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.
Lorraine Johnson invited to White House citizen science forum
LymeDisease.org CEO Lorraine Johnson has been selected to participate in a White House forum hosted by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and Domestic…
TOUCHED BY LYME: “Most serious undiagnosed health threat in existence”
Many people think that if they had tons of money in the bank, their problems would be solved. However, UK billionaire John Caudwell has found…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Lyme cyclist to reach Pacific October 3
In May 2011, Logan McCulloch of Kentucky was hiking with his son in Mammoth Cave National Park, when he was bitten by more than 20…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: My speech at MedX on Lyme disease and patient-centered big data research
This past weekend, I was honored to speak at the Stanford MedX conference and I will post a video of the speech on our website…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Lyme Quilt coming to San Diego protest
A couple of years ago, a Lyme patient named Tami Griffith felt inspired to create a special quilt in honor of the Lyme community….
LYMEPOLICYWONK: ILADS Lyme guidelines on National Clearinghouse!
Lyme treatment guidelines developed by the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS) were posted today on the National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC). They are…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: My Speech at Stanford MedX: Patient Powered Research and Lyme
Next week, I will be honored to speak at the Stanford MedX conference on Patient Powered Research and Big Data. You can watch it streaming live if…
When Your Child Has Lyme disease: A Parent’s Survival Guide
For the past several years, I’ve been collaborating with psychotherapist Sandy Berenbaum on a book entitled When Your Child Has Lyme Disease: A Parent’s Survival…
Suffering the Silence: Chronic Lyme Disease in an Age of Denial
When Allie Cashel, now 23, was a young child, her father was diagnosed with Lyme disease. Later, when she was seven, she and her three…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Six apps to simplify life with Lyme
By guest blogger Rachel As someone with 10 years of experience as a chronically ill person, I’ve come to learn that phone apps can be…
New tick-borne disease discovered in N. California parks
by Kris Newby, Sept. 2, 2015 Meet Dan Salkeld, PhD, a disease ecologist and friend, shown here looking for ticks on a wood rat from…
TOUCHED BY LYME: My letter published in San Francisco Chronicle
The San Francisco Chronicle gave great coverage to Stanford’s recent study showing a high prevalence of infected ticks in the Bay Area. However, I felt…