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.
TOUCHED BY LYME: Understanding Lyme disease through art
The organizers of this juried show hope to start a dialogue about Lyme disease through art.
LYMEPOLICYWONK: Survey Results Published! Chronic Lyme Patients Suffer Poor Quality of Life and High Rates of Disability and Unemployment
LDo’s most recent survey of over 3,000 patients with chronic Lyme disease was published today by PeerJ. Although the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recently…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Lyme disease on the Appalachian Trail
Guest blogger Karl Ford collected infected ticks while hiking the Appalachian Trail, but kept himself tick-free. “I wore permethrin-treated bug-net pants, a treated long-sleeved shirt…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Let Justina go home with her parents—now!
The next step in the chilling story of Justina Pelletier is a court hearing in Boston on March 17.
HARD SCIENCE ON LYME: Another journalist with only half the story
Michael Kruse says he thinks people “should be looking at all of the evidence, not just the few studies that agree with an opinion that…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: Yes, Patients Need a Role in Setting Research Agendas!
Some of you know that I am honored to be a patient representative for the PCORI patient engagement panel. PCORI stands for Patient Centered Outcomes…
TOUCHED BY LYME: How the “pain scale” inflicts even more pain on children
Children with Lyme disease experience many different kinds of pain, which don’t always fit neatly into categories on a medical chart.
TOUCHED BY LYME: Tax strategies for parents of kids with special needs
Guest blogger Regina Levy, CPA, discusses tax issues that may apply to parents of children with Lyme disease.
NEWS: Recent study suggests that Lyme disease can be sexually transmitted
Notes one researcher: “There is always some risk of getting Lyme disease from a tick bite in the woods. But there may be a bigger…
Yolanda Foster tops 5-year Lyme hit parade
The Real Housewife’s struggle with Lyme disease is by far the most-accessed news story on our blogs.
TOUCHED BY LYME: “Why I stopped hiding my illness”
Guest blogger Sarah Israel tells why, after 10 years of silence, she started speaking up about Lyme disease.
HARD SCIENCE ON LYME: Do We Really Want Another OspA Vaccine?
It took four years of warnings from advocacy groups, physicians, and scientists (including the lead investigator), pleas and protests to the FDA, hundreds of adverse…