Focus – Opinions and Features

By Dr. Bill Rawls Everyone knows that inflammation isn’t good, especially when it becomes chronic. But to do something about it, you need to understand what’s driving the inflammation in the first place. Though you can’t actually see chronic inflammation, you can certainly feel... Read More »

By Lisa Kilion 2020 is NOT my worst year. “What are you talking about?” you ask. “You have something the rest of us don’t have–like a private island? A cure to COVID-19?” Nearly everyone is stressed, distressed, depressed. It’s the year... Read More »

Holly Ahern gave the following remarks by telephone to the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group’s December 2 meeting. Based on the proceedings of this Tick-borne Disease Working Group, and the release a few days ago of a new set of medical guidelines which are not really “new”... Read More »

Mira Shapiro delivered the following public comment by telephone to the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group on December 2. My name is Mira Shapiro. I am a chronic Lyme disease patient, biostatistician, and data scientist who works with LymeDisease.org and their MyLymeData patient... Read More »

Amy LeBoeuf delivered the following remarks by telephone to the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group on December 2. My name is Amy LeBoeuf, and I would like to focus on one of the edicts of this committee–prevention of tick-borne diseases. Six years ago my son, Jack, was a... Read More »

Julia Wagner delivered the following public comment by telephone to the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group on December 2. Good morning.  I am Julia Wagner, President of PA Lyme Resource Network. Our support groups see over 5,000 patients coming through our regional support... Read More »

By Laurie Lett I have been deaf from birth. I use my hands for communication purposes – sign language and writing. My hands are my voice, and for a long time no one listened to my hands including my husband. Several doctors dismissed me easily because I am deaf, and that made my... Read More »

By Resiliently Rachel I sit in my wheelchair at the front office of my junior high. Tears sting my eyes as I explain to the school receptionist I need my mom to pick me up. She doesn’t understand. She asks why I need to go home. Why? My feet and legs are on fire. It feels like... Read More »

by Daniel A. Kinderlehrer MD Linda was 47 years old in 1990, when she became ill after visiting a park in Florida. Her “mystery illness” resulted in fatigue, swollen lymph nodes, neuropathic pains, depression, night sweats, impaired cognition, and Bell’s palsy. In 1996, she was... Read More »