Featured in: Lyme in Nova Scotia
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Canada: A systematic review on the impact of gestational Lyme disease in humans on the fetus and newborn
[CanLyme Note: We at CanLyme want to thank Sue Faber and Jennifer Kravis for their excellent Continues → -
Lyme disease vastly under-detected in Canada, according to new study
Mount A biologist co-authors research that suggests only 3-4% of Lyme cases are officially Continues → -
Canadian Lyme Consortium research network wants you! Such an important cause, please read and pass along.
June 23, 2018 Hi Folks, CanLyme is a proud and active supporter of the Canadian Lyme Consortium Continues → -
“She looked like a stroke victim”
[CanLyme Note: How is it that physicians are so under-educated and misinformed on this disease Continues →
Recent in: Lyme in Nova Scotia
‘Every season is tick season’: Experts warn of winter Lyme disease risk
People have ‘let their guard down’ and aren’t checking for ticks as weather cools, says zoologist Laurenne Schiller loves taking her dog Cousteau for walks along Halifax trails as the weather cools. But even after the first dusting of snow this week, each walk finishes with a head-to-toe check for blacklegged ticks on her and her collie. “”They’re Continues →
Halifax: Unconscious Collective Vocal Ensemble (UCVE) to stage two performances to raise funds for CanLyme
Nov 24, 2018 Save the dates!! For a truly unique experience that you will love come and see the Unconscious Collective Vocal Ensemble (UCVE). They will be putting on two performances in the KTS Red Room, University of King’s College in Halifax… 7 PM Friday the 30th of November (18-11-30) 7 PM Saturday December 1st, 2018 (18-12-01) Bring your family and friends!! These performances will Continues →
OPINION: Lyme disease tunnel vision plagues provincial authorities
Nov 3rd, 2018 Chronicle Herald newspaper Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada by Jane Bailey. Re: “Nova Scotia’s health system has a handle on Lyme” (Sept. 18 opinion piece by Dr. Robert Strang). I was appalled at the inaccuracy and inadequacy of the information that he is supplying to Nova Scotians — patients and doctors — about Lyme disease. A 2012 Health Continues →
OPINION: We need to do more in Nova Scotia regarding Lyme and tick-borne diseases
By Donna Lugar in the Chronicle Herald, Sept. 11, 2018 … It is unfortunate that Nova Scotia’s top doctor feels that what is being done is enough. Yet there are still doctors in this province who don’t think Lyme is anything to worry about, are not aware of the large variety of potential co-infections, are not aware of the Statement Continues →
Woman walks away from wheelchair after recovering from Lyme disease
July 23, 2018 Chronicle Herald by Nikki Sullivan PORT CALEDONIA — Melissa Boutilier knows how quickly life can change after you get Lyme disease and how hard it can be to diagnose it. In July 2015, Boutilier biked around the Cabot Trail for a Heart and Stroke Foundation fundraiser. She was also getting ready to buy her first home and Continues →
Far-Reaching Dispersal of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato-Infected Blacklegged Ticks by Migratory Songbirds in Canada
https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare6030089 Abstract Lyme disease has been documented in northern areas of Canada, but the source of the etiological bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (Bbsl) has been in doubt. We collected 87 ticks from 44 songbirds during 2017, and 24 (39%) of 62 nymphs of the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, were positive for Bbsl. We provide the first report of Bbsl-infected, songbird-transported I. scapularis in Cape Continues →
G. Magnotta Lyme Disease Research Lab at University of Guelph is looking for participants in study.
July 19th, 2018 Excellent work is being done at the University of Guelph and we at CanLyme encourage people to participate… “The University of Guelph is currently recruiting participants for a study jointly offered by researchers in the Department of Population Medicine, and the G. Magnotta Lyme Disease Research Lab. The study (REB # 18-05-008) will examine the interactions that Continues →
Are you a parent in Canada with a child struggling with Lyme disease? Canadian researchers want to hear from you!!
July 6th, 2018 Researchers at Mount Allison University are undertaking a research project which will explore the experiences of families with a child struggling with Lyme disease. They are looking for parents who have a child affected by Lyme disease to write a letter about their family’s experience. If you are willing to participate in the study, the researchers will Continues →
Province of Nova Scotia publicly makes false claims regarding Lyme disease.
June 3, 2018 Chronicle Herald – Public health failing to address Lyme disease crisis, says author From the article titled “Public Health failing to address Lyme disease crisis says author” this is a quote … “Heather Fairbairn, a spokeswoman with the province’s public health department, issued a statement to the Herald last week saying in part, that Lyme disease and other Continues →
Nova Scotians continue to be affected by Lyme disease
May 26th, 2018 Virginia Smith will have to wait before finding out whether she’s the victim of another nasty tick infection. On two occasions over the past week, the Weymouth farmer discovered a tick-sucking blood from the very spot on her body, just above her right shoulder blade. She heeded all precautions to avoid contact with the parasites both times Continues →
Borrelia miyamotoi rash is breaking the myth that rashes caused by borreliosis (Lyme disease) must expand beyond 5 cm.
Canada has Borrelia miyamotoi and other borrelia from coast to coast. The standard guidelines imposed on doctors state myths about rashes that science has shown us are not correct… The guidelines state that 60-80% of people will get a rash, NOT TRUE Only a small subset of the borrelia bacteria will cause any rash. Rashes must expand to 5 cm Continues →
CTV: Alberta Primetime – Lyme Disease in Alberta
May 10th, 2018 [CanLyme Note: Dr. Dan Gregson, seen in this news report, infectious disease HIV specialist (not Lyme disease specialist) says diagnose Lyme disease by the rash?? The majority will not get the rash so their diagnoses will be missed. Then Dr. Gregson goes on to say they want clinics across Canada like the one in BC at BC Women’s Continues →
Professional Self-Regulation and the Public Interest in Canada
[CanLyme Note: The Lyme disease disaster for Canadians is an excellent example of how the ‘self-regulating’ medical colleges and medical associations have woven themselves into the publicly funded health care system positioning themselves as the only experts, and policing any physicians who disagree with them, out of business. No outside scientific expertise is allowed no matter how much harm is done Continues →
‘Every season is tick season’: Experts warn of winter Lyme disease risk [bitten while xmas tree hunting]
[CanLyme Note: Ticks are active in temperatures of minus 4 degrees Celsius and above] November 22, 2017 by Marina von Stackelberg CBCNEWS People have ‘let their guard down’ and aren’t checking for ticks as weather cools, says zoologist Laurenne Schiller loves taking her dog Cousteau for walks along Halifax trails as the weather cools. But even after the first dusting Continues →
Lyme Disease Patients File Federal Antitrust Suit Against Infectious Disease Specialists & Health Insurers
Nov 15th, Last Friday, 28 patients filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against the Infectious Diseases Society of America, eight health insurance companies, and seven medical doctors, Courthouse News reported yesterday, “because health insurers are denying coverage with bogus guidelines established by their paid consultants, who falsely say the disease can always be cured with a month of antibiotics.” Contrary to the often-reported claim that Lyme disease Continues →