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Global News: “How to prevent run-ins with ticks” with CanLyme president Janet Sperling
ByCanLyme Team September 8, 2022
It can be easy to let your guard down in the wilderness as the summer wraps up, but tick season stretches well into the fall! For how to prevent issues with ticks and what you should be looking for, Janet Sperling from the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation joins Candace Daniel. Watch Here
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Education | Lyme disease | Prevention | Voices on Lyme
Global News: ‘How to prevent run-ins with ticks’ with CanLyme president Janet Sperling
ByCanLyme Team September 8, 2022
It can be easy to let your guard down in the wilderness as the summer wraps up, but tick season stretches well into the fall! For how to prevent issues with ticks and what you should be looking for, Janet Sperling from the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation joins Candace Daniel. Watch here
Read More Global News: ‘How to prevent run-ins with ticks’ with CanLyme president Janet Sperling
Co-infections | Education | For Physicians | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research
Anaplasmosis: An emerging tick-borne disease of importance in Canada
ByCanLyme Team September 4, 2022September 4, 2022
Abstract Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis (HGA) is an infection caused by the intracellular bacterium Anaplasma phagocytophilum. As a tick-borne disease, the public health impact of HGA continues to increase with range expansion of the disease vector. The clinical presentation of HGA is often a non-specific febrile illness. The presence of leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, and mild hepatic injury are frequently noted…
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Education | For Physicians | Lyme disease | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research
Nitroxoline Drug Combinations Are More Active Than Lyme Antibiotic Combination and Can Eradicate Stationary Phase Borrelia burgdorferi
ByCanLyme Team August 29, 2022
Abstract Lyme disease (LD), caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, is the most common vector-borne disease in USA and Europe. Despite the standard 2-4 weeks antibiotic treatment, approximately 10%-20% of patients will develop post-treatment LD syndrome, a condition that is poorly understood. One of the probable causes is thought to be the presence of B. burgdorferi persister forms that are not…
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Education | For Physicians | Lyme disease | Miscellaneous | Research
Watch: Webinar with Dr Monica Embers – Persistent Lyme Disease: Supportive Evidence & Potential Solutions
ByCanLyme Team August 25, 2022
“Aug 19, 2022 Dr Embers shares insights from her research program into Lyme disease at Tulane National Primate Research Center. By transmitting Lyme disease to mice and nonhuman primates by tick, and studying the natural course of infection, Dr Embers’ group aims to attain a better understanding of the clinical quandaries of human Lyme disease,…
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Education | Lyme disease | Miscellaneous | Research
Balsam fir (Abies balsamea) needles and their essential oil kill overwintering ticks (Ixodes scapularis) at cold temperatures
ByCanLyme Team August 23, 2022August 23, 2022
July 29, 2022 Abstract The blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, vectors Borrelia burgdorferi, a bacterium that causes Lyme Disease. Although synthetic pesticides can reduce tick numbers, there are concerns about their potential effects on beneficial insects, such as pollinators. Plant-based pest control agents such as essential oils could provide an alternative because they have low environmental persistency; however,…
Read More Balsam fir (Abies balsamea) needles and their essential oil kill overwintering ticks (Ixodes scapularis) at cold temperatures
International News | Lyme Controversy | Lyme disease | Media | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Longtime KTVU anchor and reporter Leslie Griffith dies [long time sufferer of Lyme disease]
ByCanLyme Team August 23, 2022August 23, 2022
August 2022 OAKLAND, Calif. – Leslie Griffith, a longtime journalist who graced television screens for more than two decades as anchor for KTVU Channel 2 News, has died. Griffith died Wednesday in Lake Chapala, Mexico. Family members said she endured a years-long battle with Lyme disease. Her 22-year career at KTVU included her time sitting alongside veteran…
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Education | For Physicians | Lyme disease | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research
Nitroxoline Drug Combinations Are More Active Than Lyme Antibiotic Combination and Can Eradicate Stationary Phase Borrelia burgdorferi
ByCanLyme Team August 23, 2022
July 26, 2022 Abstract Lyme disease (LD), caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, is the most common vector-borne disease in USA and Europe. Despite the standard 2-4 weeks antibiotic treatment, approximately 10%-20% of patients will develop post-treatment LD syndrome, a condition that is poorly understood. One of the probable causes is thought to be the presence of B. burgdorferi persister forms…
Read More Nitroxoline Drug Combinations Are More Active Than Lyme Antibiotic Combination and Can Eradicate Stationary Phase Borrelia burgdorferi
Education | For Physicians | Lyme disease | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Diagnosing young children with Lyme disease, advice from a pediatrician
ByCanLyme Team August 22, 2022
“Lyme disease affects children more than any other age group, but the young ones are often difficult to diagnose, especially before they’ve developed the vocabulary to describe how they’re feeling. To help parents recognize symptoms and prevent serious illness, I chatted with Charlotte Mao, MD, a pediatric infectious disease physician who trained at Harvard Medical School…
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Education | For Physicians | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research
A review of ticks in Canada and health risks from exposure
ByCanLyme Team August 20, 2022
Tick species are undergoing range expansions across Canada due to global warming, animal migration, and land fragmentation. It is estimated that their range is expanding northwards by 35–55km per year. Species posing the greatest risk to humans are the Ixodes scapularis (blacklegged tick) and the Ixodes pacificus (Western blacklegged tick). The risk of human tick-borne infections is increasing. Populations…
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Education | For Physicians | Miscellaneous | Podcasts
New podcast: Brain retraining with Dr. Patrick Porter
ByCanLyme Team August 2, 2022
“Improving brain function through light and sound technologies. Fasten your seatbelts! In this podcast, Dr. Patrick Porter takes us on a journey into our brains, and shares with us his cutting edge technology aimed at improving our lives through brainwave technology. Dr. Porter is a researcher, educator, author and creator of technologies that use light,…
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Education | For Physicians | Lyme disease | Podcasts
New podcast: Brain retraining with Dr. Patrick Porter
ByCanLyme Team August 2, 2022
“Fasten your seatbelts! In this podcast, Dr. Patrick Porter takes us on a journey into our brains, and shares with us his cutting edge technology aimed at improving our lives through brainwave technology. Dr. Porter is a researcher, educator, author and creator of technologies that use light, sound and other strategies to improve brain function…
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Education | For Physicians | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research
Spiroplasma ixodetis Infections in Immunocompetent and Immunosuppressed Patients after Tick Exposure, Sweden
ByCanLyme Team July 27, 2022
“Spiroplasma spp. are intracellular organisms that belong to the class Mollicutes, which include Mycoplasma spp. These bacteria have a single-layer cell membrane, cannot be visualized by Gram staining, require special substrates for growth, and can be diagnosed by genetic methods (6). Plants, insects, and ticks are known reservoirs (7). S. ixodetis was initially reported in…
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Education | For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Long-Lyme discussed with, ‘Medical gaslighting’ harming long-COVID patients, Fong A, Healthy Debate 22-07-13:’
ByCanLyme Team July 24, 2022July 24, 2022
Healthy Debate Response 22-07-14 “‘Medical gaslighting’ harming long-COVID patients, Fong A, Healthy Debate 22-07-13: https://healthydebate.ca/2022/07/topic/medical-gaslighting-long-covid/ “Pandemics disable people — the history lesson that policymakers ignore” -Spinney L, 2022 Thank you for the article. The golden era of discovery in medicine is over. Physicians are no longer looking for root causes of diseases. Medicine is being…
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Education | For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Lyme disease | Lyme in Ontario | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous
CMAJ: Lyme disease in a neonate complicated by the Jarisch–Herxheimer reaction
ByCanLyme Team July 24, 2022
“A 21-day-old girl presented to the emergency department of an Ontario children’s hospital in early summer with a 1-day history of rash on the left arm and 3 days of decreased activity, poor feeding (not waking to feed, decreased volumes) and abdominal distension. She had no fever, weight loss, irritability, recent travel or known infectious…
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News and updates

