Focus – Opinions and Features

By Fred Diamond When I was researching my book “Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know,” I was surprised to find there were so many people who recovered from Lyme that wanted to help others in the community. Many... Read More »

By the Bay Area Lyme Foundation There’s been much excitement in the Lyme community regarding the founding and development of the Lyme Clinical Trials Network since it was first announced. With a $1 million seminal grant from Bay Area Lyme Foundation, the University of California,... Read More »

By ISEAI.org When one person in a household is diagnosed with mold illness, it can affect the whole family. There are often many changes needed to improve the indoor air quality in the home. These environmental and lifestyle changes affect everyone in the household, and often... Read More »

By Fred Diamond On this week’s Love, Hope, Lyme podcast, biologist and Lyme survivor Dr. Shelley Ball and I discussed neurological and cognitive issues that are common with persistent Lyme disease. There’s a chapter on neurological issues in my book Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family... Read More »

By Judith Howard I was bitten by a female deer tick in Missouri in July 2015. My doctor said there was no risk of infection at the time, and I was neither tested nor treated for tick-borne diseases. However, after both of my parents died in 2017, I began experiencing unusual... Read More »

By Fred Diamond On this week’s “Love, Hope, Lyme” podcast, Lymedisease.org President Dorothy Leland and her daughter Rachel Leland discuss the book they wrote together, Finding Resilience: A Teen’s Journey Through Lyme Disease. It’s based on the journal Rachel kept during the... Read More »

Perinatal transmission of Lyme disease: A qualitative study investigating the research priorities of patients with Lyme disease in pregnancy has just been published in PLOS ONE, a peer-reviewed, open access journal. By Catherine Kinsella This recent Canadian study articulates... Read More »

By Alain Mass, MD Nearly one in six children between the ages of 2 and 6 years old (17.4%) has a diagnosed mental, behavioral or developmental disorder. More than 17 million children in the United States have or have had a diagnosable mental illness. Mental disorders are either... Read More »

By Nancy Dougherty Infection-associated chronic illnesses such as Long COVID, myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and chronic Lyme disease share similar symptoms and may share important biologic mechanisms, too. Dysautonomia, or autonomic nervous system... Read More »