2024
  What to do when toxic mold chases you out of your home
• January 30, 2024
  Mom of 4 kids with Lyme offers encouragement to other parents
• January 25, 2024
  Canadian Lyme patients keep looking for solutions
• January 22, 2024
  PODCAST: Lyme diagnostics and treatment updates
• January 17, 2024
  Embers’ newest CME course on Lyme treatment–and more
• January 8, 2024
  How writing “Walk the Lyme” helped TJ Nelson heal
• December 21, 2023
  Looking back at a decade of healing from Lyme, with coping tips
• December 12, 2023
  PODCAST: Overcoming isolation and loneliness while you heal
• December 1, 2023
  PODCAST: When Lyme disease leads to low sex drive
• November 27, 2023
  PODCAST: Alzheimer’s, Lyme disease, and root cause detection
• November 20, 2023
  The dark reality of living with Lyme disease
• November 15, 2023
  PODCAST: The Chronic Illness Puzzle: Mold, Metals, Toxins, Infections
• November 14, 2023
  PODCAST: Scrutinizing CDC’s new web content on chronic Lyme
• November 9, 2023
  It’s crucial to acknowledge and treat congenital Lyme disease
• November 6, 2023
  The difficulties of obtaining Lyme treatment in Canada
• November 3, 2023
  Running NYC Marathon to raise funds and Lyme awareness
• November 1, 2023
  Yale researcher seeks biomarkers for long COVID, chronic Lyme, and ME/CFS
• October 31, 2023
  PODCAST: After this doctor got Lyme, he devoted his practice to it
• October 27, 2023
  What it takes to treat mold and mycotoxin illness
• October 24, 2023
  Her journal shows how teen found her way through chronic Lyme disease
• October 16, 2023
  PODCAST: When multiple members of your family have Lyme disease
• October 10, 2023
  Finding happiness even when you’re chronically ill
• October 6, 2023
  PODCAST: The thorny issue of diagnosing tick-borne diseases
• September 25, 2023
  Why some people with Lyme disease don’t test positive for it
• September 19, 2023
  “The Lyme Boss” embraces holistic approach to healing
• September 18, 2023
  PODCAST: How this former fighter pilot grew through Lyme disease adversity
• September 14, 2023
  Coping with POTS in conjunction with chronic Lyme disease
• September 11, 2023
  Why mental health professionals need to know about Lyme disease
• September 7, 2023
  The Lyme pandemic that the coronavirus uncovered
• September 6, 2023
  Cautionary advice regarding “benzo” drugs for Lyme patients
• September 5, 2023
  How IEPs can help your child with Lyme in school
• September 4, 2023
  PODCAST: Jody Hudson, on caring for a child with Lyme disease
• August 31, 2023
  Anglican bishop urges NHS to “wake up” about Lyme disease
• August 30, 2023
  What happens when you get caught in the Lyme Wars
• August 28, 2023
  Music is my “raison d’etre.” And boy, does Lyme get in the way.
• August 23, 2023
  A personal journey of healing body, mind, and spirit
• August 21, 2023
  Jessica Devine helps thousands to “Rise Above Lyme”
• August 10, 2023
  Let’s establish an NIH office for long COVID, long Lyme and more
• August 7, 2023
  The six stages of healing persistent Lyme, with Gregg Kirk
• July 19, 2023
  Making Sense of Lyme Research – What Does the Science Say?
• July 18, 2023
  When bubble baths don’t cut it: Targeting stress to help you heal
• July 17, 2023
  Challenging “toxic positivity,” one white board message at a time
• July 10, 2023
  It’s tough to get diagnosed and treated for Lyme disease in Oregon
• July 10, 2023
  Maintaining loving relationships while facing chronic illness
• July 6, 2023
  Can microdoses of psychedelics effectively treat neuro-Lyme?
• June 30, 2023
  How Often Do Health Insurers Say No to Patients? No One Knows.
• June 26, 2023
  “Love, Hope, Lyme” podcast features LymeDisease.org’s Dorothy Leland
• June 20, 2023
  Bartonella a.k.a. cat scratch disease: How to care for the cat
• June 15, 2023
  Inaugural “Love, Hope, Lyme” podcast features Dr. Richard Horowitz
• May 26, 2023
  Is your home making you sick? Here’s how to check for mold.
