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Doctor’s sister ends up with Lyme Disease causing her to research Lyme Disease beyond the ‘official’ perspective.
ByCanLyme Team January 14, 2014April 21, 2023
https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/health/lyme-disease—debilitating-illness-3008746 Lyme disease – the debilitating illness which can be a hidden danger of a healthy country walk Jan 10, 2014 16:23By Miriam Stoppard The Mirror’s health columnist Dr Miriam Stoppard knows from her own sister’s experience how draining the condition can be. My sister lives in south west France where Lyme disease is rife…
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Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research
Lyme Disease-Induced Polyradiculopathy Mimicking Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
ByCanLyme Team January 13, 2014April 21, 2023
Abstract Importance: To describe a case of predominantly motor polyradiculopathy secondary to Lyme disease that can mimic motor neuron disease and has been rarely reported. Observations: A 64 year-old man presented with a one-month history of rapidly progressive weakness involving bulbar, upper limb and lower limb muscles. The physical examination showed widespread weakness, atrophy, fasciculation and brisk…
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Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research
Distinguishing Lyme from septic knee monoarthritis in Lyme disease-endemic areas
ByCanLyme Team January 13, 2014April 21, 2023
Deanehan JK, Tan Tanny SP, Milewski MD, Talusan PG, Smith BG, Nigrovic LE, Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital andHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA Abstract OBJECTIVE: Because Lyme and septic arthritis may present similarly, we sought to identify children with knee monoarthritis at low risk for septic arthritis who may not require arthrocentesis. METHODS: We…
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Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research
Comparison of Lyme Disease Prevalence and Reporting in and Endemic Area
ByCanLyme Team January 13, 2014April 21, 2023
Abstract Lyme disease is the most commonly reported tick-borne illness in the United States; however, controversy surrounding the diagnostic criteria has led to claims of both under-diagnosis and over-diagnosis of Lyme disease by physicians. While both result in errors in estimating disease risk, under-reporting of Lyme disease to public health agencies underestimates the risk and…
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International News | Medical Publications | Research
The difficulty in detecting Lyme Disease
ByCanLyme Team January 10, 2014April 21, 2023
FAIRMONT – In Minnesota, the summer months are feeding season for the deer tick nymph, the second stage in a tick’s life, when the miniscule arachnid is just the size of a pin head. This is when most cases of Lyme disease are reported, and it’s also when the tick is likely to go undetected….
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International News | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
UK : Scientist left struggling to walk after contracting Lyme disease
ByCanLyme Team January 10, 2014April 21, 2023
CanLyme note: Listen to this scientist’s symptoms… unable to walk, crawling around house, then, look at what the American Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) calls these symptoms, “the aches and pains of daily living”… outrageous, yet Canadian doctors and labs are forced to follow the IDSA guidelines or risk their licence to practice.. Aberdeen…
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International News | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Research | Voices on Lyme
UK : Scientists and doctors unite to defeat tick bite disease
ByCanLyme Team January 10, 2014April 21, 2023
DOCTORS and scientists are working to develop the first UK-wide campaign to tackle a chronic bacterial infection that has increased 1000% in Scotland over the past decade. Lyme disease can affect organs such as the heart and brain, resulting in a range of long-term ill-health, including vision and mobility problems. The multi-disciplinary team is being…
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Lyme in New Brunswick | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous
Lyme disease in N.B. focus of study by biologists, vets
ByCanLyme Team January 10, 2014April 21, 2023
Researchers from Mount Allison University and veterinarians from across New Brunswick are joining forces to determine how widespread Lyme disease is in the province. They will be collecting blood samples from dogs and testing for antibodies to Borrelia, the bacteria that causes Lyme disease. Borrelia is commonly transmitted to both dogs and humans through tick bites. About…
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Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Ontario | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Ontario Medical Review journal letter to editor, “Understanding Lyme Disease”
ByCanLyme Team January 10, 2014April 21, 2023
…”Much of the contention and controversy with regard to Lyme disease centres on the Infectious Disease of America clinical practice guidelines referenced in the OMR article. Clearly, these guidelines need to be updated and revised.” Read full text
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International News | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research | Voices on Lyme
