Lyme Disease Info Page

The Treatment Conflict/Debate

• American Medical Association Washington DC

• Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation

• Connecticut Atty General's Office

• International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society

• NBC4-Virginia

• Newsweek Magazine Online

• New York Times

• Oakland Tribune-CA

• Rhode Island Dept of Health

• Seacoast Lyme Center-NH

• The News& Observer-NC

• Martha's Vineyard Gazette-MA

Lyme Disease Associations/Support/Info-Centers

• California Lyme Disease Foundation

• Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation Can-Lyme

• International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society ILADS

• Lyme Disease Association

• Lyme Net

• National Capital Lyme & Tick-Borne Disease Association
• Southeast Wisconsin and Illinois Lyme League -SEWILL
• Time for Lyme
• Tick Encounter Resource Center

Books

• Cure Unknown: Inside the Lyme Edpidemic by Pamela Weintraub

• Beating Lyme: Understanding and Treating This Complex and Often Misdiagnosed Disease by Constance A. Bean/ Lesley Ann Fein 

• Everything You Need to Know About Lyme Disease by Karen Vanderhoof-Forschner 

• Coping with Lyme Disease by Denise Lang 

• Biography of a Germ by Arno Karlan 

• The Widening Circle by Polly Murray

• The Lyme-Autism Connection by Bryan Rosner/Tami Duncan

• The Lyme Disease Survival Guide by Connie Strasheim
  

Movies

• Under Our Skin The Untold Story of Lyme Disease   

Videos

• What's Going On?( Europe too has Lyme)

• WMUR TV ( July 2010)  News  6 part report

Get Involved!

• Turn the Corner Foundation

For Physicians

• Physican Training Program

Articles Of Interest  for/from Lyme Patients

• Spoon Theory-Living with Chronic Illness   For those of you who know a Lyme Affected Person, and to help you more understand what life is like for your friend or loved one, here's an great explanation about chronic illness. This particular person has Lupus, but you will get the idea.

• Kids With Lyme: What About School?

• Coping Skills -from the Invisible Disabilities Association of Canada

• Symptoms

• Co-infections!- Not Just Lyme comes from Ticks!

• Neuro-Cognitive Lyme Disease articles

• The Neuropsychiatric Assessment of Lyme Disease

• When to Suspect Lyme- John D. Bleiweiss, M.D.
• Panic Attacks May Reveal Previously Unsuspected Chronic Disseminated Lyme Disease
• Guidelines for the treatment of Lyme and other tick borne illnesses-Oct'08

• About Ticks

• How to Remove Ticks-Movie 

• How to Remove Ticks-written  

• Tick Encounter Resource Center

• Tick Identification Chart

The Virtual Store for Lyme Sufferers-Comedy!

We may as well laugh when we can!

Tick Testing Services Locations
Analytical Services (VT)
Igenex (CA)
Clongen (MD)
Imugen (MA)
University of Mass. at Amherst (MA)

• What is a Chronic Illness, Anyway? author unknown

• Reported Locations of Pets with Lyme-USA

• What to do if you get bitten   One person suggests this...if you are in an area where the medical community is less-than-willing to treat Lyme...

• "Get Ticked off and B.L.A.S.T."!... The last word stands for an acronym to remind people how to keep themselves safe from Lyme disease:
  
  - Bathe or shower soon after coming indoors.
  
  - Look for ticks and remove with tweezers.( including the head and SAVE THE TICK if at all possible!) 
  
  - Apply repellents for skin and/or clothing. DEET is your friend in this case!
  
  - Spray the perimeter of your yard for ticks.
  
  - Treat your pets with a product recommended by your veterinarian.

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• How a Tick Can Make You Sick: Lyme Disease Prevention Lesson for Children and Adults

• July 1, 2008 WNYC reports that Lyme Disease has surpassed AIDS and TB as the fastest spreading infectious disease in the U.S. The Center for Disease control estimates that there are 200,000 new cases of Lyme a year. Recognizing that the CDC is not currently in perfect agreement with the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society over the definition of Lyme, with the CDC being the more conservative, the true numbers are most likely staggering :o(

• ABC News Lyme Reports    
• CNN Lyme Report 7/7/08
• KTVU News Report
• Lyme Disease Interview with  Dr. Steven Harris and Dr. Lynda Williams (Sept 18 2007)
• Boston Channel 5-Chronicle HD episode "Ticked" (aired Nov.14, 2008)
• Colorado Springs Independent -The Tick and The Time Bomb (Jan 17 2009)
• MyFox.com Lyme Report (Aug 1, 2009)

• Canadians first to illustrate Lyme disease bacterium!

• "Bell's Palsy of the Gut" and Other GI Manifestations of Lyme and Associated Diseases -this article is a little on the technical side, but a good read if you find yourself with a diagnosis of IBS, Colitis, Crohn's...other digestive disorders

• Uneasiness Over Lyme Disease Spreads (8/15/08)

•  $600,000 grant from the National Institute of Health to develop edible bait to deliver Lyme disease vaccine to field mice Birmingham, AL (8/1/08)

• A Musical Tribute to musician Bill Chinnock    Bill lost his battle with Lyme disease in March 2007 :o(

• CDC Oct 24 2008--Anaplasmosis (Ehrlichiosis) infection likely was acquired through a Blood transfusion

• Rebecca Wells-author of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood....has Lyme

• Just Till it Under