Lyme Blog Posts
Lyme Policy Wonk: Fresh back from the conferences!
Fresh back from the Columbia/LDA conference and the ILADS conference in Washington, DC. I love going back for these conferences because I see all…
Lyme Policy Wonk: Beam me up, Scotty. See you after the jump!
Why do we do what we do? Sometimes we win, but there are many, many (too many) bumps in the road on the way…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Changing how the world sees Lyme disease
Here's my personal Lyme mission statement: I want to change the way the world perceives Lyme disease. One of the things that's going to help…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Easy meals for Lyme families
Putting healthy meals on the table can be a challenge for anybody—either by yourself or feeding a family. When the cook is sick, or tending…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: IDSA Lyme Conflicts of Interest–Tell me more!
Merrill Goozner, a highly regarded medical ethicist, posted a recent commentary on conflicts of interest, "No Light at the End of the Tunnel on Disclosure."…
Lyme disease: Reader not aMUSed with MUS category –Call for acronyms
My recent post on MUS (medically unexplained syndrome) and why that doesn't apply so much to a disease of known etiology drew an interesting comment…
LYME POLICY WONK: “The IDSA will not hesitate to change its guidelines”– True or False?
If you don't read medical journals or medical ethics journals, you may have missed a comment made by Dr. Ann Gershon in the Southern Medical…
IDSA Lyme Double Speak
Have you ever noticed how the IDSA says one thing, but really means and does another? For instance, how they say that their guidelines…
Taming the beast: No MUS, No Fuss!
Patients with Lyme disease know how important the definition of an illness can be. We know that the difference between chronic Lyme and Post…
TOUCHED BY LYME: (book review) How top LLMDs treat chronic Lyme
In this new book by Connie Strasheim, thirteen Lyme specialists explain their healing strategies.
IDSA Lyme Hearing: Wormser– Talk About Exaggeration!
Talk about exaggeration. No really–at the hearing. Dr. Carol Baker asked Dr. Wormser the $200 question: Why exaggerate if the truth…
TOUCHED BY LYME: When Lyme hits people in their twenties
How do college students and other young adults cope with Lyme at this transitional time of their lives, when they would hope to be finishing…