Focus – Opinions and Features

By Jenny Kravitz On January 3, 2019, my family’s whole world changed LITERALLY OVER NIGHT. Our once loving little man (now age 6) was filled with rage, aggression and hatred. He went from snuggling with me and loving me, to lashing out at me, telling me he hated me, wanted... Read More »

By Kimberley Price Vogue magazine once quoted Australian activist GD Anderson as saying: “Feminism isn’t about making women stronger. Women are already strong. It’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength.” If GD Anderson is right and all women are... Read More »

SICK is a web series that investigates how different diseases affect our bodies. This week the topic was Lyme disease, with important perspective by Dr. Raphael Stricker, board member of LymeDisease.org. Click below to view it. Read More »

By Bryan Rosner We all know that mold is now recognized to be a major contributing factor in the severity of Lyme disease. This is old news in the Lyme community. My story is similar to many of yours. First, thinking my primary problem is Lyme. Then realizing that mold plays a... Read More »

by Ella Steinbeck I have been absent. Not just absent from my regular activities or a couple of dinner parties but I have been absent from life. I have something called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. It’s painful and horrible and since it affects collagen there is no part of my body... Read More »

by Julie Starling It was a warm fall evening in Santa Cruz as my husband and I walked the dogs along the beach. Instead of the usual sunset over the sea’s horizon, a dense wall of fog rolled in, motionless, blocking the setting sun from above. Gazing at the thick wall of fog felt... Read More »

Bartonella, also called “cat scratch disease,” is often a co-infection of Lyme disease. It can be transmitted by fleas, ticks and cat scratches. The following podcast is from North Carolina State University. In it, Tracy Peake interviews Ed Breitschwerdt, infectious... Read More »

By Thomas Grier Recently, the National Institute on Aging, as part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), approved the acceptance of research to study the role of microbes in causing dementia. This announcement came right on the heels of a recent UK study detecting bacteria... Read More »

by Shona Curley Recently I spoke with my medical intuitive, Adrienne, on the phone. Yes, I know—how California! But this lovely woman has helped me more than anyone else on my journey toward Lyme remission. With Lyme disease, you take a leap of faith with every new treatment.... Read More »