Overview
LymeDisease.org
LymeDisease.org is a 501c3 nonprofit that serves the patient community through advocacy, education, and research.
We educate the community and policy makers through our website and blogs. We also help inform the medical community, researchers, and policymakers through medical journal publication. Our board members have over 40 peer-reviewed publications. We inform the community about Lyme disease through our quarterly digital journal, The Lyme Times. Solving the critical health problems faced by Lyme patients requires grassroots involvement as well as local and national advocacy.
We promote these efforts through our state-based internet groups that teach patients how to make a difference in the fight for early diagnosis and treatment. We also lead the charge in protests and petitions. Our petition calling for revision of the treatment guidelines of the Infectious Diseases Society which deny care to patients with Lyme disease has drawn over 30,000 signatures.
10 Years Ago...
We started collecting and publishing patient data through surveys of thousands of patients. Today, our big data project, MyLymeData, is the largest study of Lyme disease ever conducted–with over 10,000 patients enrolled.
The National Science Foundation has granted $800,000 to academic researchers at UCLA and Claremont McKenna to explore big data techniques using data from the registry. LDo provides legal, ethical and healthcare policy analysis for the Lyme community.
We fight for access to appropriate medical care for Lyme patients and for the rights of their treating physicians.
We review state and federal legislation and compile data from our surveys to support policy change.
We were a driving force behind the Connecticut Attorney General’s civil investigation of the Infectious Diseases Society of America’s Lyme guideline development process. We provide a number of healthcare policy resources, as well.
