Focus – Opinions and Features

From the blog “How to Get On”: The typical disability application takes two to three years. If you are able to plan ahead, be creative, and reach out for help, there are many ways to help make it through. ? Get approved early. This is, of course, the best way. If you... Read More »

Contagion Live is a website devoted to educating medical professionals about infectious diseases. One of its features is called “Peer Exchange”–videotaped discussions about different diseases and their treatments. The following recent exchange about Lyme disease... Read More »

PANDAS (Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections) and PANS (Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome) are infection-induced autoimmune conditions. .  Triggered by such infections as strep, Lyme disease, and Coxsackie virus,... Read More »

By Elizabeth Hancock My Lyme disease story begins before I was even born. It starts with a nymphal tick, no bigger than the tip of a Sharpie, that infected my mother and changed the course of my family’s life. A few years later my mom, still undiagnosed, had my brother, Tommy,... Read More »

New York-based singer/songwriter Jesse Ruben’s career was once sidelined for two and a half years due to a debilitating case of Lyme disease. As he recently wrote on Facebook: “Sometimes I write songs because I want to, and sometimes I write songs because I have to.... Read More »

by Jessie Bedrinana My daughter was nine when symptoms started after a long summer of hiking and camping in Southern and Central California. She was previously an outdoorsy, active, happy child who loved school. Her symptoms started with fatigue, weakness and knee pain (after a... Read More »

Press release, June 27, 2017: A report submitted to World Health Organization resulted in a meeting between a United Nations Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur and medical professionals, scientists, human rights experts and advocates on June 7, in Geneva, Switzerland. This... Read More »

By Tiffany Salmon If you look at David Slade today, you’ll see a dedicated father, husband, nutritional health coach, Permaculture Farm business owner, and adjunct instructor dedicated to educating his students and the community about Lyme disease. You might not realize that... Read More »

by Dr. Elena Frid Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder that typically presents in childhood, affecting verbal and nonverbal communication skills. Typically, caretakers notice a problem with the child by age 2, when the child begins to learn how to communicate effectively with... Read More »