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.
CMAJ features Lyme carditis and other Lyme-related conditions
The May 25, 2020 issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal, CMAJ, has three articles related to Lyme disease that are well worth your time….
Reducing the burden of Lyme disease, in Minnesota and elsewhere
The Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians published the following article in the Spring 2020 issue of its magazine. The quarterly publication is sent to the…
TOUCHED BY LYME: The healing power of “realistic, practical hope”
A couple of years ago, on the recommendation of a friend, I started listening to the Ten Percent Happier podcast. Soon after, I started following…
Aucott: Polarizing debate over chronic Lyme disease is deep and complex
by John Nathaniel Aucott, MD, Johns Hopkins University Her symptoms started quickly: neck pain, extreme fatigue and intermittent fever and chills. The woman had been…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Coronavirus in NYC, both with and without Lyme disease
I get a lot of questions from readers asking how COVID-19 might affect people who also have Lyme disease. A recent blog recounted how one…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Sharing Alex’s Lyme legacy with 1000s of Girl Scouts
Jody Hudson has lived through a parent’s worst nightmare. Starting at age 12, her daughter Alex suffered greatly from unrecognized Lyme disease and mast cell…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Self-isolation, “COVID toes” and projectile vomiting
We all know that Lyme and other tick-borne diseases can affect different people in very different ways. Now, we’re learning that symptoms of COVID-19 can…
Lyme in the time of COVID: Latest issue of Lyme Times offers free access for all
In honor of Lyme Disease Awareness Month, the latest issue of the Lyme Times is open access–freely available to all. Articles in the Summer 2020…
How my Lyme disease experience led me to start a CBD company
By Meghan Ward As a young, adventurous girl, I loved exploring the outdoors and its beauty. I grew up on Long Island, where the threat…
TOUCHED BY LYME: MyLymeData is something you can do from home
This is Lyme Awareness Month. In recent years, May is when the Lyme community finds ways to raise the profile of Lyme disease in the…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Persistent Lyme a sticking point for TBD Working Group
I have added some thoughts to what I posted on this topic last week. On April 27, the rubber hit the road for the Tick-Borne…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Post a #FaceMaskSelfie during #CoronaWithLyme month
For the last five years, the international grassroots social media campaign known as the “Lyme Disease Challenge” has urged us to “Take A Bite Out…