• May 22, 2023
  Helping more doctors to become Lyme-literate
• May 15, 2023
  Her paintings focus on her personal experience with Lyme disease
• April 14, 2023
  Surviving chronic Lyme and the Boston Marathon bombing
• April 11, 2023
  Learn to protect your cat–and yourself–from zoonotic diseases
• April 6, 2023
  Lyme can interfere with how your eyes and brain work together
• March 30, 2023
  How Cigna saves millions by having its doctors reject claims without reading them
• March 29, 2023
  Advanced imaging shows Lyme-related brain fog is real
• March 22, 2023
  Two Duke law students launch pro bono Lyme advocacy project
• March 14, 2023
  When treating Bartonella clears symptoms of autism, what next?
• March 13, 2023
  Fighting Lyme–and Lyme denialism–for more than 7 years
• March 13, 2023
  A lifetime of tick-borne infections in South Africa
• March 3, 2023
  The “major failing” of the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group
• March 2, 2023
  Why is it so hard to find a Lyme doctor? Here are some reasons.
• March 1, 2023
  You can do gentle, healing yoga from your bed or couch
• February 23, 2023
  Does Lyme disease eat away at your hip cartilage?
• February 20, 2023
  When your brain “adjusts” to illness, you can re-set it for health
• February 10, 2023
  Lyme Treatment Foundation opens grant applications Feb. 15
• February 7, 2023
  “Quiet Epidemic” shows how medical community has failed Lyme patients
• January 24, 2023
  After 80% improvement in autism symptoms, he’s going to college
• January 20, 2023
  Protect yourself from ticks with insect-repellent clothing
• January 17, 2023
  Her husband died from Lyme-related causes. Now she advocates for change.
• January 10, 2023
  New CME course focuses on Lyme disease in Ireland
• January 10, 2023
  All about kids with Lyme, PANS, and mold illness
• January 4, 2023
  Growing a successful career while coping with chronic Lyme
• January 3, 2023
  What’s preventing your recovery from Lyme disease?
• November 23, 2022
  Kids are losing their childhoods to Lyme and other TBD
• November 22, 2022
  NIH and CDC should dismantle barriers to proper Lyme treatment
• November 22, 2022
  Infected during basic training, vet urges “real” funding for Lyme disease
• November 10, 2022
  Crafting a career in the face of chronic illness
• November 7, 2022
  Swamp boy: A story about Bartonella and mental illness
• October 28, 2022
  “Nine EpiPens in a month.” The burdens of Lyme, AGS, and more.
• October 27, 2022
  When alpha-gal syndrome is NOT related to a tick bite
• October 26, 2022
  Lyme patients still need diagnostics, treatment, & health equity
• October 12, 2022
  After the death of a loved one with Lyme: donating tissue for research
• October 7, 2022
  Seeking to unlock the mysteries of Lyme arthritis
• October 4, 2022
  Lyme disease took my 20’s. No one should have to suffer like this.
• September 28, 2022
  Treatment strategies for long-haul COVID and persistent Lyme disease
• September 27, 2022
  Will nature photography be your path to healing?
• September 25, 2022
  Career success while battling chronic Lyme disease
• September 6, 2022
  A deer, a cow, and learning to heal from Lyme disease
• August 25, 2022
  Recognizing and treating Lyme disease in young children
• August 24, 2022
  Lyme has taken my income, my hobbies, even my personality at times
• August 18, 2022
  Lyme Disease Biobank collects patient samples for research
• August 12, 2022
  CDC fails to acknowledge neuropsych symptoms of Lyme and other TBDs
• August 1, 2022
  In order to prove how sick I am, I had to make myself sicker
• July 25, 2022
  Mom credits IVIG with turning around child’s Powassan infection
• July 7, 2022
  Precisely how do ticks ambush you–and give you Lyme disease?
• July 3, 2022
  Does unrecognized Lyme in mothers lead to autism spectrum disorder?
• June 28, 2022
  Adverse childhood events, PTSD, and brain inflammation
• June 27, 2022
  The heroic Dr. Charles Ray Jones and the gift of a boy’s life
• June 16, 2022
  10 tips for Lyme disability insurance claims
• June 9, 2022
  Chronic Lyme patients embrace alternative treatments, rack up big bills
• June 9, 2022
  Racial disparities in diagnosing and treating Lyme disease
• June 2, 2022
  Dr. Jones’s still-relevant advice on children with Lyme disease
• May 13, 2022
  Lyme Central: What you need to know about ticks, Lyme, and getting well
• May 5, 2022
  A partnership that’s finding answers in Lyme and other tick-borne diseases
• May 3, 2022
  The physical and financial devastation of unrecognized Lyme disease
• May 3, 2022
  What you need to know about the new Lyme ICD-11 diagnostic codes
• May 2, 2022
  Things not to say to people with Lyme and other invisible illnesses
• April 25, 2022
  Earning a living with chronic Lyme: “I’m not going to make it out of bed today.”
