Lyme Blog Posts
Study finds nymphal ticks can transmit Lyme within 12 hours
Lyme borreliosis is a disease caused by bacteria of the genus Borrelia that are transmitted by a bite from a tick of the genus Ixodes….
In California, is it Lyme disease or tick-borne relapsing fever?
Exposure to tick-borne relapsing fever is widespread in California, according to a study published in the prestigious International Journal of General Medicine. The report entitled…
Pilates-based tools to heal Lyme disease neck pain
by Shona Curley For 20 years, I have been teaching Pilates—a gentle method of exercise that promotes flexibility and strength. I became interested in using…
Hear Avril Lavigne’s new song about Lyme disease
Mega-star Avril Lavigne this week released her first new song in five years, about her personal battle with Lyme disease. Its title is “Head Above…
Lyme Carditis: Heart Block and Other Complications of Lyme Disease
by Adrian Baranchuk, MD, FACC ,FRCPC, FCCS, and Cynthia Yeung, BSc The incidence of Lyme disease, a tick-borne bacterial infection, is rapidly increasing in North…
2018 Special Issue of The Lyme Times- The Tick-Borne Disease Working Group
The Tick-Borne Disease Working Group (TBDWG) was authorized by the 21st Century 2016 Cures Act. The intent was to bring together diverse opinions and expert …
Celebrate Your Birthday with a Fundraiser for LymeDisease.org
Facebook member Karen Wise raised $1,000 for LymeDisease.org, in honor of her high school friend Joni, who recently died after a years-long battle with Lyme…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Caring for a child with Lyme disease
I was recently privileged to be interviewed by Cindy Kennedy, FNP, about the book I co-authored with Sandra Berenbaum, “When Your Child Has Lyme Disease:…
Designing an environment for those “displaced” by Lyme disease
by Sylvia Janicki On a balmy early-summer day in 2014, in the bucolic Mississippi countryside, I found a tick burrowed into the side of my…
Why Lyme disease news coverage falls way short
By David Michael Conner As so many people who live with Lyme disease will attest, just about everything Lyme related can be complex, difficult to…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Nelson Family Project spreads awareness of Lyme disease in Maine
Elizabeth Nelson, 22, has been sick since childhood, with a laundry list of symptoms that would come and go over the years. However, things really…
TOUCHED BY LYME: The NY Times and the question of a Lyme vaccine
The New York Times ran an article today under the headline: Lyme disease is spreading fast. Why isn’t there a vaccine? Most troubling to me…