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You can listen here at https://www.630ched.com/audio-vault/Select May 25th, 9 am, then drag the scroll bar to 8:55 for the beginning of the Lyme talk.
CanLyme is excited to kick off May which is Lyme Awareness Month! In this episode, we introduce a Canadian tick map designed by Justin Wood. Justin is the CEO and founder of Geneticks laboratory in Ontario, where he tests ticks from across Canada for many tick-borne pathogens. Listen to podcast
Patients have to go to United States just to get a proper diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease. Too few voices are allowed to direct health care policy while excluding the victims and their experts. Watch the TV interview
“With the arrival of spring and warmer weather the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation (CanLyme) is hoping you will give some consideration to the spread of Lyme disease and the ticks that carry it. May is Lyme disease awareness month. Reliable statistics are not yet available in Canada but a recent American study by the U.S….
From study author Marianne Middelveen: Motile spirochetes identified as Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto were cultured from vaginal and seminal secretions and that supports other evidence that there could be sexual transmission. We are at the early stages of investigation and there is a lot more that we have to learn. We are doing a larger study…
[CanLyme note: From freedom of information documents it is clear that the clinic came about as a result of the now famous Schmidt report on Lyme Disease. The Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation sat on the patient’s advisory panel for over 2 years during the development of the clinic but we withdrew when it was clear…
[CanLyme Note: The title is a bit misleading. The bacteria that causes Lyme disease is millions of years old according to research. Why it spread so quickly in the past 60 years is the question, and climate change (warming) only accounts for some of that spread because countries with colder climates than Canada have had Lyme…
