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Pat Smith is the President of the Lyme Disease Association and was recently named to the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. The following blog is re-published from the LDA website. By Pat Smith The Lyme Disease Association (LDA) reports that the total number of CDC... Read More »

The federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group, which held its first meetings in December, is moving forward with setting up subcommittees. Each subcommittee will take a deep look at a different subject matter area and present reports to the Working Group for its public... Read More »

From American Association of Nurse Anesthetists: An article in the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA)’s AANA Journal, “Lyme Disease and Anesthesia Considerations,” discusses possible effects of anesthesia on Lyme disease patients undergoing surgery.    ... Read More »

by Rebecca Zelis Six years of Lyme disease treatment is a roller coaster of illness and remission. When my son was first diagnosed his symptoms changed hourly, but with the passing of time and different treatment protocols, his symptoms became less frequent. Several good days in... Read More »

By Jennifer Hess, Esq. Without question, insurance companies have been disproportionately denying disability claims for Lyme disease in recent years. In our law office alone, we’ve seen a substantial increase in the number of individuals contacting us for help after receiving a... Read More »

On December 11, I was privileged to address the inaugural meeting of the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. This panel, established by the 21st Century Cures Act, brings together experts from a variety of disciplines as well as patient representatives, to inform federal... Read More »

Looking for suggestions of useful Lyme-related books? Here are some I personally recommend. All are available from online sources. Many are in e-book format as well. Dr. Richard Horowitz’s book, How Can I Get Better? An Action Plan for Treating Resistant Lyme and Chronic... Read More »

The first patient advocate to address Monday’s inaugural meeting of the Tick-Borne Diseases Working Group in Washington really knocked our socks off. Air Force Colonel Nicole Malachowski, the first female pilot ever chosen to fly in the elite Thunderbirds, told the panel she will... Read More »

Press release from Tulane University, December 13, 2017: Bay Area Lyme Foundation, a leading sponsor of Lyme disease research in the U.S., today announced results of two papers published in the peer-reviewed journals PLOS ONE and American Journal of Pathology, that seem to... Read More »