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Lyme disease on the increase in Ontario, Canada
CBC TV Ottawa … Lyme disease ticks likely breeding in Ottawa Ticks carrying Lyme disease are likely breeding in Ottawa, leading to an increase in reported cases, according to a doctor at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Continues →-
LANDMARK PARTNERSHIP PAVES WAY FOR CANADA’S FIRST RESEARCH FACILITY TO IMPROVE LYME DISEASE TESTING AND TREATMENT
New G. Magnotta Lyme Disease Research Lab to be Established at the University of Guelph; $1.4 Continues → -
Listen to today’s testimony of Dr. Ralph Hawkins, Dr. Liz Zubek, Canadian Blood Services and the Public Health Agency of Canada in the standing health committee.
June 8th, 2017 You can listen to the interesting testimony here… Dr. Njoo from the Public Continues → -
New York Times: More Than 80 Percent of Patient Groups Accept Drug Industry Funds, Study Shows
[CanLyme Note: We have been approached by various pharma industry to work with them but we Continues → -
Canadian tax payer funded Lyme research not good value for dollar
In December of 2016 a Canadian article was published in PLOS ONE proporting itself as a good Continues →
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Toronto Star: Pet owners help university track ticks through new online tool
Pathobiology professor Scott Weese, who developed the Tick Tracker, says the data could serve as an “early warning system.” By Isabel Teotonio August 7th, 2017 When Ellen Holmes takes her two cocker spaniels for a walk on her 40-hectare property — a pooch paradise made up of ponds, trails and thick brush — they always return home with unwelcome guests: Continues →
BABESIA CASES SKYROCKET IN WISCONSIN WITH A 26-FOLD INCREASE
by Daniel J. Cameron, MD, MPH In Wisconsin, between 2001 and 2015, “there was a 26-fold increase in the incidence of confirmed babesiosis, in addition to geographic expansion,” according to MMWR. [1] The report listed suburbanization, forest fragmentation patterns, and warming average temperatures as potential causes behind the surge. The rising prevalence of co-infections in rodents may also be to blame for the Continues →
Saskatchewan: Sask. Lyme disease patients are falling through the cracks
The Saskatchewan government says there have been three cases of Lyme disease in the province since 2008. Five Lyme patients beg to differ. Anika Kosteniuk was 13 years old when a tick bite changed her life. She was on vacation in Virginia, on the acreage of her great-aunt and uncle, when she found an eight-legged bug in her armpit. Continues →
Two women joined in a mission to learn more about a still misunderstood condition
[CanLyme Note: CanLyme and the G Magnotta Foundation for Vector Borne Diseases have worked together for 5 years to bring this research program to fruition. This is the first step in a major thrust to aid in diagnostics, inform treatment, and bring much needed knowledge to the Canadian medical community.] CTV National News: Motivated by trajedy. July 23, 2017 After her Continues →
Stevia could offer cure for Lyme disease, researchers say
Published July 12th, 2017 Stevia, a common coffee sweetener, could be a possible cure for Lyme disease after tests conducted by a Connecticut professor and her students showed it was most effective in treating the tick-borne illness. Professor Eva Sapi, chairwoman of University of New Haven’s Department of Biology and Environmental Science, and her students have been testing the liquid, whole-leaf Continues →
Human Rights Violations of Relapsing Fever and Lyme Disease Patients Under International Investigation
[CanLyme Note: CanLyme was approached by Jenna Luché-Thayer early this year after her finding out that the World Health Organization (WHO) had held a meeting in November 2016 regarding updating the WHO International Classification of Diseases codes (ICD codes) relative to tick borne diseases. WHO is mandated to work with stakeholders yet no patient groups were asked to attend the Continues →
Global News: Lone Star ticks that cause red meat allergies are on their way to Canada
Jun 27th, 2017 By Carmen Chai It looks like Lyme disease isn’t the only thing Canadians need to worry about contracting from ticks. A bite from the Lone Star tick can trigger an allergy to red meat, and the tiny bug is making its way into Canada. For decades, scientists kept a watchful eye over the Lone Star tick and Continues →
CTV News Toronto: Students warned because ticks are found at schools.
Kids picking up ticks at schools. Not only found in wooded areas. This further emphasizes that the over emphasis from government about ticks being only found in certain area is a harmful and misleading policy. Had patients been involved in policy making like they are on most other diseases the public would be much more aware and protected, patients would Continues →
France: Chronic Lyme is real and treat with long term antibiotics.
Inside Europe: Lyme disease on the rise in France Lyme disease, which you get when bitten by an infected tick, has reached epidemic proportions in France. With 33,000 new officially confirmed cases last year, the government has launched an action plan to fight it. John Laurenson reports from the village of Feucherolles in central France on the spread of a Continues →
CBC News: Lyme disease research, funding falling behind in Canada
June 18th, 2017 – by Jennifer Seiff for CBC News When I got sick in May 2016 with what I suspected was Lyme disease, I learned fast about tick-borne illnesses in Canada. What I learned was that out-of-date lab tests mean many people may altogether miss a diagnosis of Lyme — an infectious disease spread through the bite of infected ticks that can produce Continues →
CTV Winnipeg: 12-year-old boy suffers infection from wood tick
June 13th, 2017 … “I felt something on my back, so I pulled it off and it was a tick,” said Ferguson. “So I just killed it and threw it away.” Logan said it was a wood tick, so he didn’t give it a second thought. But a couple of days later he started feeling sick with headaches and fatigue. Continues →
June 6th, 2017: Watch patient and expert testimony before parliamentary standing committee on health .
Watch presentations before the federal all party standing committee on health as they discuss what was purported to be a federal framework on Lyme disease by the Minister of Health… Watch now
Patients excluded by federal framework – 4 million to be squandered on yet more data gathering.
May 30th, 2017 Global TV News The federal framework released by government embraces the status quo and cedes responsibility for Lyme research and management back to the same bureaucratic self appointed experts who have mismanaged the issue for decades. The patient and their experts are excluded from the process yet again. There are a relatively small handful of people within Continues →
CBC radio: Lyme patient and researcher question government framework.
Lyme disease patient from Quebec and then, research scientist from University of Alberta draws into question testing and treatment in Canada. Why is Canada being forced to follow US guidelines when we have our own distinct genotypes that vary across the country? Listen here
CBC News Montreal: Doctors afraid of losing their licence if they diagnose and treat Lyme disease properly
May 28th, 2017 When Arlene Rill was bitten by a tick in Montreal three years ago, she knew nothing about Lyme disease. She had no idea she would become so ill, and she never imagined enduring the kind of pain she’s been living with ever since. “I live with huge stomach issues, terrible [headaches], pain in my ears, ringing in my ears, inflammation Continues →