The Lyme Disease Network has partnered with Amazon.com, the Internet’s largest bookstore, to provide you with the following Lyme disease titles. Clicking on the links below will show you details of the books with an option to buy the publications directly online. With each book purchase, Amazon.com will make a donation to the Lyme Disease Network.
Patient Guides:
Bull’s-Eye: Unraveling the Mystery of Lyme Disease
Jonathan A. Edlow / Hardcover / Published 2003
A compelling mystery and a riveting account of science in action. – Robert B. Parker
Coping with Lyme Disease, Third Edition: A Practical Guide to Dealing with Diagnosis and Treatment
Denise Lang; Kenneth Liegner, M.D. / Paperback / Published 2004
A good guide to diagnosis, treatment, and recovery.
Everything You Need to Know About Lyme Disease and Other Tick-Borne Disorders
Karen Vanderhoof-Forschner, et al / Paperback / Published 1997
A complete review of the disease and the issues from the Chairperson of the Lyme Disease Foundation Board of Directors.
Patient stories and Lyme disease history:
The Widening Circle: A Lyme Disease Pioneer Tells Her Story
Polly Murray / Hardcover / Published 1996
A detailed account of the history of Lyme disease.
Lyme Disease: A Mother’s Perspective
Karen Angotti / Published 1993
The true story of a family and their struggle with Lyme disease.
Lyme Disease: My Search for a Diagnosis
Linda Hanner / Published 1991
Lyme Disease: Time for Truth
VHS video tape / Published 1997
Details on this tape are reviewed in LymeNet Newsletter vol#5 #01
Books for medical professionals:
Lyme Disease: Molecular and Immunologic Approaches (Current Communications in Cell & Molecular Biology, Vol. 6)
Steven E. Schutzer (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1992
Aspects of Lyme Borreliosis
K. Weber, W. Borgdorfer (Editor) / Hardcover / Published 1992
History / Characteristics of Borrelia burgdorferi / Ecology and histopathology of Lyme borreliosis / Clinical features of Lyme borreliosis / Microbiological diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis / Therapy of Lyme borreliosis / Epidemiology of Lyme borreliosis. A total of 29 papers by various authors.
Infectious Diseases of the Fetus and Newborn Infant
Jack S. Remington, Jerome O. Klein (Editor) / Hardcover / Published 1995
This contains eighty pages devoted to Lyme disease, by Tessa Gardner, M.D.
The Organism / Epidemiology and Transmission / Pathology and Pathogenesis / Clinical Manifestations / Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis / Therapy / Prevention. With 428 references.
Ecology and Environmental Management of Lyme Disease
Howard S. Ginsberg (Editor) / Hardcover / Published 1993
Ken Noble says
I am not reading all of those books, but if I thought I had Lyme disease, I would not read them either. The most recent one is probably out of date (2004). That is ancient history in the medical science. I feel sorry for anyone who follows these links. You would be better off contacting the NIH in Bethesda. Fact is, most of those books are probably secondary connections to well regarded research. Can we, INSTEAD, start an organization to help hypochondriacs? Really lacking in compassion, I know…but I really think I show MORE compassion by suggesting that you are leading people astray here. They may actually have a problem with Lyme’s, but what good is information that is that old? I think you all are out of line her, if not setting yourselves up for a major law suit. Be careful.
Disclaimer: I am not a doctor, please correct me if I am wrong….but, don’t ask me to read something that is SEVEN YEARS OLD!
If you want to do an article on HEALTH..interview Sabine Harvey about her efforts to get fresh food in Kent County Public Schools, for goodness sake.
Lucy Barnes says
I am sorry to hear Mr. Noble won’t be reading about Lyme disease anytime soon. (BTW- It is “Lyme”, not Lyme’s- like “deer”, not deer’s).
Some of the books listed above were not, as Mr. Noble mentioned, recently published. However, the science surrounding this emerging disease has not advanced much in the past decade, so some people may find the books useful.
And Mr. Nobel is right when he suggests you can contact the NIH in Bethesda instead of buying a book. They may even let you enroll in their latest study dubbed the “Take a Tick to Lunch” program. People who have Lyme disease (and those who don’t) will have 20 – 30 ticks placed on their body to see if Lyme disease can be passed from them to uninfected ticks. Check it out here- https://sites.google.com/site/marylandlyme/patient-stories/take-a-tick-to-lunch
Personally, I don’t feel supporting the NIH, especially when it is wasting tax-payer’s money (1/4 of a million dollars) on a study this outrageous, is the way to learn about Lyme.
Additionally, as far as Mr. Noble thinking it is acceptable to ask someone to start an organization to help “hypochondriacs”, again Mr. Noble was right- he is “lacking in compassion”.
In a nutshell, Lyme disease is turning healthy people’s lives upside down, with some becoming chronically ill, disabled, and some are dying. Kent County has one of the highest incidence rates of Lyme in the country and young children are the most affected by it, with senior citizens coming in a close second. http://www.LymeMemorial.org
Because there is no reliable Lyme test (after 30 years of NIH being in charge), and because medical professionals are not well-educated about Lyme in many cases (too many people not reading those books?), sixty of the seventy innocent people that contract Lyme in Maryland alone each DAY will not know they have it and will, in turn, be misdiagnosed with Parkinson’s, ALS, fibromyalgia, arthritis, MS, depression or a number of other conditions. With that in mind….
In the sprit of compromise, Mr. Noble, why don’t we offer the Maryland Lyme website up to those who don’t want to buy a book, or have ticks attached to them sucking their blood in the name of NIH science. The up-to-date website has approximately 400 pages of FREE information available to all who are interested. http://www.MarylandLyme.org
Merry Christmas Mr. Noble. And don’t forget, do a tick check!