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Australia: Murdoch University researchers found new bacteria in Australian ticks removed from echidnas
ByCanLyme Team June 16, 2016April 21, 2023
June 15, 2016 MURDOCH University researchers have detected a new species of bacteria in echidna-biting Australian ticks. The recent discovery was published by Dr Charlotte Oskam, from Murdoch University’s Vector and Water-borne Pathogen Research Group (VWBPRG), in the parasitology journalParasites and Vectors. To date, little has been documented about microorganisms harboured within Australian native ticks…
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The role of patient advocates in Lyme disease policy should be limited – CanLyme does not agree
ByCanLyme Team June 16, 2016April 21, 2023
The article titled, ‘The role of patient advocates in Lyme disease policy should be limited’ seen here promotes stymieing ethical debate. Here is my response to the article, as HealthyDebate.ca had already closed comments for debate due to some not-so-well-wishing comments (although they did re-open it for comments due to public backlash and they then posted an edited…
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Doctor comments on Lyme disease treatment
ByCanLyme Team June 15, 2016April 21, 2023
[CanLyme note: It is very common for mainstream physicians who subscribe to the Infectious Disease Society of America guidelines to design studies in such a fashion that the outcome is pre-determined. These studies have no value, nor scientific merit. The divide is created intentionally.] Infectious Disease doctor, Sam Donta, responds to article, To the Editor:…
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Global TV Edmonton: Famous singer [Kris Kristofferson] puts spotlight on Lyme disease
ByCanLyme Team June 15, 2016April 21, 2023
June 13th, 2016 Kris Kristofferson told Rolling Stone Country that doctors thought he had dementia and then he tested positive for Lyme. As Su-Ling Goh reports, cases are a lot more common than some doctors think. Watch TV segment
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REVERSIBLE CAUSES OF DEMENTIA AND NORMAL PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS
ByCanLyme Team June 13, 2016April 21, 2023
Recent high-profile cases in the news remind us of the need to consider Lyme disease as a possible cause of reversible dementia. For the past several years, legendary singer/songwriter Kris Kristofferson was believed to be suffering from Alzheimer’s or dementia. However, in the past week we have learned that the musician’s memory problems are instead…
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Ontario, Canada: East Gwillimbury BMX rider drives through tough competition [Lyme disease]
ByCanLyme Team June 10, 2016April 21, 2023
June 10th, 2016 East Gwillimbury Express by Simon Martin … “But Dorian had to leave Canada for four months to get treated for Lyme disease in Florida and Missouri. “It was four months of daily IV hookups,” Stephanie said, explaining he had swelling on his brain. The treatment worked wonders for Dorian” Read full text
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CBC News: Canadian Member of Parliament Karen Ludwig – More national round tables planned for Lyme disease awareness
ByCanLyme Team June 10, 2016April 21, 2023
June 10th, 2016 A national, all-party round table on Lyme disease in Ottawa recently brought to light some of the issues people face with getting answers and suitable treatment for the disease. New Brunswick Southwest MP Karen Ludwig co-chaired the meeting on May 30, attended by Lyme disease advocates and members of Parliament, including Green…
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Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto and Borrelia garinii DNAs in patient with Hyperkeratosis lenticularis perstans (Flegel disease)
ByCanLyme Team June 10, 2016April 21, 2023
Katarina Schwarzova, June 3, 2016 Atlas of Science Flegel disease (Hyperkeratosis lenticularis perstans – HLP) is a rare autosomal dermatosis, characterized by small, asymptomatic, reddishbrown, keratotic papules occurring most frequently over the dorsa of the feet and the lower parts of the arms and legs. The majority of cases have been reported in European patients of…
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Singer and Movie Star Kris Kristofferson… was not Alzheimer’s disease, it was Lyme Disease
ByCanLyme Team June 9, 2016April 21, 2023
Kris Kristofferson says his memory loss was due to ticks, not dementia June 9th, 2016 by Carmen Chai, Global News For years, doctors were telling Kris Kristofferson he was grappling with Alzheimer’s disease as his memory quickly deteriorated. Turns out, he had Lyme disease – a discovery that has helped the 80-year-old country singer take…