Bayer Leads Unique Effort to Support Global Public Health by Fighting Vector-Borne Diseases
ByCanLyme Team January 10, 2014April 21, 2023
Release date- 09012014 – Leverkusen, – Nearly half of the world’s population is infected with at least one type of vector-borne disease (1). These diseases are transmitted from parasites to animals and humans, and have a significant impact on public health and our global economy. The economic impact of Lyme disease alone is estimated to…
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Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research
Cervical cancer breakthrough as scientists discover a test that heats the blood could diagnose the disease [and other diseases like Lyme Disease]
ByCanLyme Team January 10, 2014April 21, 2023
By EMMA INNES PUBLISHED: 22:44 GMT, 8 January 2014 …”The experimental technology has already been used to identify lung, skin, ovarian, and womb cancers as well as other diseases including lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, Lyme disease and motor neurone disease”. Heating a patient’s blood could provide a simple new test for cervical cancer, say researchers. The plasma thermogram…
Read More Cervical cancer breakthrough as scientists discover a test that heats the blood could diagnose the disease [and other diseases like Lyme Disease]
Medical Publications | Research
Crucial Player For Lyme Disease Transmission Identified
ByCanLyme Team December 21, 2013April 21, 2023
December 20th, 2013 Public Library of Science Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, hitchhikes in ticks for dissemination to mammalian hosts–including humans. An article in the 19 December issue of PLOS Pathogens identifies HrpA, an RNA helicase, as a crucial player in the transmission from ticks to mammals. George Chaconas, from the University of Calgary, Canada, and…
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Government reports & letters | International News | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research
Three Sudden Cardiac Deaths Associated with Lyme Carditis – United States, November 2012–July 2013
ByCanLyme Team December 13, 2013April 21, 2023
December 13, 2013 / 62(49);993-996 Lyme disease* is a multisystem illness caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, a spirochete transmitted by certain species of Ixodes ticks. Approximately 30,000 confirmed and probable cases of Lyme disease were reported in the United States in 2012, primarily from high-incidence states in the Northeast (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,…
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International News | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications
U.S. Center for Disease Control releases statement; Lyme disease cases seriously under-reported – now 300,000 cases per year
ByCanLyme Team December 6, 2013April 21, 2023
“…Each year, more than 30,000 cases of Lyme disease are reported to CDC, making it the most commonly reported tick-borne illness in the United States. The new estimate suggests that the total number of people diagnosed with Lyme disease is roughly 10 times higher than the yearly reported number. This new estimate supports studies published in the 1990s…
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Lyme in quebec | Medical Publications | Research
Poleward Expansion of the White-Footed Mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) under Climate Change: Implications for the Spread of Lyme Disease
ByCanLyme Team November 26, 2013April 21, 2023
Emilie Roy-Dufresne, Affiliations: Department of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Redpath Museum, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Travis Logan, Affiliation: Ouranos Consortium, Montreal, Canada Julie A. Simon, Affiliation: Redpath Museum, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Gail L. Chmura, Affiliation: Department of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Virginie Millien, Affiliation: Redpath Museum, McGill University, Montreal, Canada E-mail: virginie [dot] millien [at] mcgill [dot] ca Published: Nov 18, 2013 DOI:…
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Medical Publications

Doctor’s sister ends up with Lyme Disease causing her to research Lyme Disease beyond the ‘official’ perspective.

Lyme Disease-Induced Polyradiculopathy Mimicking Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Distinguishing Lyme from septic knee monoarthritis in Lyme disease-endemic areas

Comparison of Lyme Disease Prevalence and Reporting in and Endemic Area

The difficulty in detecting Lyme Disease

UK : Scientist left struggling to walk after contracting Lyme disease

UK : Scientists and doctors unite to defeat tick bite disease

Lyme disease in N.B. focus of study by biologists, vets

Ontario Medical Review journal letter to editor, “Understanding Lyme Disease”

Bayer Leads Unique Effort to Support Global Public Health by Fighting Vector-Borne Diseases

Cervical cancer breakthrough as scientists discover a test that heats the blood could diagnose the disease [and other diseases like Lyme Disease]

Crucial Player For Lyme Disease Transmission Identified

Three Sudden Cardiac Deaths Associated with Lyme Carditis – United States, November 2012–July 2013

U.S. Center for Disease Control releases statement; Lyme disease cases seriously under-reported – now 300,000 cases per year

Poleward Expansion of the White-Footed Mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) under Climate Change: Implications for the Spread of Lyme Disease

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