Richard Horowitz, MD, medical director of the Hudson Valley Healing Arts Center, in Hyde Park, New York. He has treated more than 13,000 chronic Lyme disease patients over the last 31 years. He is a member of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Tick-Borne Disease Working Group, cochair of the HHS Other Tick-Borne Diseases and Co-Infections Subcommittee and the author of How Can I Get Better? An Action Plan for Treating Resistant Lyme & Chronic Disease. The views expressed here are those of Dr. Richard Horowitz, and do not represent the views of the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group, the US Department of Health and Human Services or the United States.
Dr. Richard I. Horowitz is a board certified internist in private practice in Hyde Park, New York. He is medical director of the Hudson Valley Healing Arts Center and has treated over 12,000 chronic Lyme disease patients in the last 27 years. He is one of the founding members and past president elect of the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS) and has worked tirelessly to lecture all over the world to educate other health-care professionals on tick-borne diseases.
Dr. Horowitz was awarded the Humanitarian of the Year award by the Turn the Corner Foundation for his treatment of Lyme disease. His book Why Can’t I Get Better? Solving the Mystery of Lyme and Chronic Disease hit the New York Times Best Seller List within the first month of its release. It explains his full classical and integrative approach to helping those stricken with tick-borne diseases and resistant chronic illness.
Imagine feeling sick and never getting better, no matter how many doctors you see or how many treatments you receive. Such is the plight of thousands and thousands of people who suffer from chronic Lyme disease—and don’t even know it. If you have achy joints, digestive issues, headaches, fatigue, memory or concentration problems and/or other chronic ailments, Lyme disease could be slowly degrading your immune system. The longer it goes untreated, the greater impact it will have on your long-term health. Before you tell yourself that you’re in the clear, consider this—Lyme disease occurs in more than 300,000 Americans each year, but only a fraction of these people are correctly diagnosed. Many patients suffer unnecessarily because the symptoms of Lyme are too often mistaken for other conditions, says Bottom Line’s Richard Horowitz, MD, a pioneer in the study of Lyme disease and chronic illness. His book Why Can’t I Get Better? is the most comprehensive guide to managing this debilitating chronic illness. Having the proper information about this incredibly complicated disease is your key to wellness.