• April 20, 2022
  10 signs of recent progress in the Lyme disease world
• April 15, 2022
  Tulane researcher asks, “Could chronic Lyme contribute to Alzheimer’s dementia?”
• April 14, 2022
  “Pain scale” often inflicts extra pain on suffering patients
• April 8, 2022
  Treating Bartonella cleared most of my son’s symptoms of autism
• April 8, 2022
  What connection between Lyme disease and teen suicide?
• March 15, 2022
  Screenwriter turns a couple’s courageous Lyme fight into a film script
• March 8, 2022
  Patient story: Lyme disease deserves more than “mediocre attention”
• March 1, 2022
  No Lyme in Mississippi? Wrong! Plus co-infections and alpha-gal too.
• March 1, 2022
  Have we heard from a doctor yet? Is someone going to be able to help me?
• February 28, 2022
  Center for Lyme Action offers recommendations to TBD Working Group
• February 28, 2022
  Being shot at in combat not as bad as mistreatment for Lyme disease
• February 17, 2022
  Watch Kinderlehrer webinar on PANS and tick-borne infections
• February 9, 2022
  Why Congress must enact medical insurance coverage laws for Lyme patients
• February 3, 2022
  Lyme and Babesia–a potent combination that’s frequently missed
• January 31, 2022
  Can chronic Lyme be cured? Dr. Christine Green answers your questions.
• January 25, 2022
  Problematic Lyme testing shortchanges patients, especially children
• January 24, 2022
  What can chronic Lyme disease teach us about long COVID?
• January 13, 2022
  The heartbreaking connection between personality changes and Lyme disease
• January 10, 2022
  Answers still needed about possible biowarfare connection to Lyme disease
• January 5, 2022
  How TJ Nelson excels at sales while battling chronic Lyme disease
• December 20, 2021
  “Lyme Ease Survival Guidebook” aims to help you heal
• December 8, 2021
  How good nutrition can help you recover from Lyme disease
• December 3, 2021
  Lyme disease can affect the heart in complicated ways
• November 17, 2021
  Could an 80-year-old drug cure Alzheimer’s disease?
• November 9, 2021
  Career and life lessons from survivors of chronic Lyme disease
• November 4, 2021
  Over age 70½? Get this tax benefit when donating to LymeDisease.org
• October 25, 2021
  No Lyme disease in California? That’s a misplaced impression
• October 14, 2021
  Head trauma, prolonged neurological symptoms, and Lyme disease
• October 4, 2021
  These are my top 12 recommended books on Lyme disease
• September 27, 2021
  Young Lyme warrior on a journey to become “American Ninja Warrior”
• September 7, 2021
  What’s behind this epidemic of chronic, inflammatory conditions?
• September 2, 2021
  “Messages on the Mirror”: Family endurance and a Lyme love story
• September 1, 2021
  A tick bite at age 6, followed by more than 40 years of health problems
• August 31, 2021
  “A tick bite turned me into the bionic woman–entirely preventable”
• August 30, 2021
  Teaching physical therapists when and how to suspect Lyme disease
• August 27, 2021
  Bransfield: IDSA guidelines ignore psychiatric consequences of Lyme disease
• August 17, 2021
  Learning to be supportive when your partner has Lyme disease
• August 11, 2021
  When children and adolescents with Lyme have neuropsych symptoms
• August 2, 2021
  Ecologically diverse Texas needs county-level data for tick-borne diseases
• July 23, 2021
  Pediatric bipolar disorders and tick-borne illnesses
• July 22, 2021
  Lyme biobank provides crucial service to researchers pursuing a cure
• July 14, 2021
  Combating isolation by creating online space for teens with Lyme disease
• July 12, 2021
  When specific foods trigger brain inflammation in children
• July 8, 2021
  Is there a connection between autistic spectrum disorders and tick-borne illnesses?
• June 30, 2021
  Cherries and Facebook = a good recipe for a fundraiser
• June 29, 2021
  “Health-plus” report details Lyme challenges and proposes solutions
• June 14, 2021
  Finding an embedded tick on a very inconvenient spot on your body
• June 10, 2021
  Study detects tick-borne illness in teens hospitalized for depression
• May 18, 2021
  Amy Scher: “Healing can’t happen in a bubble of fear”
• May 13, 2021
  She wrote “Lyme Disease, Ticks and You” to help people help themselves
• May 12, 2021
  Can Lyme disease and Bartonella trigger eating disorders?
