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Commentary: This NY Times article was just published about the role of guidelines in health care, and applies to the 2 standards of care for the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease (The IDSA and ...

Commentary: "Assemblymember Didi Barrett (D – Columbia, Dutchess) announced that legislation she authored that would expand treatment options for patients suffering from Lyme and other tick-borne illnesses has been delivered to Governor Cuomo (A.7558/S.7854)... Under ...

Commentary: My friend Joy Devins just released her Lyme book, entitled: “Lyme Whisperer: The Secret’s Out", and lets you in on her “secret” and defiant “conversations” with Borrelia. The book offers hope with a humorous ...

Commentary: WAMC public radio did an interview today with our local Congressmen, discussing Lyme and tick-borne illness. "Hudson Valley Congressmen Chris Gibson, a Republican, and Sean Patrick Maloney, a Democrat, have teamed up to urge ...

Commentary: U.S. Representatives Chris Gibson (R-Kinderhook) and Sean Patrick Maloney (D-Cold Spring) issued a statement Tuesday urging Governor Cuomo to sign a bill into law that would give physicians the freedom to treat chronically ill ...

Commentary: The benefits of a Mediterranean Diet have been well established, including decreased mortality and lowered risk for chronic diseases. This study examined whether the Mediterranean diet was associated with longer telomere length, which is ...

Commentary: This review article on Chronic Lyme disease in the International Journal of Family Medicine was just released. It gives a good overview of the complexity of borrelia infections, poor sensitivity of testing, persistence, role ...

Commentary: Dr Willy Burgdorfer, who discovered the Lyme disease spirochete (named after him), passed away yesterday. We are grateful for all of his efforts over the years to help with this devastating illness. When you ...

Commentary: I did an interview with Dr. Amy Myers on the Autoimmune Summit today. For those who would like to listen in on updated information on Lyme and autoimmune disease, pleae click on the link ...

Commentary: Dr Holly Ahern wrote an op-ed in the Poughkeepsie Journal about the controversies surrounding Lyme disease. She compares the situation to the early days of HIV/AIDS where the epidemic spiraled out of control and ...