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Lyme disease is far more than a summer nuisance—it’s a rapidly spreading, complex, and often misunderstood illness that’s impacting communities around the world. From the elusive tick bite to the long-haul symptoms that many patients battle for years, this deep dive explores the science, the controversy, and the stories that demand to be heard. For more engaging podcasts that unpack stories like this one, visit https://www.quietperiodplease.com/ – thank you so much!Click here to browse handpicked Amazon finds inspired by this podcast series! https://amzn.to/4iKfAMs

Lyme Disease is a substantial problem. While the CDC reported 427,000 new cases in 2017 based on surveillance criteria, actual numbers based on clinical diagnosis put that number at over one million. It is now well accepted that 10 to 20 percent of these cases go on to become a chronic illness.

In Healing Lyme Disease Naturally, anthropologist Wolf D. Storl shares his own success in overcoming a difficult, sometimes deadly disease that is reaching epidemic proportions. When he was diagnosed, Dr. Storl refused standard treatments because of antibiotic intolerance. Instead, he...

A comprehensive, natural approach to treating acute and chronic Lyme disease, from a leading naturopathic physician who has managed his symptoms for more than fifteen years. Lyme disease is one of the fastest-growing infectious diseases in the United States, and millions of people worldwide...

Lyme Disease: Protect Yourself, Know the Cause, and Support the Search for a Cure Lyme disease, a tick-borne illness caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, has become a growing concern for people across the United States and many other parts of the world. As the most common vector-borne disease in the U.S., Lyme disease affects an estimated 300,000 people annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). With its wide range of symptoms and potential for long-term health complications, Lyme disease has garnered significant attention from the medical community, ...

Have you, a loved one or friend been afflicted with Lyme Disease? There are many different ways to go about diagnosing and treating Lyme incorrectly, and very few ways to do it right. In this special podcast series Scott Endicott, Dr. Ben Locwin and Tom Fox uncover the shortcomings in the current standards and practices and open up a dialog about how we can better help patients with this disease.

Glenda Cedarleaf MSW combines her deep, thorough understanding of the science and psychological impact of Lyme disease with her gifts for artful, poetic language and skillful guided imagery technique, narrating potent healing suggestions in her signature soothing voice. She thanks Karen Vrchota...

"A New Culprit in Lyme Disease" is from the Science section of The New York Times. It was written by Karen Weintraub and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Fighting Lyme Disease in the Genes of Nantucket's Mice" is from the June 07, 2016 Science section of The New York Times. It was written by Amy Harmon and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

Many sufferers drag themselves from one doctor or alternative practitioner to the next, getting lost in a maze of lab tests, prescription drugs, and treatments. Thousands of dollars and months (or years) later, they realize they are no better off than where they started. Unlocking Lyme puts an end to this desperate quest. Written by Dr. Bill Rawls, a physician who overcame Lyme disease himself, this book is a comprehensive, practical resource full of solutions that work.

A collection of more than fifty hard-to-crack medical quandaries, featuring the best of The New York Times Magazine's popular Diagnosis column—now a Netflix original series “Lisa Sanders is a paragon of the modern medical detective storyteller.”—Atul Gawande, author of Being Mortal As a...

A riveting thriller reminiscent of The Hot Zone, this true story dives into the mystery surrounding one of the most controversial and misdiagnosed conditions of our time—Lyme disease—and of Willy Burgdorfer, the man who discovered the microbe behind it, revealing his secret role in...

Lyme disease is spreading rapidly around the globe as ticks move into places they could not survive before. The first epidemic to emerge in the era of climate change, the disease infects half a million people in the US and Europe each year, and untold multitudes in Canada, China, Russia, and Australia. Mary Beth Pfeiffer shows how we have contributed to this growing menace and how modern medicine has underestimated its danger.

This book will bring a new understanding of the neurology, physiology, and biochemistry of what creates this kind of sensitivity, and the medical conditions that are most likely to set it off. Even more important, it lists the many new approaches to reducing and curing these sensitivities, based on newly obtained knowledge.

In early 2011, Yolanda Hadid was struck by mysterious symptoms including brain fog, severe exhaustion, migraines, and more. Over the months and years that followed, she went from being an outspoken, multitasking, hands-on mother of three, reality TV star, and social butterfly to a woman who spent most of her time in bed. Yolanda was turned inside out by some of the country's top hospitals and doctors, but due to the lack of definitive diagnostic testing, she landed in a dark maze of conflicting medical opinions.

If you have Lyme disease, you know firsthand the desperation that comes from being misdiagnosed, misunderstood, and misdirected. You need straight answers and real solutions, but all you get is the runaround. Riding high as a hard-driving entrepreneur in the solar industry, Taylor Nelson contracted Lyme disease in his mid-twenties. Spiraling down swiftly, he tried everything to feel like himself again, turning himself into a human guinea pig. Taylor shares his deeply personal story, what he tried, how it worked, and how to live a full life in the face of a devastating disease.