Terrence Mcnally Podcast

Aired 06/23/09 LYME DISEASE and the documentary, UNDER OUR SKIN (opening in LA Friday June 26) ANDY ABRAHAMS WILSON producer/director/camera LORRAINE JOHNSON CEO, California Lyme Disease Association RICHARD HORWITZ MD Physician, President, International Lyme and Associated Diseases Education Foundation MANDY HUGHES Lyme disease patient Lyme disease is one of the most misunderstood and controversial illnesses of our time. Difficult to test accurately, tens of thousands of people go undiagnosed-or misdiagnosed with such conditions as fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, autism, MS and ALS. The Centers for Disease Control admits that more than 200,000 people may acquire Lyme disease each year, a number greater than AIDS, West Nile Virus, and Avian Flu combined. And yet, the medical establishment-with profound influence from the insurance industry-has stated that the disease is easily detectable and treatable, and that "chronic Lyme" is some other unrecognized syndrome or a completely psychosomatic disorder. Le