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Clinical practice guidelines are increasing in number. Unfortunately, when scientific evidence is uncertain, limited, or evolving, as is often the case, conflict often arises between guideline committees and practicing physicians, who bear the direct responsibility for the care of individual patients.
The Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation (CanLyme) expressed strong
support for a private member’s bill mandating a new national strategy on Lyme disease, to be
introduced today by MP Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands).
According to federal government researchers, by the year 2020 80% of Canadians will live in Lyme endemic areas.
The Gabe Magnotta Memorial Golf Classic, June 11th, 2012 was a huge success this year beating previous years, bringing in $55,500.00 for the CanLyme research initiative.
The Eastern Ontario Health Unit (EOHU) is reminding residents to take steps to protect themselves when in areas where Lyme disease-carrying ticks may be found.
Government has violated its duty to release information about incidents that put health and safety at risk, study finds
Mosquitoes aren’t the only blood-sucking insects spring brings.
An apparent rise in ticks crossing Canada’s southern border has the local health unit urging residents to use caution in wooded areas.
Ticks became active earlier this year in Saskatchewan because of the warm spring weather according to entomologist, Phil Curry. But he says it is hard to tell if the population is up.
GUELPH – John Scott has found ticks infected with the Lyme disease bacterium on songbirds, blowing the lid off the notion that the devastating disease can be contained and controlled within a geographic boundary.
David Leggett used to love the outdoors. He was a healthy, active, family man who enjoyed camping trips with his wife and two daughters.
Assessment of the microbial diversity residing in arthropod vectors of medical importance is crucial for monitoring endemic infections, for surveillance of newly emerging zoonotic pathogens, and for unraveling the associated bacteria within its host.
Human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA) is an emerging tick-borne disease in China. A cluster of cases among health care workers and family members following exposure to a patient with fulminant disease consistent with HGA prompted investigation.
The objective of the follow-up study was to determine the long-term outcome of strictly classified cases of neuroborreliosis treated with antibiotics.
The Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, is an extracellular microbe that causes persistent infection despite the development of strong immune responses against the bacterium.
The Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation is dedicated to promoting research, education, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme and associated diseases.
