The Latest Discovery in Lyme Research

The Latest Discovery in Lyme Research

Lyme disease has been around for thousands of years. In fact, the oldest evidence for it was found in a 5300-year old ice mummy, which contained traces of the bacterium that causes Lyme. So would you believe that it’s only been recognized in the US for roughly half a...
Do Any Herbal Medicines Help with Lyme Disease?

Do Any Herbal Medicines Help with Lyme Disease?

While traditional antibiotic approaches work well for many people with Lyme disease, up to 20% have symptoms that persist after treatment. But although chronic Lyme – also known as post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PLTDS) – can seem mysterious (even...

A New Bacterium & Other News from Lyme-Related Research

As if one Lyme-causing bacterium wasn’t tricky enough – what with its multiple forms stimulating an array of symptoms that easily mimic other conditions – it seems there’s another microbe capable of triggering the same disease. Meet Borrelia mayonii, named after the...

The Facts on Lyme

Once upon a time, Lyme disease was considered an east coast thing – and something you could only get from hiking in the woods (as if ticks – the bugs whose bite causes Lyme – never ventured elsewhere). Once upon a time, it was thought that a bulls-eye rash was the...

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