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Globe and Mail – Lyme disease on the rise in Canada, linked to ticks

[CanLyme Note: The $300,000 noted in the article were transferred by CanLyme to the G. Magnotta Foundation for Vector-Borne Diseases in Toronto, not directly to the Humber River Hospital as stated in the article. These monies were raised by the Magnotta family for the purpose of establishing a research facility. The research program is being…

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The Purple Paper – a publication of the National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases, Canada.

 [CanLyme note: The comments below are a review by our expert science reviewers in light of some of the content in the now published Purple Paper.  This paper will be used in university settings, and cited.  It is an example of how young minds are pulled in one direction only, and never given the entire argument. Taxpayers…

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Nova Scotia – Health minister willing to work towards solution

NEW WATERFORD — Nova Scotia Health minister  Leo Glavine said after hearing families are being forced to leave the province to get treated for Lyme disease, he’s willing to step in immediately to do something about it.  “I can confirm the Department of Heath – and currently as Minister of Health – I’m committed to…

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Watch Lyme awareness presentation by CanLyme president given to residents of Cawston, BC, and surrounding area.

Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation president, Jim Wilson, was invited to Cawston, BC, to present an awareness and information session to resident of Cawston, BC, and surrounding area, at their community hall.  For our part at CanLyme even small communities such as Cawston need to have better information given to them considering that many in the area are…

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AM 640 radio, Toronto: Is Canada doing enough to fight Lyme Disease?

April 15th, 2014 Last week radio host John Oakley had a physician on who dismissed Lyme Disease as being a big deal, and that US labs that are diagnosing Canadians with Lyme simply for profit. For a physician to make such a statement without evidence gives some insight into how baseless rumour and inuendo seems to…

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Welland Tribune – Ontario: Lyme disease patient inspires petition

By Allan Benner, The Tribune                                    Friday, April 11, 2014 11:10:22 EDT AM Alex Latham was inspired when he learned about the plight of a Welland woman diagnosed with Lyme disease. He was at work at General Motors when a co-worker told him about the challenges 24-year-old Bylynnda Turvey and her family have faced in trying…

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Nova Scotia – Houston presents bill to address Lyme Disease

Published on April 10, 2014 Today in the Legislature, Tim Houston, Progressive Conservative MLA for Pictou East, introduced a bill to develop a comprehensive Lyme Disease Strategy for Nova Scotia. “I am proud to be able to bring forward this long overdue legislation to address patients’ concerns respecting the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme Disease…

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Scientists discover unnamed disease carried by deer ticks

[Canlyme note : The notion or suggestion that Borrelia miyamotoi is a new disease, is at this point in time proposterous. It is Lyme Disease. This is as silly as saying that each winter season there is a new disease called the flu. The flu is the flu, caused by many strains. Lyme Disease is a disease…

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National Post : Child arthritis cases spike as Lyme disease pushes further into Canada

[CanLyme note: A comment that was in the print version of the National Post newspaper has been edited out of the online version, it followed this quote…. “The majority of children … never knew they were bitten by a tick. Arthritis was the very first presenting symptom of their Lyme disease,” said Dr. Elizabeth Stringer, a…

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Lyme Disease more prevalent than BC Govt is letting on

 A Kamloops couple whose daughters contracted Lyme disease says the BC Government and the medical community continue to downplay the relevance of the disease in the province. Niki and John Bone say they are shocked to learn other families struggle with finding the proper diagnosis.We recently featured the Hrychiw family whose two boys were forced…

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LymeDisease.org Publishes Largest Study of Chronic Lyme Disease Ever Conducted; Patients Suffer Poor Quality of Life and High Rates of Disability and Unemployment

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 01, 2014 Chronic Lyme disease is associated with a poorer quality of life than most other chronic illnesses, according to a newly published comprehensive patient survey. Compared to the general population, patients with chronic Lyme disease have high disability and unemployment rates, are five times more likely to visit healthcare…

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[Canadian doctors gave up on him] India : Man revived from deep coma after 2 months

[How many more just are left to die in Canada? Not a great tourism advertisement for our country and it’s alleged great medical system] NEW DELHI: Doctors at a private hospital here have given a new lease of life to a man declared “near brain dead” by a hospital in Canada. Asok Debnath, an IT professional…

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Only 18% of Lyme Disease patients studied in Nova Scotia had a rash… not the 60-80% stated by Canadian governments, AMMI, and in Canadian medical curricula

Lyme Arthritis: an Emerging Clinical Problem in Nova Scotia, Canada Pier D. Glaude1, Adam M. Huber1, Timothy Mailman2, Suzanne Ramsey2, Bianca Lang2 and Elizabeth Stringer1 Article first published online: 27 MAR 2014 DOI: 10.1002/art.38498 Copyright © 2014 by the American College of Rheumatology Seventeen patients were identified; all patients were referred for evaluation of arthritis….

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MacLean’s magazine – The truth about Lyme disease

 Lyme disease can masquerade as MS, ALS, even dementia and its numbers are growing tenfold. So why is Canada lagging behind in treating and diagnosing it? by Anne Kingston  [March 2014] For decades, Gabriel Magnotta, the well-known Ontario wine-industry firebrand, went hunting with a group of friends. These expeditions took them into the wilds of…