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: Embers Monkey Trials Part 4. Lab Tests Fail to Detect Lyme Disease.
This is Part 4 of a series on the Embers study of Lyme disease in non-human primates. As described in Part 1 of the series,…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: Embers Monkey Study Part 3. IDSA 28 Day Treatment Protocol Fails to Clear Infection.
This is Part 3 of a series on the Embers study of Lyme disease in non-human primates. As described in Part 1 of the…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: Embers Monkey Trials Part 2: Chronic Lyme Disease Treatment and Persistence
This is Part 2 of a series on the Embers study of Lyme disease in non-human primates. As described in Part 1 of the…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Lyme disease awareness through figure skating
A Minnesota ice skater’s artistic video teaches people about Lyme and promotes petition to remove the IDSA guidelines
LYMEPOLICYWONK: Part 1–New Study Shows Lyme Persists in Monkeys
This is Part 1 of a series of posts I will do on this study. A new study by Drs. Monica Embers, Stephen Barthold…
NEWS: Phyllis Mervine honored for her Lyme advocacy
LymeDisease.org founder and president Phyllis Mervine has received a Jefferson Award for community service.
LYMEPOLICYWONK: Senators Request Removal of IDSA Lyme Guidelines from National Guidelines Clearinghouse
Today Senators Blumenthal and Gillibrand joined together to ask the National Guidelines Clearinghouse (NGC) to remove the outdated 2006 IDSA Lyme disease guidelines from their…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: 10,000 Signatures in 9 days–On a Roll!
10,000 Signatures in 9 days–we are on a roll! That is more than 1,000 signatures a day.
HARD SCIENCE ON LYME: Research Finds Bartonella Transmission from Tick to Host
It has long been known that ticks harbor Bartonella and that humans who have Lyme disease may also have Bartonellosis. However, the actual transmission of…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: Congressmen Call For Removal of Outdated IDSA Guidelines from National Guideline Clearinghouse
On January 17, 2012, Congressmen Smith, Wolf, and Gibson called on the National Guidelines Clearinghouse (NGC) to remove the IDSA’s outdated Lyme guidelines. We applaud…
TOUCHED BY LYME: How other pathogens complicate chronic Lyme treatment
Dr. Christine Green will discuss coinfections at LymeDisease.org’s upcoming conference, “Getting Healthy Again: Using Integrative Medicine to Heal from Lyme Disease,” in San Francisco January…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Teaching families how to protect themselves from tick diseases
This RN and Lyme survivor uses puppets, songs, and positive messages to teach children—and adults—how to prevent tick-borne illness