Focus – Opinions and Features

by Fred Diamond In my inaugural episode of the “Love, Hope, Lyme” podcast, I interviewed Dr. Richard Horowitz, author of “How Can I Get Better? An Action Plan for Treating Resistant Lyme & Chronic Disease.” Horowitz has been treating Lyme patients for over 40 years and... Read More »

The International Society for Environmentally Acquired Illness (ISEAI) Indoor Environmental Professional (IEP) Committee has released a Mold Testing Guide to educate patients with diagnosed or probable environmentally acquired illness. It includes five common test types,... Read More »

By Kris Newby, Invisible International There’s a dire shortage of health-care providers who are experienced in the diagnosis and treatment of tick- and other vector-borne diseases. This means many suffering patients must travel long distances and wait months for an initial... Read More »

Artist Riley Sims, a graduate of Indiana’s Ball State University, recently displayed her thesis art project, “A Single Tick,” at the campus art gallery. The following artist’s statement accompanied the exhibition. “A Single Tick” focuses on my personal experiences with Lyme... Read More »

April 15 is the 10-year anniversary of the terrorist attack in Massachusetts. In 1974, while living near Lyme, Connecticut, I had a tick stuck in the back of my head for many days. I immediately developed obvious neurological symptoms, but there was no such thing as Lyme disease... Read More »

By Kris Newby, Invisible International Invisible’s new continuing medical education course, “Zoonotic diseases and pet cats,” describes common diseases that can spread from cats to humans, along with some simple prevention tips. It’s taught by Erin Lashnits, MS, DVM, PhD, DACVIM.... Read More »

By William V. Padula, OD SFNAP FAAO FNORA Tick-borne infections can affect your vision in many ways. There may be blurring, double vision, light sensitivity, visual distortion, difficulty with balance, dizziness, and problems focusing, to name several. Vision is more than just... Read More »

by Patrick Rucker, Maya Miller and David Armstrong This story was originally published by ProPublica and the Capitol Forum. It is part of the series “Uncovered: How the insurance industry denies coverage to patients.” ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning... Read More »

By Nancy Dougherty Johns Hopkins Medicine Lyme Disease Research Center There are approximately 476,000 people diagnosed with Lyme disease annually in the US. Of these, an estimated 10-20% suffer from impairing symptoms well beyond the acute phase of infection. Persistent symptoms... Read More »