Lyme Blog Posts
How good nutrition can help you recover from Lyme disease
By Lindsay Christensen, MS, CNS, LDN, CKNS Your immune system, brain, and gastrointestinal system, not to mention the rest of your body, require optimal nutrition…
Lyme disease can affect the heart in complicated ways
By Dr. Adrian Baranchuk Lyme disease is a tick-borne infection caused by bacteria known as Borrelia burgdorferi. Lyme carditis is an early manifestation of Lyme…
TOUCHED BY LYME: “Deep Places” explores one man’s Lyme fight
Ross Douthat was a busy man. In addition to his regular opinion column in the New York Times, he wrote books, gave speeches, traveled, interviewed…
Latest issue of LYME TIMES looks at Lyme disease and mental health
In a recent study, US and Danish researchers report that patients who received a hospital diagnosis of Lyme disease—inpatient, outpatient, or at the ER—had a 28…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Lyme film “Your Labs are Normal” now on Vimeo
Your Labs Are Normal is a powerful film that grew out of the Lyme-related experiences of a Black woman of Puerto Rican descent living in…
Could an 80-year-old drug cure Alzheimer’s disease?
by Greg Richter, Drexel University Unlike diseases that impair the body in a myriad of physical ways, dementia can rob mental faculties and identity, as…
What will it take to develop new drugs for Lyme disease?
Dr. Raphael Stricker, a San Francisco internist and hematologist, is an internationally recognized leader in tick-borne disease diagnosis and treatment. He is also a board…
The largest collection of ticks in the world is in Georgia
Savannah Morning News November 11, 2021 By Christopher Berinato Sandflies are pesky little biters and mosquitoes can make the outdoors absolutely miserable, but no blood-sucking…
Career and life lessons from survivors of chronic Lyme disease
By Fred Diamond We all know that Lyme disease can cause major career disruption. But what if overcoming the disease can help you find your…
Over age 70½? Get this tax benefit when donating to LymeDisease.org
By Carolyn Degnan A little-known charitable tax deduction allows individuals and couples over the age of 70½ to transfer funds from an Individual Retirement Account…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Helping families with Lyme re-capture their joy
Gloria Kim, a mother of three from New Jersey, fell into the Lyme world when her son was bitten by a tick at a young…
LYME SCI: Post-infectious fatigue and your vagus nerve
In 2013, the pain management clinic at a large teaching hospital diagnosed my then-15-year-old daughter with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). This was after 10…