Focus – Opinions and Features

By Alexis Chesney, ND, LAc As we are enjoying warmer days here in New England, I am seeing new cases of Lyme disease in patients who have had recent tick bites. I am a naturopathic physician specializing in Lyme and tick-borne disease (TBD). Prevention is one of the foundational... Read More »

By Mimi MacLean In 2015, my life drastically changed. A tick the size of a pinhead attached itself to my arm. The decision to not immediately take antibiotics has forever changed my life. I had a fast-paced life as a working mom of five, but my life came quickly to a halt. The... Read More »

Dr. Daniel Kinderlehrer is a a Lyme-literate MD in Denver, Colorado. In the following excerpt from his new book, he outlines the main differences between acute and chronic Lyme disease. I am frequently asked how I treat Lyme disease. My answer is that I don’t—I treat people, and... Read More »

Dr. Dan Kinderlehrer practices internal medicine in Denver, Colorado. In the following excerpt from his forthcoming book, he discusses how his personal experience with Lyme disease led him to focus his medical practice on the treatment of tick-borne infections.  Sometimes there... Read More »

By Dr. Bill Rawls Everyone knows that inflammation isn’t good, especially when it becomes chronic. But to do something about it, you need to understand what’s driving the inflammation in the first place. Though you can’t actually see chronic inflammation, you can certainly feel... Read More »

By Lisa Kilion 2020 is NOT my worst year. “What are you talking about?” you ask. “You have something the rest of us don’t have–like a private island? A cure to COVID-19?” Nearly everyone is stressed, distressed, depressed. It’s the year... Read More »

Holly Ahern gave the following remarks by telephone to the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group’s December 2 meeting. Based on the proceedings of this Tick-borne Disease Working Group, and the release a few days ago of a new set of medical guidelines which are not really “new”... Read More »

Mira Shapiro delivered the following public comment by telephone to the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group on December 2. My name is Mira Shapiro. I am a chronic Lyme disease patient, biostatistician, and data scientist who works with LymeDisease.org and their MyLymeData patient... Read More »

Amy LeBoeuf delivered the following remarks by telephone to the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group on December 2. My name is Amy LeBoeuf, and I would like to focus on one of the edicts of this committee–prevention of tick-borne diseases. Six years ago my son, Jack, was a... Read More »