Lyme Blog Posts
LYMEPOLICYWONK: Don’t waste public money on research that doesn’t help patients
This week I spoke on a panel before an international audience of researchers, healthcare policy makers, and physicians at the HTAi (Health Technology Assessments International)…
HARD SCIENCE ON LYME: Are FDA-approved tests better or worse?
The FDA gave its blessing to Lyme tests that miss as many as half the cases or more. The CDC thinks this should be good…
New Lyme book offers "science plus compassion"
Review of “Compendium of Tick-Borne Disease: A Thousand Pearls.”
NEWS: Ancient Lyme bacteria preserved in amber
Earliest fossil evidence of Borrelia found in amber that is at least 15 million years old.
LYMEPOLICYWONK: The IDSA Says Chronic Lyme Disease Is No More than the Aches and Pains of Daily Living. Is this True?
The treatment guidelines of the Infectious Diseases Society of America dismiss persistent symptoms of patients with chronic Lyme disease (CLD) as no more than the…
THE LYME TIMES: A Feeling for the Organism
“Had we listened to our pediatrician and the local Lyme disease expert, we might have stuffed him full of psychoactive medications unable to address…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: Chronic Lyme disease patients suffer high unemployment and disability
LymeDisease.org’s recently published survey found that patients with chronic Lyme disease reported low quality of life. They had more days that were bad physically…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: The Lyme Wars: Guidelines, Controversy and Informed Consent
I was recently asked to write an article for a law journal, Medical Legal Perspectives, regarding the importance of informed consent in the treatment of…
“Not your average illness memoir”? That’s an understatement.
Book review of “lyme light: a memoir” by Natalie London.
THE LYME TIMES: 25 years of tick-borne disease advocacy
Twenty-five years ago, with a handful of volunteers, Phyllis Mervine launched what became LymeDisease.org. Our first issue of The Lyme Times was two legal-sized pieces…
TOUCHED BY LYME: How does your chronically ill child or teen spend the day?
Many youngsters with chronic Lyme fill their time taking medicine and watching TV. But some find other ways to broaden their horizons.
PRESS RELEASE: Tiny Ticks are on the Prowl
As winter weather wanes, millions of nymphal ticks are hatching out in the woods, fields and backyards in many parts of the United States.