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TOUCHED BY LYME: Can you get disability benefits for Lyme disease?

SEP

2012

...ts is sufficiently disabling to keep you from returning to work. If they determine you are not physically capable of performing your usual job, they will consider whether you might be able to perform a sedentary one instead. Many patients with Lyme... Read More »

LYMEPOLICYWONK: Survey Results Published! Chronic Lyme Patients Suffer Poor Quality of Life and High Rates of Disability and Unemployment

MAR

2014

...tely, 36% of patients diagnosed and treated early remain ill after a short-term course of antibiotics. The survey used standard questions developed by the CDC regarding health related quality of life. The study found that chronic... Read More »

LYMEPOLICYWONK: Persistence Personified in Lyme Disease–Those Pesky Human Cases

SEP

2014

...elieve the patient has been cured. However, this is not always the case. Researchers conducting extensive tissue biopsies of animals, a technique too invasive for clinical practice, have demonstrated disease persistence. As the chart below shows,... Read More »

PATHOBIOME PERSPECTIVES: How Bartonella hijacks the brain’s immune system

DEC

2025

...ares,” often without validation or clear medical explanation. Dr. Bush’s research offers a measurable biological basis for these symptoms, raising an important question: could Bartonella or other co-infections be driving... Read More »

TOUCHED BY LYME: “Kingdom of the sick” is a stark place, indeed

MAR

2013

...often fragmented. “There are so many different diseases under the umbrella term ‘chronic illness,’ and we don’t often want to align ourselves with other patients, especially those who may have acquired their... Read More »