Focus – Opinions and Features

By Susan Pogorzelski As an author, I sometimes like to think of my life in terms of words: words written, words spoken, words read. As a Lyme patient, I tend to think of life in terms of numbers: Fifteen years of misdiagnosis. A dozen doctors and specialists. Six months to find a... Read More »

The Journal of Emergency Medicine recently published an article entitled “Lyme Disease: Emergency Department Considerations.” The authors recommend using a one-time, single dose of doxycycline after a tick bite to prevent the onset of Lyme disease, despite the fact that there has... Read More »

The Disabled American Veterans, or DAV, is chartered by the United States Congress. The organization provides various kinds of assistance to disabled military veterans and their families and currently has nearly 1.3 million members.  Ruben Lee Sims, who lives in Southern... Read More »

Dr. Laurie Radovsky is a family physician in St. Paul, MN. Board-certified in family medicine, she is a member of the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine and the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society.  By Laurie Radovsky, MD. MYTH: You can only have Lyme... Read More »

By Lori Dennis, MA Every day, in doctors’ offices across the United States, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Amsterdam, Australia, Sweden—in 80 countries around the world—chronic Lyme disease sufferers are told that their debilitating, destructive, multi-systemic illness is nothing more... Read More »

Guest post by Dr. Jane Marke, MD Patients dealing with Lyme suffer neuro-psychiatric complications that are related directly to the illness, as well as to the emotional challenges and lack of support which often accompany infection with this insidious bacteria. Patients with Lyme... Read More »

Dr. Elena Frid, who recently spoke at the ILADS conference in Philadelphia, shares observations about neurological presentations of Lyme disease. After finishing my training in Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, I opened a private neurology practice in New York City in 2011.... Read More »

The following report was filed by members of the Texas Lyme Disease Association and the North Texas Lyme Support Group. By Lisa Todd Reed and Joy Sablatura Rockwell On Sunday October 23, 2016, Lyme disease patients and advocates gathered at Barnes and Noble in Dallas, Texas for a... Read More »

A recent report by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called attention to the risks of Bartonella infections–often called Cat Scratch Disease–which can be transmitted by cat scratches, fleas and ticks. An article in the Philly Voice minimized the... Read More »