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Wendy Adams

@adamswendya.bsky.social

Scientific/Medical Innovation Formerly Research Grant Director, Bay Area Lyme Foundation

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This happened numerous times in #lyme - parents accused of abuse or Munchausens. Also used against mothers in divorce cases.

07.10.2025 03:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How you know youโ€™ve just been at a #borrelia conference #iclb17 @jutraslab.bsky.social

11.09.2025 18:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Lyme Carditis and Inflammation-Driven Plaque Erosion Presenting as Sudden Cardiac Arrest Lyme carditis represents a rare cardiac complication of Borrelia burgdorferi infection, often causing conduction disturbances but rarely causing malignant arrhythmias. Inflammatory acute coronary synd...

10d doxy failure leads to #lyme carditis presenting as sudden cardiac arrest - if pt had been treated with longer course would he have experienced sometimes fatal carditis? Not always AV block. @Drlipid @JohnsHopkinsSPH pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

11.09.2025 18:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My husband was bitten there! 10 minute walk and BAM

10.07.2025 22:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This has helped my family member - so glad it will be studied in a clinical trial!

15.05.2025 17:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ER suspected Lyme enough to test - which means with shortness of breath they should have immediately treated for carditis instead of waiting for results. Instead, patient died.

26.04.2025 04:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Some news: this was my last week at @bayarealyme as Research Grant Director. Building BAL and serving patients has been a profound personal and professional honor. I will be working with a private foundation but will stay involved with the community, BAL & @lymebiobank.bsky.social

18.04.2025 20:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Read this thread, but especially this one - โ€œyou have no right to erase an illness simply b/c you find its existence to be politically inconvenientโ€ (Iโ€™ll add scientifically inconvenient as well, as in, it invalidates your body of researchโ€ฆ.)

20.02.2025 22:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Emerging Leader Award - Bay Area Lyme Foundation The Bay Area Lyme Foundation Emerging Leader Award recognizes up-and-coming researchers bringing new approaches and creativity to the field of Lyme disease.

Reminder: @bayarealyme.bsky.social Emerging Leader Award ($150K grant) application is due March 7, 2025. For info and application:

www.bayarealyme.org/our-research...

05.02.2025 22:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
PAR-25-116: Towards a Better Understanding of the Neurological Effects of Infection-Associated Chronic Illnesses (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional) NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Towards a Better Understanding of the Neurological Effects of Infection-Associated Chronic Illnesses (R01 - Clinical Tr...

#IACC/#IACI RFA (including #lyme) from NIH, due dates in Feb, June and October! grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

22.01.2025 15:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Announcing the Phase 3 winners - LymeX Diagnostic Prize Today, the LymeX Diagnostics Prize announced the Phase 3 winners in the $10+ million competition to accelerate the development of Lyme disease diagnostics. Through Phase 3, the teams had access to web...

I was a Phase 3 judge in @CohenGiveโ€™s $10+ million #LymeXDiagnosticsPrize, please join me in congratulating our winners: www.lymexdiagnosticsprize.com/announcing-t...

16.01.2025 19:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ugh, so sorry Meghan!

16.01.2025 01:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But they transmit rickettsial infections - several cases in our area from PAC coast tick last year.

07.01.2025 07:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@lymebiobank.bsky.social has provided samples to >100 projects. We also have post mortem/surgical samples for research, get in touch with Liz Horn (info@lymebiobank.org) for info

19.12.2024 17:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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