Lyme Blog Posts
TOUCHED BY LYME: Lyme insurance claims make huge jump in US
FAIR Health is a nonprofit organization that manages the nation’s largest database of privately billed health insurance claims. It seeks to bring transparency to healthcare…
Watch Dr. Neil Spector’s presentation from LymeMIND conference
Neil Spector, MD, is one of the most highly regarded presenters in the Lyme disease community. He is a professor and researcher at Duke University School…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Latest in anti-IDSA/insurers lawsuit: Kaiser settles.
On the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, two documents were filed electronically in the case of Torrey vs. IDSA et al. That’s the federal lawsuit filed by a…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Thanksgiving in the Lyme World, 2019
Challenges faced by the Lyme community can seem like unclimbable mountains. Sometimes it seems like it’s all bad news. To counteract all that negativity, I…
Minnesota medical board ties the hands of Lyme-treating doctors
Minnesota’s state medical board recently lifted a moratorium on prosecuting physicians for treating Lyme outside of the strict guidelines of the Infectious Diseases Society of…
LYME SCI: Highlights from ILADS 2019 Scientific Conference: “Chronic Disease = Chronic Infections?”
I recently attended the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS) 20th Annual Scientific Conference in Boston. The title of the conference was “Chronic Disease…
MyLymeData: My Data, My Trust
LymeDisease.org was founded 30 years ago as a non-profit grassroots organization grounded in the principles of patient empowerment, participation, and self-determination. Our patient registry project,…
IGeneX Introduces Cost-Effective Tests for Lyme Disease and TBRF
IGeneX, a leading tick-borne disease testing lab based in California, is pleased to announce the availability of the new Broad Coverage Ab (BCA) Assays for Lyme…
Many patients find disulfiram a “game-changing” Lyme treatment
By Daniel A. Kinderlehrer MD In a previous blog about disulfiram, in July, 2019, (1) I reported on preliminary data, both in vivo and in vitro,…
24 Things Everyone Should Know About Being in Remission
I recently had a long, meaningful phone conversation with my only friend in remission. She and I have very parallel health journeys, having our lowest…
TOUCHED BY LYME: “Chronic Lyme disease steals life.”
Laurie, a Californian who has struggled with both chronic Lyme disease and colon cancer, states that cancer pales in comparison to the pain and suffering…
LYME SCI: Help! I’ve gotten a tick bite. Now what?
Tick season is in full-swing. How do I know that? I wake up practically every day to another text or email from a friend or…