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Lyme disease: Knowledge and practices of family practitioners in southern Quebec
ByCanLyme Team August 5, 2015April 21, 2023
[CanLyme note: We invite your review of the below article (free PDF of study can be accessed in the link below). Comments on study design, methodology, the questionnaire, data sourcing, and conclusions drawn, are invited. Add your review in our comments section. Also, how do you believe this information will be used by medical bureaucrats…
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Chatelaine Magazine: Lyme disease is on the rise – should you be worried?
ByCanLyme Team August 4, 2015April 21, 2023
July 29th, 2015 More than 600 cases of Lyme disease were reported in Canada in 2013 – a number that’s expected to rise to 10,000 in the next five years. Jim Wilson, president of the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation (CanLyme), says global warming may be the reason so many ticks are moving to areas they…
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USA CDC : Vaccines for Lyme Disease – Past, Present, and Future
ByCanLyme Team August 4, 2015April 21, 2023
[CanLyme note: The argument to market a vaccine anytime soon is weak. Until many eyes have had a chance to review the data, primarily including the patient’s experts, no vaccine should be introduced… and if it is, it will fail because of broken trust.] Published on Jul 30, 2015 A Lyme disease vaccine is no…
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VIDEO – CBC Friends raise money to help treat woman with Lyme disease
ByCanLyme Team August 1, 2015April 21, 2023
Friends of Carolyn MacIntyre, a Perth-area woman with Lyme disease, are raising money to pay for her ongoing care and possible treatment in the U.S. MacIntyre has been prescribed antibiotics, but she received only a few weeks of treatment because Lyme disease is not considered a chronic disease. Access video and text
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Unravelling the mystery of Lyme disease: Why Canada needs to do more
ByCanLyme Team August 1, 2015April 21, 2023
Rian Michelsen is a rising star. Fifteen years ago, he was the toddler who burst out from behind the curtains singing Elvis’ Viva Las Vegas. As a young boy, he played the lead role in Oliver in his birthplace of Bermuda, before moving with his family to Toronto five years ago. Now, as a 17…
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Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato-infected Ixodes ricinus collected from vegetation near the Arctic Circle
ByCanLyme Team July 28, 2015April 21, 2023
July 2015 Abstract This is the first study to determine the density of questing Ixodes ricinus in northern Norway. It was performed at two sites in Brønnøy, which has been known for its tick permissive habitats for decades and is one of the northernmost habitats with an abundant I. ricinus population in the world. From…
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Lyme disease may cause psychiatric problems
ByCanLyme Team July 28, 2015April 21, 2023
July 24th, 2015 Daniel Calder St. Petersburg Mental Health Examiner Perhaps the most devastating symptoms produced by Lyme disease infection occur when the disease spreads to the brain. While Lyme disease can have a latency period of months, or even years, before symptoms develop, the bacterial infection can travel to the brain within weeks of infection. While…
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Biofilm formation by Borrelia sensu lato
ByCanLyme Team July 27, 2015April 21, 2023
Arun Timmaraju, Priyanka A.S. Theophilus, Kunthavai Balasubramanian, Shafiq Shakih, David F. Leucke, and Eva Sapi FEMS Microbiology Letters, online first, 24 July 2015. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnv120 Abstract Bacterial biofilms are microbial communities held together by an extracellular polymeric substance matrix predominantly composed of polysaccharides, proteins and nucleic acids. We had previously shown that Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto,…
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Intestinal Pseudoobstruction Caused by Chronic Lyme Neuroborreliosis. A Case Report
ByCanLyme Team July 26, 2015April 21, 2023
July 25, 2015 By David F Schefte and Tyge Nordentoft Abstract Chronic intestinal pseudoobstruction is often classified as idiopathic. The condition is associated with poor quality of life and high morbidity, and treatment options are often unsatisfactory. A case of chronic intestinal pseudoobstruction in a 66-year-old woman, presenting with back and abdominal pain, urinary retention…
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Doctors concerned, cases of Lyme disease increase in Ontario
ByCanLyme Team July 26, 2015April 21, 2023
