LymeSci Blog
Lonnie Marcum
is a Physical Therapist, with a dual degree in health administration and physical therapy. She has a passion for helping people heal from illness and injury by treating the whole body. She became active in the Lyme community after her daughter was diagnosed with tick-borne diseases in 2013. She now devotes much time to learning about Lyme and related conditions, and sharing that knowledge via social media. In addition, she has served as a member of the HHS Tick-Borne Disease Working Group: Tick Biology, Ecology, Control Subcommittee. Her blog, LymeSci, seeks to help patients understand the science of tick-borne diseases and new developments in research.
NEWS: New ILADS Lyme guidelines promote options and informed choice
LymeDisease.org has endorsed the new Lyme disease guidelines published by ILADS, calling them “both evidence-based and patient-centered.”
"Lyme? At least it isn’t cancer"
Guest blogger Emily Reach White writes that one of the hardest things about Lyme disease is the reaction of other people.
LYMEPOLICYWONK: LymeDisease.org Endorses New ILADS Lyme Disease Guidelines
Today, the International Lyme and Associated Diseases (ILADS) has published its revised guidelines on treating Lyme disease! Too many patients fail the standard courses of…
Dr. Jones called both Great Satan and Mother Theresa
The following guest blog is excerpted from a lengthy interview with Lyme pediatrician Dr. Charles Ray Jones on the Lyme Connection website. In this section,…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: Patient-Powered Research and Lyme Disease
Many of you know that I am a patient representative for the Patient Centered Research Institute (PCORI), a government funding organization that seeks to put…
Jesse Colin Young “got brain back” after Lyme treatment
The singer/songwriter/founding member of the band “The Youngbloods” talks about his experience with Lyme disease.
LYMEPOLICYWONK: The bogus grassroots of the American Lyme Disease Foundation
I have been getting calls lately from patients who go to the website of the American Lyme Disease Foundation (ALDF), mistakenly believing it is a…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: Don’t waste public money on research that doesn’t help patients
This week I spoke on a panel before an international audience of researchers, healthcare policy makers, and physicians at the HTAi (Health Technology Assessments International)…
HARD SCIENCE ON LYME: Are FDA-approved tests better or worse?
The FDA gave its blessing to Lyme tests that miss as many as half the cases or more. The CDC thinks this should be good…
New Lyme book offers "science plus compassion"
Review of “Compendium of Tick-Borne Disease: A Thousand Pearls.”
LYMEPOLICYWONK: The IDSA Says Chronic Lyme Disease Is No More than the Aches and Pains of Daily Living. Is this True?
The treatment guidelines of the Infectious Diseases Society of America dismiss persistent symptoms of patients with chronic Lyme disease (CLD) as no more than the…
THE LYME TIMES: A Feeling for the Organism
“Had we listened to our pediatrician and the local Lyme disease expert, we might have stuffed him full of psychoactive medications unable to address…