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: (guest blog) Poppy seeds are much easier to spot than nymphal ticks
Phyllis Mervine, president and founder of the California Lyme Disease Association, recently felt a tickle on her neck…and found a nymphal tick. Knowing that nymphs…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: Spotlight on an IOM Speaker: Does the IOM Know the Difference Between Dogma and Science? Rumor Hassett They Don’t!
The IOM has slotted Afton Hassett to speak about “Potential Bio-Marker Applications for Lyme Disease: Aligning Multiple Symptoms with Biological Measures”. You might think…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: ILADS Weighs in on IOM Process
Today, ILADS sent a letter to the IOM expressing its concerns about the lack of balance in the panel and the speaker list for the…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: Institute of Medicine Cuts on the Bias for IDSA
Finally, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) came out with its agenda for their “State of the Science Hearing”after much hemming and hawing. Patient groups (including…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Brain swelling and activism converge for San Francisco Lymewalk
Scheduled for brain surgery in November, Lyme patient Colby Lenz raises money for Lyme disease research.
Special double issue of Lyme Times: IDSA Hearing, Part 2
More than a year after the IDSA's historic Lyme hearing, there continue to be reverberations throughout the Lyme community. Read legal analysis, speaker presentations, and…
TOUCHED BY LYME: After battling Lyme disease, athlete en route to Budapest for next week’s World Triathlon Championships
After almost dying from Lyme disease, Pamela O'Kane will run, swim and bike in world class competition in Budapest, Hungary.
TOUCHED BY LYME: Where money for Lyme research goes
When we started publicizing that the 2010 CALDA Lymewalks are raising money for research, many people asked us what kind of research we are funding…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Transforming CALDA’s message into a fashion statement
Fiber artist/Lyme advocate Nani Lauriano Luculescu takes a CALDA T-shirt and turns it into a stunning piece of wearable art.
TOUCHED BY LYME: Son mourns parents lost to murder-suicide and chronic Lyme
On July 8th, police in Ocala, Florida, made a shocking discovery in a travel trailer at the side of a highway–the bodies of 48-year-old George…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: What Will It Be, Peer Review or Censorship: New Tick Borne Disease Journal
What are we to make of the recently launched journal “Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases” that includes on its editorial board five members of the IDSA…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: Saying what you mean and meaning what you say: Evidence, Science and the IDSA
Some people don’t think that evidence-based medicine is about evidence. They think it is about power and ownership. I was a bit stunned…