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CanLyme director responds to Canadian Medical Association Journal commentary.
ByCanLyme Team October 1, 2015April 21, 2023
Counter Points — Robert G. Murray, Director, CanLyme.com The commentary from Dr. Dan Gregson et al. signals that there will be no change in the medical community in the treatment of Lyme disease and attitudes around it despite all the hopes of the public and politicians after the passage of Bill C-442. The Canadian testing…
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SPECT brain imaging in chronic Lyme disease.
ByCanLyme Team September 29, 2015April 21, 2023
Donta ST1, Noto RB, Vento JA. Clin Nucl Med. 2012 Sep;37(9):e219-22. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318262ad9b Abstract OBJECTIVES: Lyme disease is an infectious disease that frequently involves the central nervous system, leading to cognitive and/or mood dysfunction. The basis for these symptoms remains to be defined but may be the result of a vasculitis or metabolic abnormality secondary…
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Co-infections | For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research
Prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia microti in Ixodes scapularis from a Newly Established Lyme Disease Endemic Area, the Thousand Islands Region of Ontario, Canada.
ByCanLyme Team September 28, 2015April 21, 2023
ProHealth – Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. (2015 Sep 22). [Epub ahead of print] Abstract Blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) are vectors for several important human diseases, including Lyme disease, human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA), and human babesiosis, caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, and Babesia microti, respectively. The continued northward range expansion of blacklegged ticks and associated…
Read More Prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia microti in Ixodes scapularis from a Newly Established Lyme Disease Endemic Area, the Thousand Islands Region of Ontario, Canada.
Co-infections | For Physicians | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research
A case of severe babesiosis treated successfully with exchange transfusion
ByCanLyme Team September 24, 2015April 21, 2023
Summary Babesiosis is a zoonotic disease that may be asymptomatic or result in severe clinical conditions, with severe hemolysis, hepatic, and renal failure, in humans. Clinical symptoms depend on the species and immune status of the host. The disease is especially severe in those of advanced age, those with an immune deficiency, and the splenectomized….
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International News | Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous
London, England: Health warning after ‘Lyme disease ticks’ are found in Richmond Park
ByCanLyme Team September 24, 2015April 21, 2023
Thursday, September 24th, 2015 Ticks carrying the debilitating Lyme disease have been found in London’s Richmond Park, according to university scientists. Researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine warned visitors to exercise caution in order to avoid contracting the bacterial infection, which can be passed on to humans via bites from the…
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Identification of Additional Anti-Persister Activity against Borrelia burgdorferi from an FDA Drug Library
ByCanLyme Team September 17, 2015April 21, 2023
Sept, 2015 Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA Abstract Lyme disease is a leading vector-borne disease in the United States. Although the majority of Lyme patients can be cured with standard 2–4 week antibiotic treatment, 10%–20% of patients continue to suffer from…
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United States : Lyme Disease Association Offers Lyme Conference Scholarships for Medical Students
ByCanLyme Team September 15, 2015April 21, 2023
WALL, N.J., Sept. 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — The Lyme Disease Association, Inc. (LDA) announces availability of scholarships for its annual conference, Lyme & Other Tick-Borne Diseases: Science Bridging the Gap, Warwick, Rhode Island, November 14-15. Jointly provided by Columbia University, it is designed for doctors and researchers who can receive CMEs for attendance. Registration is also…
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Canada: President’s Newsbrief – Ontario College of Family Physicians
ByCanLyme Team September 15, 2015April 21, 2023
[CanLyme Note: CanLyme is pleased to see the Ontario of College of Family Physicians is raising awareness about Lyme disease and that they recognize the difficulties of both diagnostics and treatment. There remains considerable work to do to build an infrastructure for both physicians and patients so that this rapidly expanding disease can be appropriately…
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United Kingdom: Phil Wilson MP: Spreading the word about Lyme [now a pandemic globally]
ByCanLyme Team September 15, 2015April 21, 2023
