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This policy is out of date. Please reference our newest Venture Grants policy. POSTED NOVEMBER 16, 2013 BY CANLYME UPDATED January, 2022 The Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation Venture Grants Program supports research on Lyme and associated tick-borne diseases. The Foundation’s goal is to increase knowledge and understanding of borrelioses in Canada, and to support high quality…
[CanLyme note: The Canadian government intentionally takes it’s direction from the US CDC and their small select group to set Lyme policy in Canada. CanLyme has asked several times to be given a seat at the policy making level only to be told we are simply an advocacy group therefore we have no role to…
xxxxxxxxxx xxxxx, Ontario Sue Dando Executive Producer Science and Natural History Unit CBC-TV Documentary Canadian Broadcasting Corporation P.O. Box 500, Station A Toronto, Ontario M5W 1E6 15 October 2013 Dear Ms. Dando: Re: The Nature of Things with Dr. David Suzuki Ticked-off: The Mystery of Lyme Disease, 10 October 2013 …
Lyme disease: A growing concern Story and photos by Lil Anderson [Special thanks to Lake of the Woods Area News and Lil Anderson] The first I heard of Lyme Disease might be of concern in the Lake of the Woods area was in the early ’90’s. At that time, Dr. John Scott from the Lyme-Borreliosis…
Adding silver to antibiotics makes them 10 to 1,000 times more effective at fighting infections, research suggests. Silver has been used as an antimicrobial for centuries, but little has been known about how it works. The new research suggests adding it to existing antibiotics could counteract the rise of drug-resistant microbes. Experiments in mice showed…
Planning an outdoor vacation? Beware of the “ticking time bomb” – blood-sucking parasites spreading Lyme disease with potentially devastating consequences. The infectious disease is easier to get than you think and no one is immune, yet too little is being done, says Rossana Magnotta, CEO of Magnotta Winery. “You’ve got to protect yourself and your…
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…
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, TBDA and Weill Cornell Medical College Host NYC Forum on Silent Epidemic of Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases. View video of live forum
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…
Rollend L, Fish D, Childs JE. Yale School of Public Health, 60 College Street, New Haven, CT 06520-8034, USA. Electronic address: Lindsay [dot] Rollend [at] yale [dot] edu. Abstract Transovarial transmission (TOT) of Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato), the agent of Lyme disease, by the Ixodes persulcatus group of hard ticks (Ixodidae) has frequently been reported…
Abstract Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease, has long been known to be capable of forming aggregates and colonies. It was recently demonstrated that Borrelia burgdorferi aggregate formation dramatically changes the in vitro response to hostile environments by this pathogen. In this study, we investigated the hypothesis that these aggregates are indeed…
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…
J.L.H. Sperling1,2, M.J. Middelveen2, D. Klein3, and F.A.H. Sperling*,1 1Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada 2Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation, West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada 3Department of Family Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Abstract: With cases now documented in every province, Lyme borreliosis (LB) is emerging as a serious public health risk…
The saga of the retrovirus XMRV and chronic fatigue syndrome appears to have ended, now that researchers in a federally funded study said they found no relationship between the retrovirus and the illness. The controversy dates back to 2009, when a paper in the journal Science found a possible connection between chronic fatigue syndrome and…
Deer ticks, Lyme disease, and medical guidance Accepted medical practice discourages antibiotic retreatment in cases where Lyme disease symptoms persist. A new review of studies behind current medical advice says those studies prove nothing. Photo credit: Centers for Disease Control A new statistical review calls into question studies that have been taken as proof that antibiotic retreatment…
