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Dorothy Leland

Dorothy Leland is a longtime advocate and researcher focused on Lyme disease education, policy awareness, and patient support. She has contributed to numerous publications and works closely with medical professionals and organizations to improve understanding and treatment of tick-borne diseases.

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Who gets to decide what constitutes scientific evidence for chronic Lyme?
December 7, 2018

Verbal Comments to the Tick-borne Diseases Working Group, December 3, 2018 by Phyllis Mervine I’m…

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TBD Working Group’s last 2018 meeting; applications open for next panel
December 6, 2018

The last meeting of the first phase of the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group was…

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Blood-sucking bugs have been spreading diseases for 100 million years
November 28, 2018

Mosquitoes and ticks trapped in amber, still carrying ancient infections, yield important clues about the…

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How I stopped chasing a “cure”–and healed from Lyme disease
November 28, 2018

by Amy B. Scher At 28 years old, and after years of suffering from medical…

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LYMEPOLICYWONK: The problem of misdiagnosis in Lyme disease
November 27, 2018

My presentation to the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine. On November 3, I was…

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TOUCHED BY LYME: A look at Lyme Mexico and plasmapheresis
November 26, 2018

I first heard about Lyme Mexico, Dr. Omar Morales, and plasmapheresis from a friend—a father…

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TOUCHED BY LYME: Grandma’s advice on getting through tough times
November 22, 2018

The following was posted on one of the online Lyme support groups affiliated with LymeDisease.org….

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Lyme disease brings both unavoidable losses and unsung heroes
November 21, 2018

By Donna Falcone Picture a couple raising two sons, hundreds of miles from any other…

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TOUCHED BY LYME: Thanksgiving in the Lyme world, 2018
November 19, 2018

This is the tenth year I’ve had the privilege of writing a Thanksgiving-themed blog, acknowledging…

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Lawmakers override governor’s veto of Illinois Lyme legislation
November 16, 2018

The Illinois legislature has unanimously overridden Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of a bill to allow doctors…

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