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Lyme disease diagnosis a battle in Quebec, patients say

Some patients going to United States for diagnosis and treatment because of lack of awareness in Quebec CBC News Posted: May 18, 2014 12:23 PM ET| Margaret Glaser says the past 12 years she’s spent living with undiagnosed Lyme disease has been like “living in hell” — not only because of the severity of her…

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Road to recovery long, painful for Lyme victims

 May 9th, 2014 by Amy Smart, Times Colonist, Victoria, BC The first alarm bell went off for Dr. Ted Cormode when his daughter called from her car saying she was frightened. The Langford woman had numbness in her neck, going up the side of her face, Cormode said. His daughter, 43, has since been diagnosed…

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Radio Canada International – Lyme disease increasing and mishandled

 By Lynn Desjardins | english [at] rcinet [dot] caSunday 4 May, 2014 As Canada gets warmer more disease-carrying ticks are spreading Lyme disease and advocates say not enough is being done to help those who are stricken. People going undiagnosed It’s not clear how many Canadians have caught Lyme disease because current testing detects only…

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Barrie mom launches battle to help son and others stricken by Lyme disease

Paul Weyer hasn’t kissed his wife since November 2012. It’s not that Paul doesn’t want to kiss his wife, Tara, it’s simply that he doesn’t want to spread Babesia and the other tick-borne diseases he’s been fighting for the past two years. Weyer was born and grew up in Barrie with his five siblings in…

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Full house at South Surrey Lyme forum – Canada

by Sarah Massah – Peace Arch News posted Apr 28, 2014 at 12:00 PM It was a full house at a South Surrey Lyme disease forum last week. The April 24 event at Semiahmoo House Society was hosted by local Discount Tire owner Louise Roderick – who had spoken to Peace Arch News last summer about…

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Is tick-borne germ causing scourge? Important Archive

Lyme disease might be the real culprit By: Melissa Martin, Winnipeg Free Press, from April 15th, 2010 Fact: Manitoba has one of the highest rates of multiple sclerosis in the country. Or do we just think we do? In a recent thesis, Winnipeg researcher Kathleen Crang found that some Manitobans diagnosed with MS and other chronic…

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Globe and Mail – Lyme disease on the rise in Canada, linked to ticks

[CanLyme Note: The $300,000 noted in the article were transferred by CanLyme to the G. Magnotta Foundation for Vector-Borne Diseases in Toronto, not directly to the Humber River Hospital as stated in the article. These monies were raised by the Magnotta family for the purpose of establishing a research facility. The research program is being…

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Nova Scotia – Health minister willing to work towards solution

NEW WATERFORD — Nova Scotia Health minister  Leo Glavine said after hearing families are being forced to leave the province to get treated for Lyme disease, he’s willing to step in immediately to do something about it.  “I can confirm the Department of Heath – and currently as Minister of Health – I’m committed to…

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Singing sensation Debbie Gibson Details Her Struggle With Lyme Disease

By Raechal Leone Shewfelt | Yahoo Celebrity – Fri, Apr 18, 2014 21:52 BST Debbie Gibson isn’t just a pop star. For the past year, she’s also been a patient. Gibson, who is best known for her ’80s songs such as “Only in My Dreams” and “Shake Your Love,” revealed on her blog Wednesday that…

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Watch Lyme awareness presentation by CanLyme president given to residents of Cawston, BC, and surrounding area.

Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation president, Jim Wilson, was invited to Cawston, BC, to present an awareness and information session to resident of Cawston, BC, and surrounding area, at their community hall.  For our part at CanLyme even small communities such as Cawston need to have better information given to them considering that many in the area are…

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AM 640 radio, Toronto: Is Canada doing enough to fight Lyme Disease?

April 15th, 2014 Last week radio host John Oakley had a physician on who dismissed Lyme Disease as being a big deal, and that US labs that are diagnosing Canadians with Lyme simply for profit. For a physician to make such a statement without evidence gives some insight into how baseless rumour and inuendo seems to…

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Welland Tribune – Ontario: Lyme disease patient inspires petition

By Allan Benner, The Tribune                                    Friday, April 11, 2014 11:10:22 EDT AM Alex Latham was inspired when he learned about the plight of a Welland woman diagnosed with Lyme disease. He was at work at General Motors when a co-worker told him about the challenges 24-year-old Bylynnda Turvey and her family have faced in trying…

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Nova Scotia – Houston presents bill to address Lyme Disease

Published on April 10, 2014 Today in the Legislature, Tim Houston, Progressive Conservative MLA for Pictou East, introduced a bill to develop a comprehensive Lyme Disease Strategy for Nova Scotia. “I am proud to be able to bring forward this long overdue legislation to address patients’ concerns respecting the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme Disease…