Lyme Blog Posts
Adverse childhood events, PTSD, and brain inflammation
By Todd Maderis, ND The medical community has become more aware of the association between adverse childhood events (ACE) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It…
When Lyme is misdiagnosed as mental illness–“A road to nowhere”
Depression, anxiety, and other mental symptoms are frustratingly common in people with long-term Lyme disease. Why is this? Some might attribute it to the fact…
How new treatment approaches help chronic Lyme patients
Pamela Weintraub is a science journalist, Lyme disease survivor, and author of the groundbreaking book Cure Unknown: Inside the Lyme Epidemic. I highly recommend you…
10 tips for Lyme disability insurance claims
by Jennifer Hess, Esq., Partner at Riemer Hess LLC Obtaining disability insurance benefits for Lyme disease is no easy feat. Insurance companies unreasonably scrutinize Lyme…
New CDC maps show county-level distribution of tick-borne diseases
The CDC has recently published new county-level mapping of where blacklegged ticks are most prevalent and where they have been found infected with any of…
Lyme disease likely has infected 14.5% of world population
Lyme disease has likely infected more than 14% of the global population, about 1 in 7 people. That’s according to a new study in BMJ…
Racial disparities in diagnosing and treating Lyme disease
by Melissa Wright, MBA, Director of Patient Engagement & Outreach for LymeDisease.org Racial disparities in healthcare. Health inequity. Social determinants of health. Socioeconomic status. Systemic…
He bucked the establishment to help kids recover from Lyme disease
There has been an outpouring of emotion in the wake of the recent death of Lyme pediatrician Dr. Charles Ray Jones. Many of those who…
A eulogy for Dr. Charles Ray Jones, by friends and admirers
by Sandy Berenbaum, LCSW, BCD “…one should try to live each day in such a way that something could be done of significance that will…
Dr. Jones’s still-relevant advice on children with Lyme disease
Dr. Charles Ray Jones—who recently died at age 93—was a giant in the field of pediatric Lyme disease treatment. He not only helped thousands of…
Changes to CDC’s Lyme case definition may result in more undercounting
By Kris Newby, Invisible International In January 2022, the U.S. Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) published a revision to its 2017 Lyme disease…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Avoiding a heart transplant by treating Lyme disease
Dr. Steven Phillips is a well-known Lyme specialist and co-author of the book: Chronic: The Hidden Cause of the Autoimmune Pandemic and How to Get…