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LANDMARK PARTNERSHIP PAVES WAY FOR CANADA’S FIRST RESEARCH FACILITY TO IMPROVE LYME DISEASE TESTING AND TREATMENT

ByCanLyme Team

New G. Magnotta Lyme Disease Research Lab to be Established at the University of Guelph; $1.4 Million Grant Awarded June 14, 2017 – GUEPLH, Ontario: The G. Magnotta Foundation for Vector-Borne Diseases has announced a $1.4 million grant over three years to the University of Guelph, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology to undertake Canada’s…

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With great sadness we report that the Canadian Lyme community has lost a valuable friend and asset.

ByCanLyme Team

Debra Fraleigh, an articulate and caring individual who worked endlessly behind the scenes researching evidence, evaluating government and medical leadership statements on Lyme disease, and then writing excellent letters of rebuttal, lost her battle with cancer on June 9th, 2017. Debra, like far too many Canadians also battled Lyme disease and then, battled the medical…

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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.

ByCanLyme Team

June 8th, 2017 You can listen to the interesting testimony here… Dr. Njoo from the Public Health Agency of Canada believes patients are too stupid to be equal partners in setting guidelines on diagnostics and treatment.  Only his buddies at AMMI, IDSA and the US CDC are qualified to have the final say… the same…

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June 6th, 2017: Watch patient and expert testimony before parliamentary standing committee on health .

ByCanLyme Team

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

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Patients excluded by federal framework – 4 million to be squandered on yet more data gathering.

ByCanLyme Team

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…

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CBC radio: Lyme patient and researcher question government framework.

ByCanLyme Team

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

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CBC News Montreal: Doctors afraid of losing their licence if they diagnose and treat Lyme disease properly

ByCanLyme Team

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,…

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Canada-wide VOCAL events planned for June 3rd, 2017

ByCanLyme Team

VOCAL – Voices Of Canadians About Lyme June 3rd, 2017 As Canadians in every province and territory become increasingly concerned about Lyme disease and the denial of access to care, they are speaking out. Government bureaucrats have refused to meaningfully engage patients and their experts on the issues that matter most – diagnostics and treatment….

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Global TV: Ontario resident’s struggle with Lyme disease and the medical system.

ByCanLyme Team

May 21st, 2017 Tick season raises Lyme disease concerns With tick season underway, a Canadian woman shares her personal story of living with Lyme disease and the years of being misdiagnosed and misunderstood. Allison Vuchnich reports. Dr. Doug Sider, Public Health Ontario, says Lyme is under-reported at least 10 fold. Watch Here  

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Watch Mount Allison University Lyme Research Network announcement partnering with the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation

ByCanLyme Team

May 5th, 2017 One of the pillars within the mission statement of the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation is promoting research. We are pleased to announce our partnership with Mount Allison University in assisting their Lyme Disease Research Network with funding. Developing a broad capacity within Canadian universities to cope with what the government of Canada…

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Mount Allison University and Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation announce partnership in research.

ByCanLyme Team

Mount A researchers uniting expertise against Lyme disease May 5th, 2017 CumberlandNewsNow.com Fourteen researchers have come together to form the Lyme Research Network to provide a co-ordinated way to respond to the research needs of the Lyme community, to develop research that looks at the issue from new perspectives, and to share findings. The researchers…

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Listen to retired rheumatologist Dr. Al Miller discuss Lyme disease as relates to ALS and other diagnoses

ByCanLyme Team

Lots of good information on the failings of current guidelines and testing as well as the relationship of Lyme to various neurodegenerative disorders.  Various treatment options are given.  Coinfections are discussed. Listen now

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Listen to AM 740 radio interview with CanLyme president Jim Wilson

ByCanLyme Team

Zoomer AM 740 radio interview with CanLyme president Jim Wilson  May 1st, 2017 Lyme disease a serious and growing concern.  Government and medical leadership refuse to allow experts who disagree with their policies to be at the table… very dangerous for the Canadian public. Listen now, go here and scroll down to hear CanLyme interview….

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June 3rd, Ottawa: We Need To Continue To Be VOCAL

ByCanLyme Team

We Need To Continue To Be VOCAL The Federal Framework on Lyme Disease Conference held in Ottawa in May of 2016 allowed for people suffering with Lyme disease to finally come together. Because of the opportunity, the idea of VOCAL was formed. VOCAL – Voices of Canadians About Lyme – is a cross-Canada Lyme awareness…

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MP Ramsey says local Lyme disease sufferers feel betrayed by federal response

ByCanLyme Team

Brian Cross, Windsor Star MP Tracey Ramsey implored Canada’s health minister to scrap the draft framework on Lyme disease on Tuesday, describing how sufferers of the debilitating tick-borne illness are heartbroken by the government’s “status quo” approach. “There was hope that something would come out of this that would change the way Lyme disease is treated in Canada,…