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.
LYMEPOLICYWONK: National Guidelines Clearinghouse–Listen Up
We are waiting for the final resolution of the National Guidelines Clearinghouse (NGC) determination regarding whether they will pull the outdated IDSA guidelines from their…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Lyme, MCS & that important rite of passage
Multiple Chemical Sensitivities can offer unique challenges to someone seeking a driver’s license.
TOUCHED BY LYME: Are you a Minnesota Lyme patient? If so, MLA needs you.
Minnesota Lyme Association seeks feedback from state residents who have had long-term antibiotics for Lyme disease.
TOUCHED BY LYME: Young advocate helps educate her community
An 11-year-old Lyme survivor shares her story to help others.
TOUCHED BY LYME: Unraveling the Lyme-autism connection
This doctor finds about 20% of her autistic patients turn out to have Lyme disease, and for many of them, Lyme treatment helps their autism…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Portraits of Lyme with words and pictures
(Guest blog) Using art and writing to help ourselves and each other.
TOUCHED BY LYME: How to exercise when you’re too sick to exercise
(Book review) “Sunlight Chair Yoga” teaches adaptive techniques for the ill and injured.
LYMEPOLICYWONK: Patient Centered Research and Lyme—An idea whose time has come?
A friend forwarded to me the audio link (at the end of this blog) of an interview with Dr. Iain Chalmers of the Cochrane Collaboration—a…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Serving up IDSA Facebook comments to Congress
“The Devastation of Lives and Lies: Those with Lyme disease and related chronic infections respond to the Infectious Diseases Society of America’s (IDSA’s) request…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: Was this important Lyme study hidden for 12 years?
The recently published monkey study by Embers and colleagues regarding the persistence of Lyme after antibiotic treatment is important for two distinct reasons. The first…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Bringing Lyme message to college students
The Lyme documentary Under Our Skin will be shown March 4 at Santa Clara University. The event, “Lyme Disease, a ticking time bomb,” will include…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: Embers Monkey Trials Part 5. Of Mice and Men and Monkeys.
The guidelines of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) deny the existence of persistent infection. “There is no convincing evidence in North America…