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: Straubinger’s New Study Shows How Lyme Bacteria survives
One of the hot topics in Lyme disease is whether the bacteria that causes Lyme disease persists. There are a lot of factors that…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: THE COST OF DENIAL—THE DOLLARS AND SENSE OF IT
The cost of an illness includes medical and non-medical costs. Insurers bear the burden of medical costs for covered care, while society bears the…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: A Question of Ethical Reporting–Chicago Tribune/Los Angeles Times.
Biased reporting harms the credibility of journalism, harms patients, and misleads the public. The recent Tribune piece, which is now being republished in other…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: CALDA CALLS ON TRIBUNE TO PRINT OP ED REBUTTAL TO BIASED ARTICLE
Lyme patients take a lot of heat, frankly too much heat. Sometimes reporters make errors, don’t have enough facts, and aren’t fully informed. …
LYMEPOLICYWONK: A Baker’s Dozen?—Or Is it Six of One a Half Dozen of another?
Some of you know Dr. Phil Baker, formerly of the National Institute of Health, currently of the American Lyme Disease Foundation—a group some regard as…
TOUCHED BY LYME: New cookbook provides road map for Lyme Inflammation Diet
Most people dealing with Lyme eventually come face to face with the need to improve their diet. It may include going gluten-free, and/or eliminating assorted…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: Chicago Tribune article. Is it journalism? Call it what you will–
If you are a journalist, is it sufficient to talk with a number of people and then disregard half of what you hear? How…
Thanksgiving in the Lyme World: Here’s our 2010 Gratitude list
Along with new and continuing challenges for the Lyme community, there is also much to be grateful for. Here's some of what we're thinking about…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: Lyme Patients and Insurance Appeals
Lyme disease patients have trouble with insurance coverage. They have trouble getting health insurance if they have ever had Lyme disease, on the one…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Only 55 Lyme cases in California? Really?
Fifty-five (55) is a remarkable number. Did you know it’s the sum of the numbers 1-10? 55 is the speed limit in some places…
Publication Alert: IDSA Review Hearing Report–Lipstick on a Pig
On April 22nd, the IDSA guidelines review hearing panel rubber-stamped its Lyme disease guidelines in its final report of the hearing. Those of us who…
Latest issue of Lyme Times
. . If you are currently a member of CALDA, this issue is on its way to your mailbox. Otherwise, you can join or renew…