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Virginia passes law forcing physicians to disclose the limitations of tests
Va. now must disclose the flaws in Lyme disease testing Tuesday, February 26, 2013 BY MARKUS SCHMIDT Richmond Times-Dispatch Lyme disease is one of the fastest-growing infectious diseases in the United States, but despite testing, many patients are not aware that they are infected until it is too late. New legislation passed by Virginia’s General Assembly is supposed to change Continues →-
Lyme documentary: Faces of Lyme – Ambivalence & Controversy
Watch this wonderfully done Canadian documentary on the consequences of poor medical education, Continues → -
Excellent Tick Bite Prevention video from Lunenburg Lyme Association, Nova Scotia
Produced for the Lunenburg Lyme Association in collaboration with and support from CanLyme (Rob Continues → -
Response by Nova Scotia’s Chief Medical Officer of Health relative to Lyme disease comes under serious scrutiny as to it’s relevance to ‘true’ science.
[CanLyme Note: Dr. Strang’s response below to CanLyme director Rob Murray’s letter from Continues → -
This success story cannot happen in Canada without doctors licences being at risk from our very conflict of interest laden health care system that crosses federally to the provinces, then remarkably closely to the United States private organization the Infectious Disease Society of America that is rife with anti-science rhetoric and conflict of interest. Has Canada been the victim of medical fraud? Perhaps.
A family’s fight for their son en route to NCAA tournament history … Continues →
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What’s driving the explosion in Lyme Disease in Canada?
In today’s Big Story podcast, it’s a disease we never expected to see with any regularity in Canada, only to realize—perhaps too late—that maybe that was dumb. It’s a mistake to think of Lyme Disease as a rare illness now. Because all the data we have—and we don’t have enough—shows us that it is exploding in Canada, with numbers spiking Continues →
Time for Canada to follow U.S. recognition of mother-to-fetus Lyme disease transmission, says Mount Allison biologist
Andrew Rankin (arankin@herald.ca) February 11, 2020 SACKVILLE, N.B. — The federal U.S. public health agency has set an example for Canada to follow by acknowledging that Lyme disease could be passed from mother to fetus with serious consequences, says a Mount Allison University expert. “The first step is acknowledging that the transmission happens,” said Vett Lloyd, a biologist and founding Continues →
Chronic Lyme Disease: An Evidence-Based Definition by the ILADS Working Group
Abstract Objective: Chronic Lyme disease has been a poorly defined term and often dismissed as a fictitious entity. In this paper, the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS) provides its evidence-based definition of chronic Lyme disease. Definition: ILADS defines chronic Lyme disease (CLD) as a multisystem illness with a wide range of symptoms and/or signs that are either continuously Continues →
Talking Ticks and Lyme Disease Testing with Dr. Vett Lloyd
Most researchers are inspired to specialize in a particular field by a fascinating graduate course, an inspiring professor or a promising lab test. Dr. Vett Lloyd has a slightly more unique reason for devoting a large portion of her career to the study of Lyme disease: she was actually diagnosed with it. A geneticist by training, with an MSc-equivalent degree Continues →
Dr. Neil Spector presents new research on diagnostics and treatment
November 18th, 2019 Dr. Neil Spector, a world famous cancer researcher who contracted Lyme disease, gives an amazing presentation of potential new diagnostics and treatments for Lyme borreliosis and other infections. He is grateful for the support of the Steven and Alexandra Cohen Foundation. Watch full presentation
Disulfiram (Tetraethylthiuram Disulfide) in the Treatment of Lyme Disease and Babesiosis: Report of Experience in Three Cases
Abstract Three patients, each of whom had required intensive open-ended antimicrobial therapy for control of the symptoms of chronic relapsing neurological Lyme disease and relapsing babesiosis, were able to discontinue treatment and remain clinically well for periods of observation of 6–23 months following the completion of a finite course of treatment solely with disulfiram. One patient relapsed at six Continues →
Most recent American Psychiatric Association guidelines… check for Lyme disease in evaluation.