Tuesday – 15 September 2015 AS an MP, I am continuously learning. Every week constituents come to me with a range of problems, some of which I am know about, others, however, are completely new to me. Recently, a constituent came to me about her daughter who suffered from Lyme disease. I will be honest:…
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Consumer Reports: Tick danger in autumn (also effective and safe tick repellents)
ByCanLyme Team September 15, 2015April 21, 2023
Sept 13th, 2015 CONSUMER REPORTS – You may think your risk of getting Lyme disease ends when the weather starts to cool, but by fall, adult ticks have had more time to become infected with disease-causing bacteria. In some areas, up to 50 percent of ticks can be infected with diseases such as Lyme, compared…
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Ontario Lyme Alliance responds to article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal that missed the mark.
ByCanLyme Team September 15, 2015April 21, 2023
Re: Lyme disease: How reliable are serologic results? see also https://canlyme.com/?p=7245 Debra L. Fraleigh, Co-founder Ontario Lyme Alliance A thorough examination of the full text of the Fallon study (1), referenced by Gregson et al, demonstrates that for thirty-seven Lyme patients (all of whom met historical clinical AND laboratory criteria for LD) archived sera from fewer…
Read More Ontario Lyme Alliance responds to article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal that missed the mark.
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N.L. woman who beat Lyme disease now researching illness in U.S.
ByCanLyme Team September 13, 2015April 21, 2023
Krista Hewlett forced to quit medical school due to condition A Newfoundland woman who battled Lyme disease for four years is now on the cutting edge of researching the condition in the United States. Krista Hewlett is currently a research associate at a clinic in Connecticut doing integrated medical treatment of Lyme disease. But…
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Global TV – Lyme disease tests may not be accurate for some Canadians – Patients worried
ByCanLyme Team September 3, 2015April 21, 2023
[CanLyme Note: The Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Canada (AMMI) failed to point out that there is no ‘gold standard serology’ for Lyme disease. The only standard is American ‘surveillance criteria’ that were never intended for establishing whether or not to treat clinical cases of Lyme disease. The US surveillance criteria were established in…
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Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Toronto: Drawings depict horrors of Lyme disease, artist calls for better testing and treatment
ByCanLyme Team September 3, 2015April 21, 2023
written by Bruce Wark Montreal artist Donna Jacobs is hoping her charcoal drawings soon to be on display at The Cabbagetown Arts Festival in Toronto, previously on gallery exhibit at Parrsboro’s Main & Station, July 15th-28th, will raise awareness about the horrors of Lyme disease as well as the urgent need for improved diagnosis…
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Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous | Research
Ticks are killed in clothes dryer in only 5 minutes new research suggests
ByCanLyme Team September 2, 2015April 21, 2023
Braintree HS graduate continues groundbreaking ticks research By Robert Aicardi baicardi [at] wickedlocal [dot] com Posted Aug. 31, 2015 at 12:30 PM Until now, little research has been conducted about how to cleanse dangerous ticks from clothing by washing or drying it. The federal Centers for Disease Control (CDC) office in Fort Collins, Colorado…
Read More Ticks are killed in clothes dryer in only 5 minutes new research suggests

Miscellaneous

CanLyme director responds to Canadian Medical Association Journal commentary.

SPECT brain imaging in chronic Lyme disease.

Prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia microti in Ixodes scapularis from a Newly Established Lyme Disease Endemic Area, the Thousand Islands Region of Ontario, Canada.

A case of severe babesiosis treated successfully with exchange transfusion

London, England: Health warning after ‘Lyme disease ticks’ are found in Richmond Park

Identification of Additional Anti-Persister Activity against Borrelia burgdorferi from an FDA Drug Library

United States : Lyme Disease Association Offers Lyme Conference Scholarships for Medical Students

Canada: President’s Newsbrief – Ontario College of Family Physicians

United Kingdom: Phil Wilson MP: Spreading the word about Lyme [now a pandemic globally]

Consumer Reports: Tick danger in autumn (also effective and safe tick repellents)

Ontario Lyme Alliance responds to article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal that missed the mark.

N.L. woman who beat Lyme disease now researching illness in U.S.

Global TV – Lyme disease tests may not be accurate for some Canadians – Patients worried

Toronto: Drawings depict horrors of Lyme disease, artist calls for better testing and treatment

Ticks are killed in clothes dryer in only 5 minutes new research suggests

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