• April 28, 2021
  Did untreated Bartonella steal her eyesight? At 91, she still wonders.
• April 13, 2021
  Managing mental health and neuropsychiatric symptoms of Lyme disease
• March 29, 2021
  Rooting out hidden causes of anxiety, depression, mood disorders in teens
• March 18, 2021
  Teenager combines Lyme advocacy with his love of computer science
• March 9, 2021
  Lyme and neuropathy: How to ease nerve pain, tingling, and weakness
• March 8, 2021
  Take steps now to protect you and your family from tick bites
• March 2, 2021
  “Anything to feel better.” Exploring alternative treatments for Lyme.
• January 13, 2021
  No “cookbook answers” for Lyme treatment, whether acute or chronic
• January 13, 2021
  “If the cure doesn’t work, it means you don’t have Lyme disease” (NOT!)
• January 11, 2021
  Natural remedies for the chronic inflammation of Lyme disease
• December 16, 2020
  From a mom dealing with PANS and Lyme: “2020 is NOT my worst year”
• December 3, 2020
  Denying Lyme treatment is “deeply institutionalized discrimination”
• December 3, 2020
  Leveraging the wealth of available data to help Lyme patients recover
• December 3, 2020
  Let’s arm our children with powerful “One Health” knowledge
• December 2, 2020
  Unethical to withhold viable Lyme treatments, while awaiting more research
• December 2, 2020
  Deaf woman with Lyme: “No time for anyone who does not believe me”
• November 26, 2020
  Looking back on her teen years of Lyme-related pain. Life’s better now!
• November 23, 2020
  Patients can respond very differently to disulfiram. Be cautious.
• November 19, 2020
  Public comment: Does that sound like a religious belief, Dr. Walker?
• November 18, 2020
  Public comment: Genetic variations make Lyme harder to treat
• November 18, 2020
  Phyllis Mervine’s public comment to TBD Working Group
• November 17, 2020
  “Longest list of Lyme symptoms ever–the prize you never want to win”
• October 29, 2020
  “Lyme denial-itis” is pervasive. It stole my daughter’s childhood.
• October 28, 2020
  A simple, quick and cost-free fix–ditch the misleading Lyme map
• October 15, 2020
  “Gaslighting” by some doctors can undermine the chronically ill
• September 30, 2020
  Would my son have his Lyme diagnosis without my mother’s instinct?
• September 15, 2020
  Tuttle directs pointed questions to TBD Working Group member Shapiro
• September 15, 2020
  Erin Walker: “We need tests, treatment, and recognition that Lyme is real”
• September 11, 2020
  Lyme has devastated my family–physically, financially, and emotionally
• September 8, 2020
  Were you ever infected with Powassan? These researchers want to know.
• September 4, 2020
  Video tribute to Dr. Neil Spector, Lyme hero, with music by Dana Parish
• August 31, 2020
  After the devastation of Lyme disease, a family finds healing
• August 26, 2020
  10 years of headaches, vertigo and other pains dismissed as “depression”
• August 24, 2020
  Helping our child through Lyme disease shouldn’t be this hard
• August 20, 2020
  How stomach massage for gastroparesis can get things moving again
• August 3, 2020
  40+ practitioners failed to recognize Lyme disease as root of my ailments
• July 10, 2020
  Lyme patients need tests, educated doctors, and affordable treatment
• July 10, 2020
  Doctors must learn to recognize TBDs in minority populations
• July 9, 2020
  Misdiagnosis of Lyme-caused rash can have potentially fatal consequences
• July 9, 2020
  Bias and group-think contribute to faulty treatment of Lyme disease patients
• June 25, 2020
  Support LymeDisease.org’s important work through AmazonSmile
• June 3, 2020
  Disulfiram for Lyme disease: profiles of two patients reporting good outcomes
• May 14, 2020
  How my Lyme disease experience led me to start a CBD company
• May 12, 2020
  Lyme disease and COVID-19: In search of a spiritual path
• April 30, 2020
  Viewing COVID-19 through the lens of the history of biological weapons
• April 28, 2020
  NIH’s COVID-19 guidelines offer useful advice for Lyme disease, too
• April 7, 2020
  Is it COVID-19 or a Lyme disease herx? One woman’s story.
