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.
National Science Foundation awards $800K to researchers using MyLymeData
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a three-year, $800,000 grant to explore predictive analytic techniques using data collected by the MyLymeData patient registry. Researchers at the University…
LYME SCI: What’s the story about stevia?
There has been a great deal of information circulating the internet about the use of stevia as a “cure” for Lyme disease. I’d like to…
3 things to watch for: summer flu, school phobia, abdominal migraines
By Dr. Elena Frid The summer is officially behind us and the school year is back in full swing. As we put the long summer…
New Borrelia species named for tick expert Robert Lane
By Phyllis Mervine A research group led by Gabriele Margos, PhD, a German biologist, has proposed naming a recently identified species in the genus…
Allodynia feels like sand paper rubbing across a sunburn
By Sophia Galpin Allodynia is pain produced by a non-painful stimulus–something that shouldn’t normally cause you pain such as wind or light touch. Usually, when…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Ora, the girl with the mystery illness
Nowhere Men is a Facebook Page run by three guys who say “everybody has a story to tell.” They have traveled from the US to…
LYME SCI: The dangerous link between Lyme disease and teen suicide
September is National Suicide Prevention Month. It comes not long after release of a new study demonstrating a link between Lyme disease and an increased…
LYME SCI: Do sleeper cells hold key to “turning off” Borrelia?
A recent article* about “sleeper cells,” co-authored by researchers at New York Medical College and the CDC, acknowledges something many Lyme researchers have suspected for…
In NY follow-up letter, Dr. Bransfield connects Lyme to opioid crisis
Psychiatrist Robert Bransfield, MD, an expert on Lyme disease and a former president of ILADS, last week gave prepared remarks to a New York State…
TOUCHED BY LYME: When Lyme disease isn’t caught early
The question was posed on one of LymeDisease.org’s online discussion groups. A mother had found a bull’s-eye rash on her 5-year-old son. She took him…
Dr. Bransfield tells NY senators the realities of psychiatric Lyme disease
Psychiatrist Robert Bransfield, MD, a former president of ILADS, addressed last week’s New York State Senate hearing on Lyme disease via remote video link. He…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Facebook posts affect Lyme disease lawsuit
It is very common for people who actually have Lyme disease to be told by their doctors they don’t have it. They may suffer for…