Lyme Blog Posts
TOUCHED BY LYME: Connecting the dots of Yolanda’s Lyme experience
I first learned about the Lyme disease experiences of Yolanda Hadid (then known as Yolanda Foster) via Twitter. At that point, Yolanda was a cast…
LYME SCI: Might essential oils cure Lyme disease? A tantalizing premise
A group of researchers has recently identified several essential oils, derived from common spice or culinary herbs, that have better antimicrobial activity against the bacteria…
Dr. Jane Marke on the psychiatric manifestations of Lyme disease
Dr. Jane Marke, an integrative psychiatrist who has made a subspecialty of treating patients with tick-borne disease, recently spoke at the Central Massachusetts Lyme Foundation’s…
LYME SCI: Zoonotic diseases spread from animals to people
What do the following recent news stories have in common? Child who visited county fair is Michigan’s first swine flu case of 2017 Hantavirus confirmed…
IGeneX introduces new tests for Lyme disease & tick-borne relapsing fever
Press release from IGeneX, October 16, 2017 IGeneX Inc., a CLIA and New York-approved Reference Laboratory, specializing in testing for tick-borne diseases, is pleased to…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Misinterpreting the word “occur” on the CDC website
I’ve long been exasperated by a particular sentence in the Lyme disease section of the CDC’s website: “This disease does not occur nationwide.” In a…
A family’s story: Overcoming Lyme disease to fish again
By Jackie Zulli On a recent Saturday morning, an hour before the crack of dawn, my 16-year-old son, Andrew and his fishing buddy/teammate climbed into…
LYME SCI: Is it fibromyalgia–or Lyme disease?
When Lady Gaga recently revealed a diagnosis of fibromyalgia—a set of symptoms characterized by widespread pain that is frequently accompanied by fatigue, sleep disturbances, memory…
Lorraine Johnson discusses $800K grant to researchers using MyLymeData
LymeDisease.org’s Lorraine Johnson recently joined Robert Herriman for the second time on Outbreak News This Week Radio Show. They discussed the recent $800,000 grant from…
Fall 2017 issue of the Lyme Times
The latest issue of the Lyme Times is now available. In our cover story, our CEO Lorraine Johnson discusses how the CDC’s reported numbers of…
Grieve your losses from Lyme, and then persevere
By Thaiadora Katsos Dorow As a young adult, I was enthusiastic, ambitious, active, healthy, joyful. I was in great physical shape, I had a busy…
My circuitous route to a Lyme diagnosis
By Jacquelyn Golan Two years ago, if you had asked me to tell you about myself, it would have gone something like this: I am 30…