Lyme Blog Posts
LYMEPOLICYWONK: Dr. Fallon Sets the Record Straight—Part 2. Differences Matter.
When studies fail to take heterogeneity into account, researchers can leap to the wrong conclusion. In a recent open-access article, Dr. Fallon and colleagues describe…
TOUCHED BY LYME: When "caboose" doctors go the extra mile
Guest blogger Jennifer Crystal reports on her emotional response to hearing her own doctor speak at ILADS.
TOUCHED BY LYME: Reporting in from ILADS conference
Guest blogger Jennifer Crystal filed this from the 2012 ILADS conference in Boston.
LYMEPOLICYWONK: Dr. Fallon Sets the Record Straight—Part 1. Size Matters.
Dr. Fallon, director of the Columbia Lyme Center, and colleagues have recently published an open access article (I’ll post the link below): “A reappraisal of…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Newspaper demonstrates Lyme is "no small thing"
The Poughkeepsie Journal continues its series on Lyme disease (“No Small Thing”) with a look at the vagaries of Lyme diagnostic testing.
TOUCHED BY LYME: Here's video from San Diego's Lyme protest
LymeDisease.org’s IDSA Lyme protest rally, across from IDSA annual meeting at San Diego Convention Center on Oct. 20, 2012.
TOUCHED BY LYME: Re-cap of San Diego IDSA Lyme protest
Challenge: how can a small group Lyme activists send a message to a huge group of ID doctors?
TOUCHED BY LYME: "Advancing science, improving care"? I don’t think so, IDSA.
The IDSA opens its annual meeting with a slogan that rings false for Lyme patients.
TOUCHED BY LYME: "Chronically ill friends–I know you. I believe you. I understand you."
Heartfelt encouragement from the writer of “My Lyme Symphony.”
TOUCHED BY LYME: Former military wife now a Lyme warrior
Sharing her story has helped Kim Gettys become one of the top fundraisers for the 2012 Lymewalks.
TOUCHED BY LYME: Lyme Disease and Romney’s Microtargeting Strategy
So how exactly did Lyme disease get all bollixed up with presidential politics? Guest blogger Ben Domenech, a GOP political commentator, gives his take on…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Romney’s mailer tangles Lyme disease with partisan politics
“When you mix presidential politics with Lyme disease politics, you get some pretty strange chemical reactions.”