Wendy Adams
@adamswendya.bsky.social
Scientific/Medical Innovation
Formerly Research Grant Director, Bay Area Lyme Foundation
Formerly Research Grant Director, Bay Area Lyme Foundation
Again, it’s the pathogens, stupid. When will we learn that many devastating, chronic diseases are often caused by pathogens and diagnose and treat them accordingly?
Acute and chronic viral infections, including Herpes Zoster (Shingles), Hepatitis C, HIV, CMV, influenza, and SARS-CoV-2, are linked with a substantial increased risk of cardiovascular events, from a systematic review. Figure for SARS-CoV-2 below
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October 31, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Again, it’s the pathogens, stupid. When will we learn that many devastating, chronic diseases are often caused by pathogens and diagnose and treat them accordingly?
September 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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...
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...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
September 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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...
This has helped my family member - so glad it will be studied in a clinical trial!
May 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
This has helped my family member - so glad it will be studied in a clinical trial!
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.
Death attributed to cardiac complications of Lyme disease
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Sudden Death With Lyme Disease Myocarditis: A Case Report : The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
r-old man from a Lyme-endemic area who had multiple cardiovascular risk factors. His death was initially attributed to coronary artery disease by the local coroner's office but was later confirmed to ...
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April 26, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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.
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
April 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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
Read this thread, but especially this one - “you have no right to erase an illness simply b/c you find its existence to be politically inconvenient” (I’ll add scientifically inconvenient as well, as in, it invalidates your body of research….)
here we go: you have no right to attempt to erase an illness simply because you find its existence to be politically inconvenient. I am eternally grateful that as my incredible team struggled to find allies in this landscape, there was also @hmkyale and @VirusesImmunity who 10/
February 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Read this thread, but especially this one - “you have no right to erase an illness simply b/c you find its existence to be politically inconvenient” (I’ll add scientifically inconvenient as well, as in, it invalidates your body of research….)
Reminder: @bayarealyme.bsky.social Emerging Leader Award ($150K grant) application is due March 7, 2025. For info and application:
www.bayarealyme.org/our-research...
www.bayarealyme.org/our-research...
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.
www.bayarealyme.org
February 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Reminder: @bayarealyme.bsky.social Emerging Leader Award ($150K grant) application is due March 7, 2025. For info and application:
www.bayarealyme.org/our-research...
www.bayarealyme.org/our-research...
#IACC/#IACI RFA (including #lyme) from NIH, due dates in Feb, June and October! grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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...
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January 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
#IACC/#IACI RFA (including #lyme) from NIH, due dates in Feb, June and October! grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I was a Phase 3 judge in @CohenGive’s $10+ million #LymeXDiagnosticsPrize, please join me in congratulating our winners: www.lymexdiagnosticsprize.com/announcing-t...
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...
www.lymexdiagnosticsprize.com
January 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I was a Phase 3 judge in @CohenGive’s $10+ million #LymeXDiagnosticsPrize, please join me in congratulating our winners: www.lymexdiagnosticsprize.com/announcing-t...
@lymebiobank.bsky.social has provided samples to >100 projects. We also have post mortem/surgical samples for research, get in touch with Liz Horn ([email protected]) for info
Liz is here!!!
@lymebiobank.bsky.social
Lyme biobank will change our understanding of Lyme diseas and is facilitating truly incredible and collaborative science!
@lymebiobank.bsky.social
Lyme biobank will change our understanding of Lyme diseas and is facilitating truly incredible and collaborative science!
December 19, 2024 at 5:07 PM
@lymebiobank.bsky.social has provided samples to >100 projects. We also have post mortem/surgical samples for research, get in touch with Liz Horn ([email protected]) for info