Video: Did You Know Ticks Can Transmit Lots of Infections—Like Babesiosis?
I’m very lucky to have wonderful neighbors. One of them, Marilyn, called me the other day to say she’d seen this segment of “Monsters Inside Me” on Discovery’s Animal Planet. It explores the case of a...
View ArticleKilling Good Bacteria with the Bad
Do the probiotics I take replace the good bacteria wiped out by antibiotics? I’m pretty tired of that perky Jamie Lee Curtis and her “Activia” ads on television. Yeah, I’ll admit it, maybe I’m just...
View ArticleGuest Post: What to Do if You Find a Tick
Ticks. Calvert County, Maryland.LifeLoveLyme by Kathy Meyer Virginia Governor’s Task Force on Lyme Disease 2010-13 and Co-leader, Parents of Children with Lyme Support Network, DC Metro Area...
View ArticleBeware Infection and Re-infection with Lyme
My friend Mickey gave me this magnifying glass cleverly disguised as a necklace. Note the thin tweezers for grasping the tick close to the skin, and the sesame seed next to the largish-sized nymphal...
View ArticleVideo: Shocking Portrayal of Youth Lost to Lyme
When I discovered this on YouTube, I sobbed as a happy young boy’s health disintegrated before my eyes because of Lyme and co-infections—and no appropriate treatment. I weep when I see it today....
View Article10 Million Recent Reasons to be Hopeful about Lyme Disease
I have been wondering lately if it’s just my imagination or if Lyme research and awareness are finally getting traction. Because funding has been pretty dismal historically. But the situation is...
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