Focus – Opinions and Features

By Dr. Bill Rawls Alpha-gal syndrome is one of the strangest consequences of a tick bite. A person who has eaten beef, pork, and other mammalian foods their entire life can suddenly develop hives, gastrointestinal symptoms, swelling, difficulty breathing, or even anaphylaxis... Read More »

by Fred Diamond On this week’s Love, Hope, Lyme podcast, Dr. Richard Horowitz discusses what he’s learned from treating 13,000 Lyme survivors and what he wants doctors to know about treating Lyme Infection-Associated Chronic Illnesses. Dr. Richard Horowitz has spent more than... Read More »

By Terri McCormick For much of the country, fall brings cooler mornings, falling leaves, football games, pumpkin patches and weekends spent cleaning up the yard. That leads some people to assume that tick season is finally behind us. But ticks don’t follow the calendar.... Read More »

By Terri McCormick LymeTV is calling on the tick-borne illness community to help amplify a public service announcement for World PANS/PANDAS Awareness Day on October 9. The PSA aims to increase understanding of PANS and PANDAS, serious neuropsychiatric conditions that can affect... Read More »

By Fred Diamond On this week’s Love, Hope, Lyme podcast, I discussed how to live your best life while dealing with chronic illnesses with Living Chronic author Brandy Schantz. One of the most painful parts of chronic illness isn’t always the physical pain or mental anguish. I’ve... Read More »

On this week’s Love, Hope, Lyme podcast, the hosts of the Tick Boot Camp share the most important things they’ve learned after doing hundreds of interviews. By Fred Diamond When you have interviewed as many Lyme disease survivors as Rich Johannesen and Matt Sabatello have, you... Read More »

By Terri McCormick The newly published study, Postmortem evidence of Babesia and Bartonella infections in chronically ill suicidal young people, was released July 27 in Parasites & Vectors.¹ Documenting Babesia and Bartonella in chronically ill young people is more than a... Read More »

By Terri McCormick Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses can affect multiple systems in the body, making diagnosis and treatment complicated. It often takes more than one area of medical expertise to understand the whole picture. For parents trying to connect those pieces,... Read More »

By Fred Diamond On this week’s Love, Hope, Lyme podcast, Dr. Leia Anderson discusses the role of the vagus nerve in healing from Lyme disease. For people living with chronic Lyme disease, the search for answers can become overwhelming. Antibiotics, herbals, supplements, diet,... Read More »