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: Apples top this year's "Dirty Dozen" food list
The Environmental Working Group helps you determine which foods are most–and least–contaminated by pesticides.
TOUCHED BY LYME: Lyme disease information list
Looking to learn about Lyme disease? Start here.
LYMEPOLICYWONK: Was the Last Decade of Lyme Research a Cover-Up? Baker and the Embers Study Revisited.
Two weeks ago, I posted a blog regarding the IDSA stealth front organization, the American Lyme Disease Foundation (ALDF). I highlighted the fact…
NEWS: Yolanda Foster's heart-wrenching speech at Time for Lyme GALA
The “Real Housewife” star said “My brain was no longer able to pull information to form sentences. My memory was blank.”
TOUCHED BY LYME: Recovery is a long, slow, balancing act
Guest blogger Jennifer Crystal says there is no “magic secret” to getting over chronic Lyme disease.
TOUCHED BY LYME: NPR’s “Unfit for Work” has troubling implications for those disabled by Lyme disease
Guest blogger Barbara Arnold, an attorney who specializes in helping Lyme patients get the disability payments due to them, questions the underlying assumptions put forth…
TOUCHED BY LYME: “Kingdom of the sick” is a stark place, indeed
Book review of “In the Kingdom of the Sick: A Social History of Chronic Illness in America,” by Laurie Edwards.
LYMEPOLICYWONK: More on Who’s Who and What’s What – NIH Dr. Phil Baker Responds to Blog on American Lyme Disease Foundation
Last week, I posted a blog regarding the IDSA stealth front organization, the American Lyme Disease Foundation (ALDF). I pointed out that the organization…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: Bogus Grassroots Groups – Who’s Who and What’s What with the American Lyme Disease Foundation (ALDF)
It’s easy to get confused. You have the “Lyme Disease Foundation” (LDF), and you have the “American Lyme Disease Foundation” (ALDF). They both…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Arguing "burden of proof" for Dr. Charles Ray Jones
The Lyme-treating pediatrician who has been harassed by the medical board for years appealed his case to the CT Supreme Court on Thursday.
TOUCHED BY LYME: Lyme made her "a shell of the woman I used to be"
“Real Housewife” Yolanda Foster has opened up to her fans even more about her experience with Lyme disease.