• April 3, 2020
  New drug eradicates Lyme disease bacteria in lab mice and cultures
• March 30, 2020
  COVID-19’s daunting challenges for families with Lyme and PANS/PANDAS
• March 13, 2020
  Does your child have a mental illness or a medical disorder?
• March 6, 2020
  Condemned to a life of debilitating illness? There’s a better way.
• March 5, 2020
  Accelerating pace, increasing depth and breadth of Lyme disease research
• March 5, 2020
  MyLymeData helps build a collaborative research engine for Lyme disease
• March 4, 2020
  CDC’s recommendations for Lyme epitomize institutional bias
• February 21, 2020
  Why the controversy over chronic Lyme disease is important to everyone
• February 6, 2020
  Maternal-fetal Lyme transmission must be acknowledged–and researched
• February 4, 2020
  My high-risk county doesn’t appear on CDC’s Lyme disease maps
• January 30, 2020
  What is disulfiram and why is it sparking excitement in Lyme community?
• January 27, 2020
  Lyme disease patients fight for their lives while researchers squabble
• January 22, 2020
  A patient interviews Dr. Kinderlehrer about disulfiram for Lyme disease
• January 19, 2020
  $25,000 Lyme disease challenge–“Put up or shut up!”
• January 14, 2020
  “Kiss of Lyme” author: What I needed more than anything was hope
• January 6, 2020
  Lyme advocates push for funding and accountability–and Congress agrees
• December 17, 2019
  In partnership with you, we are moving the Lyme needle forward
• December 9, 2019
  Watch Dr. Neil Spector’s presentation from LymeMIND conference
• December 2, 2019
  The healing power of gratitude ornaments, 2019
• November 25, 2019
  Minnesota medical board ties the hands of Lyme-treating doctors
• November 20, 2019
  Many patients find disulfiram a “game-changing” Lyme treatment
• November 15, 2019
  24 Things Everyone Should Know About Being in Remission
• October 14, 2019
  Employee giving–a great way to support LymeDisease.org
• October 2, 2019
  LymeLight Foundation funds Lyme treatment for young people
• September 30, 2019
  An indefatigable Lyme disease advocate in North Carolina
• September 20, 2019
  “It should not be this hard.” Doctors don’t recognize tick-borne ills.
• September 16, 2019
  TICK Act provides 3-pronged approach to fight Lyme and TBDs
• September 3, 2019
  Answering questions about hyperthermia treatment for Lyme disease
• August 8, 2019
  Managing stress and tension to heal gut and brain from chronic Lyme
• August 5, 2019
  Ticks are one way tularemia can be spread. Rabbits are another.
• July 22, 2019
  USA’s history of testing bioweapons on the public–were ticks used, too?
• July 11, 2019
  Disulfiram–breakthrough drug for Lyme and other tick-borne diseases?
• July 4, 2019
  Healing from Lyme with brain retraining and laughter yoga
• June 21, 2019
  This Finnish doctor uses herbs to heal Lyme disease and co-infections
• June 19, 2019
  Timelines–a new way to explain health history to your doctor
• June 17, 2019
  Postcard Project helps alert doctors to LymeCME opportunitites
• June 7, 2019
  TBD Working Group: Please pay attention to these concerns
• May 10, 2019
  One family’s story of strep, Lyme disease, and PANS/PANDAS
• May 6, 2019
  GD Anderson–feminist, Lyme fighter, founder of the Cova Project
• April 26, 2019
  What does Lyme disease do to your body?
• April 25, 2019
  Family is on the road for “extreme avoidance” of toxic mold
• April 15, 2019
  When Lyme disease and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome overlap
• April 12, 2019
  Neuro-Lyme is like hitting my head against a fog wall
• April 3, 2019
  Breitschwerdt explains what’s known and unknown about Bartonella
• March 28, 2019
  Investigating connections between Lyme disease and dementia
• March 20, 2019
  What to do when Lyme disease triggers “complex PTSD”
• March 4, 2019
  “Rising Above Lyme Disease” offers guidance for patients and families
• February 19, 2019
  Medical stalemate: what causes continuing symptoms after Lyme treatment?
• February 7, 2019
  “You don’t know me, but you saved my life.”
