Focus – Opinions and Features

By Fred Diamond On this week’s Love, Hope, Lyme podcast, Center for Lyme Action Co-founder Bonnie Crater talks about how the Lyme community can influence the federal government to provide more funding for Lyme disease research. The annual Virtual Lyme Fly-In, where people get a... Read More »

By Jen Johnson Anyone who has ever been faced with an unsettling ERMI test knows that when you find yourself living in mold, there are no easy options for getting into a clean environment. Older homes are moldy. Newer homes are moldy. Rentals are moldy. Even AirBNBs and hotels... Read More »

By Anna Brennan I had already given birth four times before I found out that I had chronic Lyme. Looking back, I think my children’s diagnoses were inevitable. Just like the other children in our neighborhood, my kids sat in piles of leaves in the fall. They played in tall grass... Read More »

By Catherine Kinsella, CanLyme What happens when growing numbers of patients are unable to receive a diagnosis and adequate treatment for Lyme disease? They keep looking for solutions, both individually and collectively. This in-depth article by Cox and Levesque in Zoonotic... Read More »

By Fred Diamond On this week’s Love, Hope, Lyme podcast, Global Lyme Alliance (GLA) CEO Laura MacNeill shares some developments in Lyme disease diagnostics, treatment, and mental health care that her organization is supporting. When I was doing the research for my book “Love,... Read More »

By Invisible International We are excited to announce our new course, “Combination Antibiotic Therapy for Treatment of Lyme Disease.” This course is designed for medical professionals seeking to deepen their understanding of Lyme disease treatment. It centers around... Read More »

By Fred Diamond On this week’s Love, Hope, Lyme podcast, persistent Lyme survivor TJ Nelson discusses how writing a book has helped him on his Lyme healing journey. Several years ago, when I decided to learn more about Lyme disease, I read every book on it that I could fin... Read More »

By Jenny Lelwica Buttaccio October 24, 2013, was probably an average Thursday in most people’s lives. For me, however, it was a life-changing day; it was the day I finally had some answers. After numerous doctors and 10 years of declining health — 18 months of which I spent... Read More »

By Fred Diamond As I conducted the research for my book “Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know,” many persistent Lyme survivors shared how isolated they felt while healing. Many told me they felt abandoned by... Read More »