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
David Leggett tells his story and pleads with the Canadian government to step up to the plate, support Bill C-442, pointing out that the government may not be living up to it’s federal mandate. Watch youtube video
Lyme disease is rapidly expanding according to Dr. Robbin Lindsay of the Canadian National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg. Most victims of Lyme disease and other experts suggest the only thing that is expanding is the pressure by victims upon government to stop underplaying this long prevalent disease in Canada. It has been shown for many years…
Thanks to the hard work and persistence of a fiesty Lyme disease sufferer, Toronto’s famous CN Tower will be lit with green lights on May 11th, in recognition of May being the internationally accepted month for Lyme disease awareness. Read more on her blog
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NEW GLASGOW – Pictou County’s three MLAs and several county councilors got educated about Lyme disease from those suffering from the disease. They also received a long list of items the delegation wants instituted into Nova Scotia’s detection and treatment of the disease during a meeting on Monday at Justice Minister Ross Landry’s Pictou Centre…
By Mark Brett – Penticton Western News For Sheri Souch, the journey down the long road to recovery from Lyme disease appears to be nearing its end. For the past six years the elementary school teacher and mother of two from Kaleden has fought to cope with the devastating and often debilitating symptoms of the…
Lyme disease was the very hot topic on today’s popular Dale Goldhawk radio show “Goldhawk Fights Back” on Am 740 Zoomer radio in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (apologies from Jim Wilson who said a Lyme society was first formed in 1889 when in fact it is quite obvious he should of said 1989). Listen to the podcast…
Lyme disease is not new to Canada, it has been around for centuries. The finding that the Iceman, a 5000 yr old well preserved mummy found in the ice of the Alps, had Lyme disease tells us the Lyme bacteria has been around for millenia. Just don’t tell that to your typical Infectious Disease doctors who…
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