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By Fred Diamond For many people living with chronic Lyme disease, healing is not a straight line. It is not just about lab results, protocols, or symptom checklists. It is often a deeply personal journey that touches identity, purpose, relationships, and possibly even life’s... Read More »

By Fred Diamond In this episode of the Love, Hope, Lyme podcast, I sat down with Olivia Abrams, a 26-year-old entrepreneur, Lyme survivor and advocate, and founder of TiCK MiTT. What emerged was not just a conversation about a product, but a powerful story about prevention,... Read More »

By Ali Moresco This week, I attended the HHS Lyme Disease Roundtable hosted by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Walking into the room, I’ll be honest: I truly had no idea what to expect. Very little information had been shared beforehand. And after nearly 11 years working in... Read More »

By Ali Moresco Growing evidence suggests that Alzheimer’s disease may be shaped not only by age and genetics, but by the immune system’s long-term memory of infection. In the latest episode of Pathobiome Perspectives, I speak with Alzheimer’s researcher Elizabeth “Betsy”... Read More »

By Ali Moresco For decades, patients with persistent neurological symptoms have been told their illness is “stress,” “anxiety,” or “unexplained.” Now, emerging research shared in the latest episode of Pathobiome Perspectives is revealing a different story- one where infection has... Read More »

By Sophia Sargent My family’s journey with Lyme and other tick-borne diseases has been anything but straightforward. We faced crisis after crisis, confusion at every turn, and a desperate search for answers. From unexplained chest pains with no cardiac findings to mental‑health... Read More »

By Fred Diamond Many Lyme survivors have told me about their journey to discover the root cause of their inability to heal from chronic Lyme disease. Most have completed rigorous treatment yet struggle to work or resume normal life, even after being told their labs are normal or... Read More »

By Ali Moresco For years, people living with Lyme disease and other infection-associated chronic illnesses have reported cognitive decline, mood changes, memory problems, and unexplained psychiatric symptoms. Yet these symptoms are routinely dismissed as psychological rather than... Read More »

Book review by Terri McCormick What if the reason you are not healing is not the treatment itself, but the condition of your cells? Breaking Through Chronic Illness is written for anyone who has tried countless treatments yet still feels unwell. Dr. Melanie Stein speaks to those... Read More »