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Medicare now requires “shared decision making” before it will pay for certain medical procedures. Shared decision making involves a balanced discussion between patient and physician of the risks and benefits of treatment alternatives. Together, they choose a course of action.... Read More »

By Aaron J. Jackson It’s been almost a year since I tried to kill myself. As a doctoral student living in the leafy suburb of Brookline, Massachusetts, in 2015, I chanced upon a tick—a tiny vampire the size of a poppy seed—that changed my life forever and nearly brought it to an... Read More »

From the blog “The Global Search for Education” by CM Rubin Most likely, you or someone you know has been affected by Lyme disease, the most common tick-borne illness in the US with more than 300,000 cases diagnosed each year. In a timely new book, Conquering Lyme... Read More »

Scientific American, June 11, 2018: by Mary Beth Pfeiffer In the space of two generations, the natural landscape in many American states has been slowly transformed from a place of refuge and peace to one of peril and menace. Blacklegged ticks that transmit Lyme disease and other... Read More »

The next meeting of the federal Tick-borne Disease Working Group will be from 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. (Eastern) on June 21. The following information is from the Health and Human Services website: The Working Group will focus on consensus of the six subcommittee findings and... Read More »

New England Cable News, June 5, 2018: By Alysha Palumbo Tiny ticks can carry some serious diseases with them, including Lyme disease, but, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there has been a 95-percent drop in Lyme disease cases in Massachusetts in just... Read More »

By Janet Jemmott There was no stopping the barreling train of this Herxheimer reaction. I’d been in a migrainous state for ten days. I’d medicate with Imitrex; the headache would fade, only to pop back up the next morning or late in the afternoon. I planned my activity carefully,... Read More »

Pacific Standard magazine, June 5, 2018: ‘THIS BOOK KEPT ME ALIVE’: A CONVERSATION WITH POROCHISTA KHAKPOUR The novelist discusses her new memoir about living with Lyme, being a refugee, and the search for home.   By Leah Angstman “To find a home in my body... Read More »

The health department of Fairfax County, Virginia, has come up with an eye-popping (and ear-popping!) way to teach people about Lyme disease–a rap music video. Bug biologist Andy Lima (a.k.a. MC Bugg-Z) created it, weaving in facts that might otherwise be considered rather... Read More »