Daksha Rangan The Weather Network Saturday, July 25, 2015, 3:28 PM – Eastern Ontario has seen a surge in cases of Lyme disease over the past few years. Lyme disease is a bacterial infection transmitted by ticks infected with borrelia bacteria. Woodland animals like white-footed mice, raccoons, skunks, foxes, or deer pick up the bacteria,…
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Montreal Gazette newspaper trashes Lyme Disease victims and then refuses to allow evidence based rebuttal – they prefer scientific “opinion” over scientific fact..
ByCanLyme Team July 21, 2015April 21, 2023
Recently, the Montreal Gazette newspaper published this article … According to the Montreal Gazette we are scaring people by telling them we have a serious and growing problem, a problem echoed by the Public Health Agency of Canada. https://montrealgazette.com/health/opinion-lyme-disease-is-very-real-but-its-no-epidemic We asked for equal print space to write a rebuttal. We were refused because the editor…
Read More Montreal Gazette newspaper trashes Lyme Disease victims and then refuses to allow evidence based rebuttal – they prefer scientific “opinion” over scientific fact..
For Physicians | International News | Lyme Controversy | Lyme in BC | Miscellaneous
The US government and Infectious Disease Society of America admitted they cannot win the battle on Lyme with science.
ByCanLyme Team July 21, 2015April 21, 2023
Read this https://www.openeyepictures.com/references/McSweegan.pdf Dr. Morshed from the British Columbia Center for Disease Control, listed as a recipient on the emails seen in the link, participates in this nonsensical anti-science “socio-political offensive” regularly. Morshed’s approach has been supported and fortified by Dr. Perry Kendall and Dr. David Patrick for years. Their behind the scenes involvement in the…
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Co-infections | Government reports & letters | Lyme Controversy | Lyme in BC | Media | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
B.C. patient questions accuracy of Lyme disease test used by province
ByCanLyme Team July 21, 2015April 21, 2023
Mark Hume VANCOUVER – The Globe and Mail – Published Tuesday, Jul. 21, 2015 Internal government documents show blood tests used to check for Lyme disease aren’t very accurate, says a patient who filed a Freedom of Information request because of her concerns about health care standards. “One of the experts talked about the Lyme disease test…
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Internal government documents raise concerns over accuracy of B.C. Lyme disease tests
ByCanLyme Team July 20, 2015April 21, 2023
July 20, 2015 Lyme disease patients denied treatment based on faulty tests Vancouver, BC ~ Confidential documents, obtained through a Freedom of Information (FOI) request, show doctors and other senior government officials in British Columbia raising serious doubts about accuracy of Lyme disease blood tests. “Firstly, are we talking about Lyme testing? If so, patients…
Read More Internal government documents raise concerns over accuracy of B.C. Lyme disease tests
Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Ontario | Media | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
CTV News: Woman living with Lyme disease shares diagnosis, treatment challenges
ByCanLyme Team July 19, 2015April 21, 2023
CTV London Published Friday, July 17, 2015 A Huron County woman has had her life turned upside down by Lyme disease and wants others to be aware of the consequences. Cases of the tick-borne illness are on the rise in Canada, but most people still have to go the U.S. for diagnosis and treatment. It…
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Lyme Controversy

Lyme disease: Knowledge and practices of family practitioners in southern Quebec

Chatelaine Magazine: Lyme disease is on the rise – should you be worried?

USA CDC : Vaccines for Lyme Disease – Past, Present, and Future

VIDEO – CBC Friends raise money to help treat woman with Lyme disease

Unravelling the mystery of Lyme disease: Why Canada needs to do more

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato-infected Ixodes ricinus collected from vegetation near the Arctic Circle

Lyme disease may cause psychiatric problems

Biofilm formation by Borrelia sensu lato

Intestinal Pseudoobstruction Caused by Chronic Lyme Neuroborreliosis. A Case Report

Doctors concerned, cases of Lyme disease increase in Ontario

Montreal Gazette newspaper trashes Lyme Disease victims and then refuses to allow evidence based rebuttal – they prefer scientific “opinion” over scientific fact..

The US government and Infectious Disease Society of America admitted they cannot win the battle on Lyme with science.

B.C. patient questions accuracy of Lyme disease test used by province

Internal government documents raise concerns over accuracy of B.C. Lyme disease tests

CTV News: Woman living with Lyme disease shares diagnosis, treatment challenges

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