Winter 2012 Lyme Times Table of Contents - the definitive voice on Lyme disease.

Tick Bite Drains Family Assets

Family forced to sacrifice savings to pay for Lyme treatment

By Jess Harper Thomson

In Memoriam: Paul H. Duray, Sr., MD

One Lyme Pathologist Remembers Another

By Alan B. MacDonald, MD

IDSA Protest: Advancing Science, Improving Care? Not!

San Diego activists send message to medical society bent on blocking Lyme treatment

By Dorothy Kupcha Leland

New statistical critique reveals fatal flaws in NIH Klempner trial

Lorraine Johnson, JD, MBA

Advocates Attempt Novel Format for Forum

“Listening panel” benefits from productive debate among stakeholders

By Christine Fisk

The Tale of Two Lymes

Falling outside government definition spells tragedy for patients

By Holly Ahern

Journalist Condemns Insensitive Tests

Doctor insistence on 100% certainty creates new generation of chronic Lyme patients

By Pamela Weintraub

Studies Consistently Confirm Persistence

Delays in diagnosis and treatment only make it worse

By Dan Cameron, MD

Insurance Denial Sentenced Patient to Death

Doctor indicts IDSA as accessory to crime for suppressing evidence

By Ken Liegner

Do-Nothing Strategy Fails Big Time

Ignoring financial crisis leads to skyrocketing costs

By Lorraine Johnson, JD, MBA

Smith Lyme disease Hearing: Hopeful Testimony

IDSA, NIH and CDC ignore scientific support for chronic Lyme

By R. Tim Haley

Dozens of Borrelia Species Spread by Various Vectors

Lyme Borrelia related to bacteria causing relapsing fevers

By Tom Grier

Blumenthal Lyme Hearing

Senator Continues Campaign Patients tell their stories of suffering and medical neglect as background for Lyme bill

By Katy Reid

PATIENT VOICES: Creativity Offers Healing Gift

Your muse can lighten the load of your illness

By Laura Sawyer