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.
The UK Says No to IDSA Lyme Guidelines
Lyme Disease Action (in the UK) filed a submission with the IDSA contesting the IDSA 2006 Lyme disease guidelines. The submission points out that…
The spectacular, spectacular–The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) takes IDSA to task
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), which represents physicians and surgeons in small practices, sets the IDSA Lyme disease guidelines in its cross-hairs…
At the Gala
Every now and then you gotta kick up your heels. This year I headed back east for Time for Lyme's GALA. The Young…
ILADS Submits
Pop the cork off the Champagne and let the fireworks rip! ILADS made its document submission for the IDSA Lyme disease review panel. …
Panel stacking: It’s not magic. It’s deception
The IDSA trots out bad faith move after bad faith move to ensure that their Lyme disease guidelines are rubberstamped quickly and quietly. IDSA…
Patients know enough medicine to smell a rat
Most guidelines panels are heavily populated by academics. Why is that? Take the IDSA guidelines Lyme disease panel in 2006—all academic researchers. …
TOUCHED BY LYME: Kids need to feel safe and protected, and so do their families (Guest blog by Sandy Berenbaum)
When I started my psychotherapy practice 22 years ago, specializing in adolescents and families, I recognized that, as a mother and as a psychotherapist, the…
TOUCHED BY LYME: When a medical problem calls for non-medical help
I recently received a phone call from a mom whose two teen-aged sons are terribly ill with Lyme and coinfections. In addition to all the…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Lymelife for Dogs
There’s a scene in the Lyme documentary Under Our Skin, where somebody demonstrates how to “flag” for ticks. With his trusty long-haired dog trotting through…
IDSA Lyme disease review panel date set for July 30th! New calendar attached
The IDSA has set the review panel date for July 30th. None of the other calendar dates have changed. The applications for the…
POLITICAL ACTION: History of Federal Lyme Legislation, Part 8
You never pass legislation in a vacuum. The backdrop for the ongoing efforts to pass the Lyme bills included, in August 2005, Hurricane Katrina. In…
JAMA to conflict of interest breaches—silence is golden
JAMA is having a personality conflict with itself. After publishing 3 very strong articles on the ethics in guidelines development, it has asked those…