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Wilke Cohen Lyme Disease Project Receives $3 Million from the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation
ByCanLyme Team June 1, 2016April 21, 2023
The Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) has received a transformational, multi-year pledge from the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation to support the Wilke Cohen Lyme Disease Project. In addition to an initial $3.1 million in funding from Jeff and Liesl Wilke, Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos, and the Bay Area Lyme Foundation, the project now has…
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‘Water on the knee’ could be early sign of Lyme disease
ByCanLyme Team June 1, 2016April 21, 2023
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS Nov, 2015 ROSEMONT, Ill.–Spontaneous knee effusion, also known as “water on the knee,” can be a primary symptom of Lyme disease, even when patients do not exhibit a “bull’s eye” rash, another common Lyme disease symptom. According to a literature review appearing in the November issue of The Journal of…
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Sunnybrook Health Sciences: Why Lyme disease can be so hard to diagnosis and treat
ByCanLyme Team May 30, 2016April 21, 2023
Written by Paul Taylor QUESTION: After feeling really miserable for many months, my doctor finally concluded I had Lyme disease. He put me on antibiotics for a month and my symptoms went away. But now that I’ve stopped taking the antibiotics, I’m feeling horrible again. Is this typical for Lyme disease? ANSWER: Lyme disease…
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Lyme disease sufferers looking for more help from Canadian medical system
ByCanLyme Team May 27, 2016April 21, 2023
Chris Thompson, Windsor Star Published on: May 27, 2016 Two years ago Francesca Ventimiglia was a healthy a vibrant aerobics instructor teaching as many as three classes a day. Today she is wheelchair-bound, unable to walk, her sight and hearing impaired. She also had her breasts removed from a misdiagnosis of cancer. Ventimigla has Lyme…
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Lyme disease gets attention of MP Karen Ludwig
ByCanLyme Team May 26, 2016April 21, 2023
New Brunswick Southwest MP surprised by the number of people suffering with Lyme disease By Vanessa Blanch, CBC News May 26th, 2016 New Brunswick Southwest MP Karen Ludwig is fulfilling a campaign promise to bring national attention to Lyme disease as she prepares to co-chair a national all-party round table next week. Ludwig says she couldn’t…
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Parliamentarians convene bi-partisan panel to address Lyme disease
ByCanLyme Team May 26, 2016April 21, 2023
The illness could affect 10,000 Canadians by 2020. [per year] [CanLyme suggests we are possibly there already.] PUBLISHED : Wednesday, May 25, 2016 12:00 AM Karen Ludwig heard it disturbingly frequently on the campaign trail last summer: constituents complaining of an obscure, little-understood illness that left painful and occasionally debilitating symptoms, and perplexed local…
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Australia: Murdoch University researchers found new bacteria in Australian ticks removed from echidnas

The role of patient advocates in Lyme disease policy should be limited – CanLyme does not agree

Doctor comments on Lyme disease treatment

Global TV Edmonton: Famous singer [Kris Kristofferson] puts spotlight on Lyme disease

REVERSIBLE CAUSES OF DEMENTIA AND NORMAL PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS

Ontario, Canada: East Gwillimbury BMX rider drives through tough competition [Lyme disease]

CBC News: Canadian Member of Parliament Karen Ludwig – More national round tables planned for Lyme disease awareness

Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto and Borrelia garinii DNAs in patient with Hyperkeratosis lenticularis perstans (Flegel disease)

Singer and Movie Star Kris Kristofferson… was not Alzheimer’s disease, it was Lyme Disease

Wilke Cohen Lyme Disease Project Receives $3 Million from the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation

‘Water on the knee’ could be early sign of Lyme disease

Sunnybrook Health Sciences: Why Lyme disease can be so hard to diagnosis and treat

Lyme disease sufferers looking for more help from Canadian medical system

Lyme disease gets attention of MP Karen Ludwig

Parliamentarians convene bi-partisan panel to address Lyme disease

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