Lyme Blog Posts
“Kiss of Lyme” author: What I needed more than anything was hope
By Ian McCartney One bright, sunny day in August 2008, a bug no bigger than a raspberry seed attached itself to the back of my…
Lyme advocates push for funding and accountability–and Congress agrees
Advocates on behalf of patients with Lyme and other tick-borne diseases made some headway on Capitol Hill in 2019. Of course, much work still lies…
In partnership with you, we are moving the Lyme needle forward
By Phyllis Mervine Thirty years ago, when I started this organization, I never dreamed we would still be fighting the same battles three decades later….
Minnesota medical board ties the hands of Lyme-treating doctors
Minnesota’s state medical board recently lifted a moratorium on prosecuting physicians for treating Lyme outside of the strict guidelines of the Infectious Diseases Society of…
Many patients find disulfiram a “game-changing” Lyme treatment
By Daniel A. Kinderlehrer MD In a previous blog about disulfiram, in July, 2019, (1) I reported on preliminary data, both in vivo and in vitro,…
24 Things Everyone Should Know About Being in Remission
I recently had a long, meaningful phone conversation with my only friend in remission. She and I have very parallel health journeys, having our lowest…
An indefatigable Lyme disease advocate in North Carolina
by Janet Dooley In 1995, while I was living in New England, my body became hijacked by a tick bite that carried five different infections….
“It should not be this hard.” Doctors don’t recognize tick-borne ills.
Jennifer Platt gave the following public comments at the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group’s Sept. 12 web-based meeting. I’m Jennifer Platt from Pittsboro, North Carolina….
Answering questions about hyperthermia treatment for Lyme disease
By Michelle McKeon If you have never experienced the traumatizing effects of Lyme, take my word, it is a complete nightmare. I spent years in…
Managing stress and tension to heal gut and brain from chronic Lyme
One thing Lyme disease teaches us relentlessly is where we hold stress and tension in our bodies. There’s always something legitimate to feel stressed about…
Ticks are one way tularemia can be spread. Rabbits are another.
By Briana Zellner Ticks can be hosts to many different infectious diseases including Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. However, you may not be…
USA’s history of testing bioweapons on the public–were ticks used, too?
by Michelle Bentley, Royal Holloway  (The University of London) The House of Representatives has instructed the Pentagon to disclose whether it used ticks to infect the…