Lyme Blog Posts
LYMEPOLICYWONK: 67 Groups Submit IDSA Lyme Guidelines Process Comments
LymeDisease.org and the national Lyme Disease Association filed comments on behalf of 67 patient groups across the nation. LymeDisease.org also launched a patient survey on…
TOUCHED BY LYME: An easier way to comment on IDSA's Lyme review
The IDSA has devised a complex method for accepting public comments. You are supposed to specifically discuss their Project Plan, which includes more than 80…
TOUCHED BY LYME: One patient’s comments to IDSA
The IDSA is accepting public comments about its Lyme guidelines review process through April 9. Rules for commenting require you to cite page and line…
TOUCHED BY LYME: What a real "patient representative" actually looks like
Guest blog from the former president of the Lyme Disease Association of Australia.
TOUCHED BY LYME: The World According to Harrison
Harrison the dog lives in British Columbia and has his own blog on Facebook. He teaches the world about Lyme disease. Recently, he participated in…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: IDSA Guidelines Survey
Raise your voice with ours–and let’s be heard as a community! The IDSA guideline revision process is very important to patients. The guidelines panel is…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: IDSA Guidelines Revision Process–Cause for alarm?
The Infectious Diseases Society of America recently announced that it will finally be updating its Lyme disease guidelines. They have opened a 30-day window for…
TOUCHED BY LYME: When Lyme disease affects the heart
(Book review) Gone in a Heartbeat: A Physician’s Search for True Healing, by Neil Spector, MD.
LYMEPOLICYWONK: The IDSA chooses a token patient for its new guidelines revision process
For the past 11 years, the IDSA has refused to include patients (as well as researchers and physicians who are not like-minded) on its Lyme…
New support group for parents of kids with Lyme
LymeParents Yahoo group offers a forum for parents (and other family members) of children with Lyme disease to share information and mutual support.
NEWS: Can Claritin help cure Lyme disease?
New research suggests that a common allergy medication may be effective in starving and killing the bacteria that cause Lyme disease.
Connecting with other "teen Lyme-a-beans"
Guest blogger Cassidy Colbert talks about why teens with Lyme disease need the support of others in the same boat.