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.
HARD SCIENCE ON LYME: Is it Summertime ‘Flu? – or Lyme?
The first sign of Lyme disease may be a non-specific ‘flu-like illness with fever, headache, stiff neck and muscle aches and pains several weeks or…
HARD SCIENCE ON LYME: Tick Bite Never Zero Risk
During his interview with NPR’s Terry Gross on Fresh Air, journalist Michael Specter got a key piece of information WRONG: that a tick must be…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Making Lyme-Aid
Guest blogger Phyllis Mervine pays tribute to all the people “Touched by Lyme” who have used their knowledge and experience to lend a hand to…
HARD SCIENCE ON LYME: How “Comforting” Was Your Diagnosis of Chronic Lyme?
In his interview with Terry Gross on Fresh Air, journalist Michael Specter says that patients are desperate and that “chronic Lyme” is “more comforting” for…
HARD SCIENCE ON LYME: Let’s get real – the testing is no better than a coin toss
The organized medical community doesn’t believe in chronic Lyme disease, said Michael Specter in a recent interview on NPR’s Fresh Air, and he appears to…
HARD SCIENCE ON LYME: Science Writer Repeats Standard Misinformation
When journalist Michel Specter was interviewed by NPR’s Terry Gross on Fresh Air, he got a few things right, but he also repeated some of…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Media Coverage Response
Guest blogger Jennifer Crystal responds to recent media coverage in by reporters from the Boston Globe and the New Yorker.
TOUCHED BY LYME: Things gained, things lost, things learned from Lyme disease
Guest blogger Jon Katz, an American author and photographer, is known for book about dogs, animals and rural life, including “The Dogs of Bedlam Farm”…
TOUCHED BY LYME: KC's Kathy White, telling it like it is to the CDC
This Lyme advocate had to miss a planned meeting with CDC officials because she had a stroke. She delivered her presentation to them from her…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Same-old, same-old from the CDC
The agency stubbornly adheres to its party line, denying care to suffering Lyme patients.
LYMEPOLICYWONK: CDC Tells Poughkeepsie Journal Long Term Antibiotics Not Warranted; I Respond
Dr. Lyle Petersen of the CDC wrote an editorial for the Poughkeepsie Journal in response to the remarkable series of articles by Mary Beth Pfeiffer…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Taking back the Lyme research agenda, one project at a time
How the Lyme community stepped up–with donations big and small–to buy a sophisticated microscope and support the groundbreaking research of Dr. Eva Sapi. (Pssst: still…