Lyme Blog Posts
Tulane researcher asks, “Could chronic Lyme contribute to Alzheimer’s dementia?”
By Kris Newby, Invisible International In 2019, the late-great-science-writer Sharon Begley wrote an insightful article, “The maddening saga of how an Alzheimer’s ‘cabal’ thwarted progress…
“Pain scale” often inflicts extra pain on suffering patients
By Meg Huber For six and a half years of my life, I was in the exact same situation nearly weekly—sitting in a doctor’s office…
Treating Bartonella cleared most of my son’s symptoms of autism
By Debbie Kimberg For years, I had no idea that I was infected with Lyme disease and related illnesses. There was nothing obvious, like pain…
What connection between Lyme disease and teen suicide?
By Dr. Rosalie Greenberg As I was looking at a recent edition of the New Jersey Star Ledger, I was struck by a lengthy article…
Screenwriter turns a couple’s courageous Lyme fight into a film script
By Steve Doherty I was bitten on the neck by a tick in 1996, while camping in southern Mississippi. But I didn’t notice or remove…
Patient story: Lyme disease deserves more than “mediocre attention”
By Casey Fillian Thirty-seven years ago, I went to summer camp in a heavily wooded area of New Jersey. I started coming down with odd…
No Lyme in Mississippi? Wrong! Plus co-infections and alpha-gal too.
Cortney McCord delivered the following public comment at the Feb.28 meeting of the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. My name is Cortney McCord. I’m a…
Have we heard from a doctor yet? Is someone going to be able to help me?
Jody Hudson delivered the following remarks as public comment to the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group on Feb.28. Have we heard from a doctor yet?…
Center for Lyme Action offers recommendations to TBD Working Group
Bonnie Crater gave the following public comment at the February 28 meeting of the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. I’m Bonnie Crater from Portola Valley,…
Being shot at in combat not as bad as mistreatment for Lyme disease
Col. Nicole Malachowski delivered the following public comment to the February 28, 2022, meeting of the federal Tick-borne Disease Working Group. I’m Colonel Nicole Malachowski,…
Why Congress must enact medical insurance coverage laws for Lyme patients
By Jennifer Barrett As a third-year law student, I recently wrote a law journal article entitled: It’s About Lyme: Why Congress Must Enact Medical Insurance…
Lyme and Babesia–a potent combination that’s frequently missed
By Wendy Adams, Bay Area Lyme Foundation Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last few years, you’ll have learned that tick-borne diseases…