Cure Unknown (Revised Edition): Inside the Lyme Epidemic
"Millions suffering from symptoms of a mysterious disease need suffer confusion and loss no longer. If you want to know the real story behind Lyme disease and how to find your way back to health, read this book."—Mark Hyman, MD,New York Timesbestselling author of The Blood Sugar Solution"In the war of information on Lyme disease, patient activist groups have started from a marked disadvantage to the medical establishment in terms of visibility and credibility. That may be changing, and... Cure Unknowncould be one reason."—Washington Post“InCure, Unknown, Pamela Weintraub has produced both the definitive book about Lyme disease and associated disorders and a survivor’s account of a grueling medical odyssey. Weintraub is a masterful science writer and storyteller, and she tackles the quarrels and quagmires surrounding this baffling illness with intelligence and pathos.”—Kaja Perina, editor in chief ofPsychology Today"A thoroughly researched and well-written account of the disease's controversial history."—Jane Brody,New York Times"I sometimes wonder if the only investigative writers who will possess the necessary temerity to remove the white gloves and tackle these putative experts to the ground will be those, like Weintraub...whose personal experience demands that they follow the rocky trail that leads to the truth."—Hillary Johnson, author ofOsler's Web: Inside the Labyrinth of the Chronic Fatigue SyndromeEpidemic"Pam Weintraub, veteran science writer, weaves personal narrative with hard-hitting investigative journalism to bring the underground epidemic of Lyme and other tick-borne diseases up from under theradar."—Rebecca Wells, author ofYa-Yas in BloomandDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood“Pamela Weintraub's book is compelling, clear and troubling.”—Patti Adcroft, editorial director ofDiscovermagazine“Science journalism at its best.”—Ami Katz, M.D.