• February 6, 2019
  Overcoming Lyme disease, writing a book, going to college
• January 31, 2019
  Lessons I’ve learned in 7 years with Lyme disease
• January 28, 2019
  Why a Lyme and PANDAS mom didn’t answer your email
• January 10, 2019
  My Top 10 Tips for Traveling “Smart” with Lyme disease
• January 8, 2019
  From darkness to light: SIDM tells the Lorraine Johnson story
• December 29, 2018
  History of Lyme disease in the US, by Dr. Joseph Burrascano
• December 18, 2018
  Holidays may offer more challenges than cheer for chronic Lyme patients
• December 18, 2018
  Lyme advocates say Canada offers “toxic tokenism” to patients
• December 13, 2018
  How to be a good parent when you’re sick with Lyme disease
• December 7, 2018
  Who gets to decide what constitutes scientific evidence for chronic Lyme?
• November 28, 2018
  How I stopped chasing a “cure”–and healed from Lyme disease
• November 21, 2018
  Lyme disease brings both unavoidable losses and unsung heroes
• October 24, 2018
  How I healed from Lyme disease and mast cell activation syndrome
• October 9, 2018
  Tick bite prevention is the aim of “Tickology” video series
• September 21, 2018
  Pilates-based tools to heal Lyme disease neck pain
• September 17, 2018
  Lyme Carditis: Heart Block and Other Complications of Lyme Disease
• August 23, 2018
  Designing an environment for those “displaced” by Lyme disease
• August 21, 2018
  Why Lyme disease news coverage falls way short
• August 13, 2018
  Why do officials continue to deny the reality of gestational Lyme?
• August 10, 2018
  Lyme, Mitochondria and the Power of the Heart
• July 31, 2018
  From wheelchair to walking–one woman’s Lyme disease story
• July 17, 2018
  These three myths about PANS/PANDAS are ruining lives
• July 16, 2018
  Lyme disease in Ireland: ‘I became a shadow, a virtual recluse’
• July 12, 2018
  It shouldn’t take this long to diagnose Lyme disease
• July 9, 2018
  With unexpected death, autopsies should look for Lyme carditis
• July 5, 2018
  Haunting memoir from woman struggling with Lyme disease
• July 2, 2018
  What “balance” really means for the TBD Working Group
• June 26, 2018
  Using your mind to help fight Lyme disease from within
• June 14, 2018
  An anthropologist’s view of Lyme disease and suicide
• June 6, 2018
  Life with Lyme: one missed wedding and a Mother’s Day surprise
• May 30, 2018
  Why I can’t retire: too much Lyme work still to be done
• May 27, 2018
  A new “stolen generation” –this time due to Lyme disease?
• May 22, 2018
  A mother and son’s 9-year roller coaster ride with neuro-Lyme
• May 12, 2018
  TBD Working Group’s May 10 meeting, in tweets
• May 11, 2018
  Next meetings of TBDWG on May 15-16; tune in via webcast
• May 7, 2018
  How Lyme disease takes a toll on children’s schooling
• April 27, 2018
  12 things you can do for Lyme Awareness Month
• April 20, 2018
  Here’s my remedy for Lyme-related insomnia
• April 13, 2018
  Pfeiffer tells us what most journalists don’t about Lyme disease
• April 10, 2018
  Family’s battle with Lyme disease ends in deep tragedy
• March 30, 2018
  Step-by-step guide to organizing a fundraising Lymewalk
• March 30, 2018
  Dr. Christine Green on Lyme biofilms and efflux pumps
• March 16, 2018
  Hidden costs of Lyme disease are considerable
• March 13, 2018
  Details on how Lyme spirochetes persist after antibiotics
• March 1, 2018
  Social media campaign raises awareness of “Texans and Ticks”
• February 27, 2018
  What people with Lyme can learn from the disability community
• February 14, 2018
  Meditation and the brain’s power for self-healing
• February 8, 2018
  Why therapy isn’t enough when you have OCD and PANS/PANDAS
• January 30, 2018
  Finding the right psychotherapist for your child with Lyme disease
• January 24, 2018
  Can medical marijuana help treat Lyme disease? A doctor’s perspective.
• January 2, 2018
  A mother reflects on six years of caring for a child with Lyme disease
• December 22, 2017
  We can dream, can’t we? Top gifts for a PANDAS/PANS/Lyme family
• December 20, 2017
  Seeking long-term disability for Lyme? Planning and preparation can help.
• December 18, 2017
  This holiday season, give the gift of patient power!
• December 14, 2017
  New study finds Lyme bacteria survive a 28-day course of antibiotics
• December 12, 2017
  Number one research priority for Lyme disease? Better testing.
