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: Taking Lyme awareness into Berkeley’s Tilden Park
Volunteers from East Bay Lyme Education & Patient Support (LEAPS) handed out Lyme literature and free tick repellent to recreationists at Tilden Regional Park on…
TOUCHED BY LYME: (guest blog) Proper tick removal, early treatment can reduce risk of disease
Is fear of Lyme and other tick-borne illnesses keeping you from outdoor activities? Maryland Lyme advocate Lucy Barnes addresses this very real concern. While her…
HARDSCIENCEONLYME Lyme disease prevention. Two Effective Practices?
I thought I would share a few prevention practices identified at the Institute of Medicine Lyme disease workshop as effective by Dr. Mathew Liang of…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: Institute of Medicine Presentation Highlight: Liang on Lyme
Dr. Matthew Liang from Harvard made an interesting presentation at the Institute of Medicine Lyme Workshop. I have excerpted important points for those who…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Can you boil down your Lyme message to just a few words?
If you just had a couple of seconds to teach somebody about Lyme disease, what would you say? A group of Lyme activists in Sturbridge,…
HARDSCIENCEONLYME: Lyme Culture Made Easy, Antibiotic Effectiveness, and Mechanisms of Persistence
Dr. Eva Sapi and colleagues have published an important study today, "Evaluation of in-vitro antibiotic susceptibility of different morphological forms of Borrelia burgdorferi". …
TOUCHED BY LYME: Why one Minnesota PBS station yanked UNDER OUR SKIN
WDSE-WRPT, a PBS affiliate in Duluth, Minnesota, initially scheduled a May showing of the Lyme documentary. Learn why the station then changed its mind.
TOUCHED BY LYME: (guest blog) Sleepless in Berkeley: how Lyme messes with your head and your heart
Guest blogger Bob Cowart, who has been diagnosed with both neurological Lyme disease and Parkinson's, articulates some everyday realities of dealing with those conditions. He…
TOUCHED BY LYME: After “Rambo daughter” succumbs to Lyme, dad dedicates himself to teaching others
He called Lori his "Rambo daughter," a strong athletic soldier who liked to run marathons. But after a tick bite gave her Lyme disease none…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: IOM Report: ’Tis neither here nor there. Or?
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has released its long awaited report on Lyme disease. So should we celebrate or despair? I think there is…
TOUCHED BY LYME: “Welcome to the Lyme wars, Janessa!”
(Book review) Who knew the IDSA Lyme treatment guidelines could be fodder for a rip-snorting mystery story?
TOUCHED BY LYME: Hope for those who have fallen through the medical cracks
(Book review) In his book, ON HOPE AND HEALING: FOR THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN THROUGH THE MEDICAL CRACKS, Dr. Neil Nathan uses the tools of…