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: How to heal yourself when no one else can
In 2005, a 25-year-old California woman named Amy Scher began experiencing bizarre symptoms, including pain (“everything from my feet to the top of my head…
Lymedisease.org’s Johnson Interviewed by WBUR-Boston Regarding MyLymeData
Lymedisease.org CEO, Lorraine Johnson was recently interviewed about MyLymeData by reporter Richard Knox of WBUR-Boston, an NPR affiliate, for an article about Big Data and…
TOUCHED BY LYME: “IDSA guidelines, will you please go now!”
This is a re-play of a blog I wrote four years ago. I thought of it this week when I heard that the National Guidelines…
A military man’s experience with Lyme disease
This is one of a series of guest blogs by people who have enrolled in MyLymeData. By Ruben Lee Sims I have had Lyme…
Johnson tells AAAS: Big data may help solve Lyme disease
Press release, February 13, 2016: Over the past 40 years, little has been learned about how to prevent, diagnose and effectively treat one of…
New test can detect Lyme disease soon after infection
Press release from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Feb. 12, 2016: When it comes to early diagnosis of Lyme disease, the…
IDSA Lyme guidelines removed from NGC; ILADS guidelines still there
The National Guidelines Clearinghouse–a federal database that provides treatment information to health care professionals and insurance companies–has removed the IDSA Lyme disease treatment guidelines from…
Lorraine Johnson to speak at AAAS conference in Washington DC
On February 13, LymeDisease.org CEO Lorraine Johnson will give a speech at the annual conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS),…
TOUCHED BY LYME: “Go for the openings!”
It’s a question that comes up time and again in the Lyme community. Since most people with Lyme got nailed by ticks while they were…
CDC identifies new species of Bartonella in humans
. by Lonnie Marcum: . In a paper titled: “Identification of Novel Zoonotic Activity of Bartonella spp., France” to be published March 2016 in Emerging…
TOUCHED BY LYME: The adventures of getting a PICC line
Guest blogger Hannah Barry offers a play-by-play account of having a PICC line inserted for Lyme treatment. So I have a PICC line now. It…
Listen to re-play of KZYX radio’s MyLymeData interview
On February 1, 2016, Lorraine Johnson, CEO of LymeDisease.org, explained details of the MyLymeData project on radio station KZYX. Listen to the interview here. [disk_player…