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09/14/2021

Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing for Determining Disability in Lyme Disease

Determining eligibility for disability insurance claims can be an extremely hard task, especially when insurance companies are incentivized not to pay. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET), specifically 2-day CPET, is a possible answer for patients to scientifically showcase how fatigue impacts their ability to work. If you need help solidifying your claims, this blog may contain the answers you are seeking.

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09/07/2021

Epidemics of the 21st Century

Dr. Kinderlehrer is back with a new blog addressing the rise in epidemics around the world. He analyzes how they relate to chronic illness and mental health disorders, specifically Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. Discussing flaws in our current health systems, he provides insight on how he foresees changes being made to better assist patient populations.

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07/21/2021

Lyme Disease, Kids and Mental Illness: Part II

In this second installation, Dr. Kinderlehrer draws conclusions on how the increasing prevalence of mental health disorders in children and adolescents is linked to tick-borne disease.

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07/21/2021

Flow State: What Is It and How Can It Help My Lyme Disease?

Celine Tien is the founder of Flowly: relaxation training, an NIH-backed mobile platform that combines Virtual Reality and biofeedback training to help individuals transition from pain state to flow state. Tien is also Principal Investigator on NIDA-backed clinical trials at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and USC. In this article, Celine explains flow state, its benefits, and how to achieve it.

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06/14/2021

Lyme Disease, Kids and Mental Illness: Are Tick-borne Infections Contributing to the Epidemic in Mental Illness?

Have you heard of a condition called autoimmune encephalitis or “brain on fire”? It’s a swelling of the brain that can present with severe physical and mental symptoms, and it can be caused by tick-borne pathogens, including bartonella and mycoplasma. Dr. Dan Kinderlehrer recently conducted a study of 10 randomly selected adolescent patients with psychiatric symptoms so severe that they couldn’t function at school or at home to see if there was a correlation with tick-borne diseases.

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06/02/2021

Lyme Disease and Mental Illness: Infections Causing Eating Disorders

Dr. Dan Kinderlehrer leverages patient case studies to examine why Lyme disease can cause mental illness, specifically eating disorders. With anorexia nervosa becoming increasingly common, it is important to understand the warning signs and take action.

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05/21/2021

How Can Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Treat Lingering Lyme Disease?

Hyperbaric medicine (HBOT) presents an unparalleled approach to Lyme disease that traditional therapies do not. Learn more about how it is used to treat Lyme in this blog by Dr. Alvarez of Aviv Clinics, a physician with over 35 years of experience in internal medicine and surgery.

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05/19/2021

Recovery From Lyme // Microbes Causing Mental Illness

Dr. Dan Kinderlehrer is a physician and board-certified internist specializing in treating Lyme patients. In this introductory blog he leverages a patient case study and years of personal experience to explain the harmful nature of Lyme disease's neuropsychiatric symptoms on people's lives.

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05/05/2021

Johns Hopkins University Unveils New Lyme Tracker

During a symposium hosted on April 29th, the Lyme and Tick-borne Diseases Research and Education Institute announced the launch of their new website and Lyme disease map. These new efforts from Johns Hopkins seek to take Lyme science in a new direction and work to build a safer future.