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.
Why are physically sick children labeled as mentally ill?
by Jessie Bedrinana My daughter was nine when symptoms started after a long summer of hiking and camping in Southern and Central California. She was…
TOUCHED BY LYME: British Lord discusses Lyme in “Queen’s Speech” debate
This week has been a momentous time in the UK. Amidst a lot of pomp and pageantry, the annual Queen’s Speech marks the State Opening…
LYME SCI: Tick-borne Powassan virus can be deadly
After the 2017 death of two men in Cape Cod, many people are learning for the first time that ticks can carry viruses too, not…
LYME SCI: Anaplasmosis, the “anti-freeze” co-infection
According to Richard Ostfeld, an ecologist at New York’s Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, the number of white-footed mice (the primary host for Lyme disease…
An open letter to the editors of the Washington Post
On June 17, 2017, David Michael Conner of the Huffington Post published a long message to the editors of the Washington Post, objecting to their…
Protesting CDC’s biased reporting in PubMed Commons
The CDC’s June 15 article in MMWR, which slams “chronic Lyme” treatments—and by extension, Lyme patients and the doctors who treat them—continues to draw sharp…
Who Controls Fake Lyme Disease News?
A response to this week’s CDC article on Lyme disease. By Patricia Smith, Lyme Disease Association, June 14, 2017: The time has come when…
TOUCHED BY LYME: CDC ignores ethics, attacks “chronic Lyme”
This week, CDC employees published an article about five patients who had “adverse effects” after undergoing “unproven” treatments for Lyme disease. What they failed to…
Watch and share Fox5NY’s “Faces of Lyme” PSA
Our thanks to Fox5NY, for creating this public service announcement about Lyme disease. “The Faces of Lyme” showcases the work of photographer Stephanie Michelle Vandagriff,…
TOUCHED BY LYME: The world’s oldest Lyme disease patient
They call him Ötzi the Iceman. He lived and died 5300 years ago, in the Eastern Alps near the modern-day border of Austria and Italy….
Why do some Lyme patients improve with treatment and others don’t?
Press release from LymeDisease.org, June 8, 2017: A new study suggests that developing effective treatments for Lyme disease may depend on understanding which patients respond…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: Video of Dr. Christine Green’s MyLymeData talk
LymeDisease.org board member Dr. Christine Green was among the speakers at our recent MyLymeData conference in the San Francisco Bay Area. Dr. Green has developed…