• December 10, 2017
  “Conquering Lyme Disease: Science Bridges the Great Divide”
• December 5, 2017
  “Vehement objections” to having Wormser on federal Lyme panel
• November 16, 2017
  Healing is not just about one thing–and it’s a continuing process
• October 31, 2017
  Watch Ally Hilfiger’s speech about her Lyme disease experience
• October 20, 2017
  Dr. Jane Marke on the psychiatric manifestations of Lyme disease
• October 11, 2017
  A family’s story: Overcoming Lyme disease to fish again
• October 2, 2017
  Grieve your losses from Lyme, and then persevere
• September 21, 2017
  My circuitous route to a Lyme diagnosis
• September 18, 2017
  3 things to watch for: summer flu, school phobia, abdominal migraines
• September 15, 2017
  New Borrelia species named for tick expert Robert Lane
• September 13, 2017
  Allodynia feels like sand paper rubbing across a sunburn
• August 31, 2017
  Professor Holly Ahern on Lyme disease: How did we get here?
• August 30, 2017
  Some tick bites can cause a life-threatening meat allergy
• August 23, 2017
  Watch Dr. Neil Spector’s “Focus on Lyme” video now
• August 18, 2017
  How to survive financially while applying for disability
• August 7, 2017
  Parts 1 & 2 of “Peer Exchange” Lyme disease panel
• July 24, 2017
  Letter to grandparents of a child with PANS/PANDAS
• July 19, 2017
  A teenager’s story: Born with Lyme disease, finally on road to recovery
• June 30, 2017
  Why are physically sick children labeled as mentally ill?
• June 28, 2017
  Violating human rights of people with tick-borne diseases?
• June 6, 2017
  How a Pennsylvania Lyme warrior turned his pain into purpose
• May 30, 2017
  When Lyme disease or other infections cause autism-like symptoms
• May 25, 2017
  Jesse Ruben’s Battle with Lyme Disease
• May 23, 2017
  Six years after tick bite, its mark–and the illness–still show
• May 16, 2017
  Open letter to the nasty nymphal tick that gave me Lyme disease
• April 20, 2017
  When she was about to give up, Lyme stories gave her hope
• March 23, 2017
  Single dose of doxy after tick bite only prevents rash—not Lyme disease
• March 21, 2017
  What link between veterans’ suicides and Lyme disease?
• March 16, 2017
  Tick attachment times and other Lyme disease myths
• March 13, 2017
  Lyme may be madness, but it’s not “all in your head”
• January 16, 2017
  A deep dive into learning about psychiatric Lyme
• January 9, 2017
  Here are my Top Priorities for Lyme Disease Research
• January 2, 2017
  Neurological Lyme disease often falls outside usual mold
• November 10, 2016
  Dr. Neil Spector encourages Lyme patients during Texas visit
• October 12, 2016
  Bartonella infection can steal a life
• September 15, 2016
  When mama has Lyme disease–the bad and the good
• September 13, 2016
  “Designer drugs” urgently needed for Lyme disease
• September 6, 2016
  When a pest control guy gets Lyme disease
• August 31, 2016
  Connecting UK Lyme patients and fostering hope
• August 14, 2016
  Think about patients who benefit from long-term Lyme treatment
• August 8, 2016
  Seven provocative findings on Lyme disease, brains and placentas
• July 27, 2016
  Can you get benefits when Lyme disease forces you out of your job?
• July 18, 2016
  Managing the medical mayhem of Lyme disease–Part One
• July 5, 2016
  Massachusetts in the bull’s-eye; proposed Lyme disease measure could save lives
• June 21, 2016
  The effects of Lyme disease on children and schools
• June 16, 2016
  Share the Lyme Disease Symptom Checklist
• June 13, 2016
  Latest issue of The Lyme Times looks at disability denials for Lyme
• June 2, 2016
  You Can’t Un-sing Your Song
• May 24, 2016
  Helping doctors learn to treat Lyme and other tick-borne diseases
• May 3, 2016
  Using all tools available to help combat Lyme
• May 3, 2016
  When life with Lyme brings more questions than answers
• April 29, 2016
  A letter I am writing to Neil deGrasse Tyson
• April 28, 2016
  Hitting Musical Notes through the Fog
• April 25, 2016
  Help! A Tick Bit Me!
• April 24, 2016
  You Can Do It! Put Up Posters for Lyme Disease Awareness Month
• April 20, 2016
  Patients Please Help Us Pass This Bill!
