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Recently Published in PA:

Nothing Simple About Lyme: Tick-borne Ilness Divides Doctors and Confounds Patients.  April 12, 2011, DelewareOnline (a Gannette Company) "Debbie Ewart's ordeal began seven years ago, when she was bitten by a tick just after moving to Bethany Beach from North East, Md. Aching muscle cramps started about a week later, with the discomfort eventually progressing to what Ewart described as "muscle freezes" that temporarily immobilized her left arm. A wave of fatigue made getting out of the bed a struggle, though restful sleep seemed permanently elusive. (Read more)

Computer Scientist Researched Her Own Condition, Lyme Disease  Monday April 11, 2011 by Pohia Smith, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"When doctors proved unable to cure her Lyme disease, computer scientist Jennifer Mankoff did what many people do when they're chronically ill: She went online to see what medical organizations had to say about it." (Read more)

Locals recount long battle with Lyme disease April 10, 2011, 5:06 p.m. EDT; Norristown Times Herald 1 JRC 20091109  First in a TWO part series: "WEST NORRITON — Dawn Rittenhouse DiFiore’s friends and family are turning her years of struggle with chronic Lyme disease into an opportunity to improve awareness about the complex disease and help the Lower Providence resident with an infusion of some much-needed funds for medical bills." (Read more)