[CanLyme Note: The wording indicates locally endemic infectious diseases so that would also include the known co-infections of Lyme and other vector-borne diseases. We need to find out what the Canadian Psychiatric Association (CPA) guidelines are relative to infectious diseases. CanLyme has asked the CPA for their position on this. Limiting their investigation to the current anti-body testing model may miss Continues →
FORMER MISS CANADA LOSES ALL WHILE FIGHTING CONTROVERSIAL DISEASE
November 28th, 2019 Shannon Smadella once represented Canada on the world’s stage and now she is the one who needs help – and she needs it – yesterday Vancouver, BC: Shannon was Miss Canada and represented this country with pride, volunteering thousands of un-paid hours for charity and humanitarian work. But when Shannon needed help, Canada’s medical system wasn’t there Continues →
Repurposing disulfiram (Tetraethylthiuram Disulfide) as a potential drug candidate against Borrelia burgdorferi in vitro and in vivo
This article is a preprint and has not been certified by peer review – Posted Nov 15th, 2019 ABSTRACT Lyme disease caused by the Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb or B. burgdorferi) is a most common vector-borne, multi-systemic disease in USA. Although, most Lyme disease patients can be cured with a course of antibiotic treatment, a significant percent of patient population fail to be Continues →
Ontario, Canada: Battle with Lyme disease an education for St. Catharines Grade 3 teacher
t started with her legs vibrating in March 2014. Elementary school teacher Shawna Hughes had dealt with some back pain issues, but this was different. She went to doctors. Specialists. Seven neurologists. No one could figure out what was wrong and her condition got worse. She was shaking all the time and her body was in pain. When she woke Continues →
Nova Scotia, Canada: Lyme disease conference in Bridgewater draws hundreds – Held in Cineplex theatre
More than 200 health professionals and 500 members of the public turned out to the Lyme Disease Conference at the Bridgewater Cineplex theatre November 16 and 17. “We’re here today to consult with members of the medical community in the effort to better understand this disease, its prevention and treatment and perhaps identify ways that we as a community can Continues →
Extensive Distribution of the Lyme Disease Bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato, in Multiple Tick Species Parasitizing Avian and Mammalian Hosts across Canada
Abstract Lyme disease, caused by the spirochetal bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (Bbsl), is typically transmitted by hard-bodied ticks (Acari: Ixodidae). Whenever this tick-borne zoonosis is mentioned in medical clinics and emergency rooms, it sparks a firestorm of controversy. Denial often sets in, and healthcare practitioners dismiss the fact that this pathogenic spirochetosis is present in their area. For distribution of Bbsl Continues →
Nova Scotia, Canada: Lyme disease conference held in Bridgewater
November 17th, 2019 CTV reporter Heidi Petracek @HeidipCTV As the number of reported cases of Lyme disease on Nova Scotia’s South Shore continues to rise, so too does public concern. That’s why hundreds of residents and medical professionals gathered in Bridgewater this weekend for the Bridgewater Lyme Disease Conference. “When you look at the map of infected areas, this province Continues →
Montreal: Lyme disease cases on the rise in Quebec
[CanLyme Note: The numbers reported in this article are only the tip of the iceberg. You can safely multiply the 371 in 2019 at least 10 fold (3710 cases in Quebec alone for only one year) to reflect the true number and that is well known to the Quebec medical leadership who advise government. It is well known to the rest Continues →
Manitoba: ‘Virtual clinic’ of specialists focused on Lyme disease diagnosis, treatment expected to open early next year
[CanLyme Note: Patient representatives and their experts have been directly involved in the set up for this project in Manitoba so we are very hopeful this can evolve into a model of care Canada-wide that is so desperately needed.] November 11th, 2019 Program will connect primary health providers, patients to specialists to help treat tick-borne illnesses Winter may be around Continues →