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  Over 17,000 people have already completed our Symptom Checklist. (We hope you are one of them!) If you want help even more people find it, share the Symptom Checklist banner on your website. Follow the simple directions below.         According to the... Read More »

The new issue of The Lyme Times has been mailed to members of LymeDisease.org. Here are some of the topics covered: –What to do when your disability claim is denied –The fine art of tick testing –CDC ethics complaint filed on behalf of Lyme patients... Read More »

By Donna Falcone This is the fifth in a series of posts about how many in the Lyme community turn to the arts as a way of supporting their healing and taking their mind off the daily struggle of dealing with Lyme disease. As someone who had a 30-year career in the arts before... Read More »

By Dr. Betty Maloney: For the past nine years, I’ve been educating my medical colleagues and other healthcare professionals about tick-borne illnesses. In addition to speaking at non-Lyme conferences, publishing papers and co-authoring the ILADS Lyme treatment guidelines, I spend... Read More »

Are you trying to educate your community? What about a billboard? Last week I told you about the group in Arizona that has decided to create a billboard campaign for Lyme Disease Awareness Month. A lady named Marie called to ask if we had any artwork or suggestions for what they... Read More »

This is one of a series of guest blogs by people who have enrolled in MyLymeData. by Mike Hessler In the summer of 2008, I spent one day boating on the Chesapeake with friends and family–and had a terrible time. There was an awful feeling of constant pressure in my head... Read More »

This is one of a series of guest blogs by people who have enrolled in MyLymeData. by Catherine Fox Five years ago, I was enjoying fulfilling full-time work and a busy lifestyle when I began to notice I was unusually tired. Bothersome pain came and went in some of my joints. And I... Read More »

By Phyllis Mervine, President, LymeDisease.org We’re down to the wire. But I’ll give you some good news first. Some of you know we have been encouraging people to call their senators about the Lyme bill, which may have a chance at passage (in some form) this week. If you haven’t... Read More »

By Jordan Landerman I just completed “The Dragons of Eden,” by Carl Sagan. What a masterpiece. In the chapter “The Future Evolution of the Brain”, Sagan delves into the impact of the written word on the evolution of human society, and its function as a... Read More »