NEWS: Largest survey of chronic Lyme finds high disability, unemployment, medical costs
LymeDisease.org asked chronic Lyme patients the same “quality of life” questions the CDC asks about other chronic diseases. Nobody had ever done that before.
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LymeDisease.org asked chronic Lyme patients the same “quality of life” questions the CDC asks about other chronic diseases. Nobody had ever done that before.
The organizers of this juried show hope to start a dialogue about Lyme disease through art.
Guest blogger Karl Ford collected infected ticks while hiking the Appalachian Trail, but kept himself tick-free. “I wore permethrin-treated bug-net pants, a treated long-sleeved shirt and hat and had no ticks on my body at any time during the 140-day hike.”
The next step in the chilling story of Justina Pelletier is a court hearing in Boston on March 17.
Michael Kruse says he thinks people “should be looking at all of the evidence, not just the few studies that agree with an opinion that moves us emotionally.” Then he bases his argument on evidence that agrees with an opinion that moves him emotionally.
Children with Lyme disease experience many different kinds of pain, which don’t always fit neatly into categories on a medical chart.
Guest blogger Regina Levy, CPA, discusses tax issues that may apply to parents of children with Lyme disease.
Notes one researcher: “There is always some risk of getting Lyme disease from a tick bite in the woods. But there may be a bigger risk of getting Lyme disease in the bedroom.”
The Real Housewife’s struggle with Lyme disease is by far the most-accessed news story on our blogs.
Guest blogger Sarah Israel tells why, after 10 years of silence, she started speaking up about Lyme disease.
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