Lyme Blog Posts
A mother’s story of illness, misdiagnosis, and relentless advocacy
This week, Terri McCormick joins LymeDisease.org as a writer and advocate. What follows is her first blog for us. Like so many people in the…
Looking at autism through an infectious‑disease lens
The following excerpt comes from A Blind Spot on Autism. The book is co‑authored by Debbie Kimberg, a mother and advocate whose writing for LymeDisease.org…
Peptide therapy: promise, pitfalls, and what people with chronic illness should know
By Bill Rawls, MD Lately, there has been growing buzz around peptide therapy. Many functional and alternative medicine practitioners use peptide blends to help with…
PODCAST: The spiritual side of healing from chronic Lyme
By Fred Diamond For many people living with chronic Lyme disease, healing is not a straight line. It is not just about lab results, protocols,…
She walked away from two Shark Tank offers, choosing to focus on Lyme advocacy
By Fred Diamond In this episode of the Love, Hope, Lyme podcast, I sat down with Olivia Abrams, a 26-year-old entrepreneur, Lyme survivor and advocate,…
HHS Lyme Disease Roundtable brings cautious hope
By Ali Moresco This week, I attended the HHS Lyme Disease Roundtable hosted by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Walking into the room, I’ll…
PATHOBIOME PERSPECTIVES: Past infections may rewire the brain and shape Alzheimer’s risk
By Ali Moresco Growing evidence suggests that Alzheimer’s disease may be shaped not only by age and genetics, but by the immune system’s long-term memory…
PATHOBIOME PERSPECTIVES: How Bartonella hijacks the brain’s immune system
By Ali Moresco For decades, patients with persistent neurological symptoms have been told their illness is “stress,” “anxiety,” or “unexplained.” Now, emerging research shared in…
Miss New Hampshire Volunteer 2026 shares her family’s fight against Lyme
By Sophia Sargent My family’s journey with Lyme and other tick-borne diseases has been anything but straightforward. We faced crisis after crisis, confusion at every…
PODCAST: Why Lyme recovery stalls — and how healing can restart
By Fred Diamond Many Lyme survivors have told me about their journey to discover the root cause of their inability to heal from chronic Lyme…
PATHOBIOME PERSPECTIVES: Borrelia, Bartonella & Babesia in the Brain
By Ali Moresco For years, people living with Lyme disease and other infection-associated chronic illnesses have reported cognitive decline, mood changes, memory problems, and unexplained…
What if healing depends on your cells, not your treatments?
Book review by Terri McCormick What if the reason you are not healing is not the treatment itself, but the condition of your cells? Breaking…