• April 5, 2016
  I thought I had lost my daughter forever to Lyme disease
• March 24, 2016
  Photographer Captures the Spark
• March 17, 2016
  How 11 top NYC doctors missed my Lyme disease
• March 8, 2016
  Rapper brings smiles to Lyme community
• March 1, 2016
  I joined MyLymeData because things need to change
• February 18, 2016
  Turning to the Arts to ride the Waves
• February 16, 2016
  A military man’s experience with Lyme disease
• February 8, 2016
  CDC identifies new species of Bartonella in humans
• February 2, 2016
  Hard-earned “Lyme education” shouldn’t go to waste
• January 26, 2016
  Dreams derailed by lack of Lyme diagnosis and treatment
• January 18, 2016
  Why I signed up for MyLymeData and why you should, too
• January 12, 2016
  The Lyme Times looks at “wicked Lyme disease”
• December 23, 2015
  Climbing Lyme mountain…together
• December 14, 2015
  Taking power over a disease “that has brought us to our knees”
• November 19, 2015
  How will the information on MyLymeData be used?
• November 11, 2015
  LymeDisease.org launches groundbreaking MyLymeData project
• November 6, 2015
  Latest issue of The Lyme Times explains MyLymeData
• October 2, 2015
  IDSA Lyme protest in San Diego Oct 9-10
• August 13, 2015
  Join us in protesting IDSA in San Diego, Oct. 9-10
• July 23, 2015
  An unusual presentation of Lyme disease in Georgia
• July 9, 2015
  “Managing” Lyme patients? How about treating them?
• July 1, 2015
  Watch NY State Sen. Serino’s Lyme forum
• May 22, 2015
  Lyme bill inserted into “21st Century Cures Act”
• May 18, 2015
  LymeDisease.org’s new mobile-compatible website
• May 14, 2015
  THE LYME TIMES: Death by medical discrimination?
• April 25, 2014
  PRESS RELEASE: Tiny Ticks are on the Prowl
• November 29, 2012
  Slideshow of the 2012 Los Angeles Lymewalk
• February 11, 2010
  POLITICAL ACTION: Letter from Dr. Jones
• January 3, 2010
  “7 Lyme facts that could have saved me”
• December 10, 2009
  POLITICAL ACTION: CALDA president urges support of Minnesota Lyme doctor protection bill
• October 19, 2009
  POLITICAL ACTION: Proposed NJ legislation bodes ill for Lyme treatment throughout country; contact NJ sponsors to amend Lyme out of the bill
• July 29, 2009
  POLITICAL ACTION: IDSA Opposes Federal Lyme Bills
• July 17, 2009
  POLITICAL ACTION: House Appropriations bill adds money for Lyme disease
• June 21, 2009
  POLITICAL ACTION: Connecticut Governor signs Lyme doc protection bill
• May 29, 2009
  CT Lyme doctor protection bill passes unanimously
• April 10, 2009
  POLITICAL ACTION: Add your name on letter to IDSA
• April 4, 2009
  POLITICAL ACTION: History of Federal Lyme Legislation, Part 8
• April 1, 2009
  POLITICAL ACTION: History of Federal Lyme Legislation, Part 7
• March 31, 2009
  POLITICAL ACTION: History of Federal Lyme Legislation, Part 6
• March 30, 2009
  ACTION ALERT: FEDERAL BILL NEEDS YOUR HELP
• March 29, 2009
  POLITICAL ACTION: History of Federal Lyme Legislation, Part 5
• March 28, 2009
  POLITICAL ACTION: State Legislation in the Lymelight
• March 27, 2009
  POLITICAL ACTION: State Legislation in the Lymelight
• March 26, 2009
  POLITICAL ACTION: State Legislation in the Lymelight
• March 25, 2009
  POLITICAL ACTION: History of Federal Lyme Legislation, Part 4
• March 24, 2009
  POLITICAL ACTION: State Legislation in the Lymelight, Part 3
• March 23, 2009
  POLITICAL ACTION: History of Federal Lyme Legislation, Part 3
• March 22, 2009
  POLITICAL ACTION: State Legislation in the Lymelight, Part 2
• March 21, 2009
  POLITICAL ACTION: History of Federal Lyme Legislation, Part 2
• March 20, 2009
  POLITICAL ACTION: State Legislation in the Lymelight
• March 19, 2009
  POLITICAL ACTION: History of Federal Lyme Legislation, Part 1
• February 1, 2009
  Lyme Organizations: New IDSA Guidelines Panel, Unbalanced & Biased: Congressman and Patient Groups Voice Concerns