TOUCHED BY LYME: Here's video from San Diego's Lyme protest

You may have heard of lists like “20 things you don’t know about me” making the rounds of social networking sites like Facebook. Here’s a new twist, sponsored by the organizers of “Invisible Illness Awareness Week” (September 14-20, 2009). It’s a creative way to share your story, help spread the word about Lyme disease…and maybe even win a prize.

The upcoming Gordon Medical Forum: Toxins & Chronic Illness: Lyme, Mycotoxins, and Environmentally Acquired Illness—held from May 15-17—aims to help you navigate this challenging landscape.

The long-awaited theatrical release of the Lyme documentary Under Our Skin is almost here. The film opens at New York’s IFC Center on June 19 and at Beverly Hill’s Laemmle Music Hall Theater on June 26.

Although other cities are on the list, these first two are of primary importance. How the film does in New York and Los Angeles will dictate how widely it will be picked up nationwide. Big crowds on the opening weekends in these two cities will prompt more and more theaters across the country to book the film.

The following scientists are icons within the Lyme disease community. Each has made transformative contributions…

Several organizations that offer treatment grants for Lyme disease have application deadlines approaching. Lyme Treatment…