Lyme Blog Posts
Disulfiram for Lyme disease: profiles of two patients reporting good outcomes
by Jennifer Shea In 2016, I had a flu-like illness with a sudden onset of neck and back pain. I suspected Lyme disease, so my…
How my Lyme disease experience led me to start a CBD company
By Meghan Ward As a young, adventurous girl, I loved exploring the outdoors and its beauty. I grew up on Long Island, where the threat…
NIH’s COVID-19 guidelines offer useful advice for Lyme disease, too
Phyllis Mervine prepared the following remarks as public comment to the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. Due to phone connectivity problems, however, she was unable…
Is it COVID-19 or a Lyme disease herx? One woman’s story.
By Julie Starling The other night, as I soaked in an Epsom salt bath, I found myself missing my Siberian husky. We lost her in…
New drug eradicates Lyme disease bacteria in lab mice and cultures
by Kris Newby In 2002, my husband and I became seriously ill after a vacation to Martha’s Vineyard. It took ten doctors and a year…
COVID-19’s daunting challenges for families with Lyme and PANS/PANDAS
by Sandra Berenbaum, LCSW, BCD While the world deals with COVID-19—how to be safe, how to protect our citizens and essential medical workers, and the…
Does your child have a mental illness or a medical disorder?
By Daniel A. Kinderlehrer, MD Brad’s parents brought him to see me when he was eleven years old. He was scratched by a cat at…
Condemned to a life of debilitating illness? There’s a better way.
Phyllis Mervine gave the following public comments via telephone, during the recent federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group meeting. The single most important thing the Working…
Accelerating pace, increasing depth and breadth of Lyme disease research
Mira Shapiro delivered the following public comments at the recent meeting of the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group in Philadelphia. My name is Mira Shapiro….
MyLymeData helps build a collaborative research engine for Lyme disease
Melissa Potter delivered the following remarks to the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group earlier this week in Philadelphia. Good morning, my name is Melissa Potter….
CDC’s recommendations for Lyme epitomize institutional bias
Dr. Elizabeth Maloney delivered the following public comments to the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group this week. Good morning committee members, I’m Dr. Elizabeth Maloney….
Why the controversy over chronic Lyme disease is important to everyone
The following is a response to an opinion piece in the Connecticut Mirror newspaper. In it, two IDSA doctors charge that chronic Lyme disease is a…