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It’s not just Lyme disease you have to watch out for. Other tick-borne illnesses are on the rise in Canada

Why an integrated approach to tick-borne pathogens is important in the diagnosis of clinical cases

Jim Wilson: Sincere and caring man

Generation Lyme

Notes from the front line: Family doctors speak out about the challenges of Lyme disease

No, it’s not all in your head: How a new report could be a massive game changer for long Lyme sufferers

Mosquitoes unlikely to transmit Lyme

Global News: “How to prevent run-ins with ticks” with CanLyme president Janet Sperling

Global News: ‘How to prevent run-ins with ticks’ with CanLyme president Janet Sperling

Anaplasmosis: An emerging tick-borne disease of importance in Canada

Nitroxoline Drug Combinations Are More Active Than Lyme Antibiotic Combination and Can Eradicate Stationary Phase Borrelia burgdorferi

Watch: Webinar with Dr Monica Embers – Persistent Lyme Disease: Supportive Evidence & Potential Solutions

Balsam fir (Abies balsamea) needles and their essential oil kill overwintering ticks (Ixodes scapularis) at cold temperatures

Longtime KTVU anchor and reporter Leslie Griffith dies [long time sufferer of Lyme disease]

Nitroxoline Drug Combinations Are More Active Than Lyme Antibiotic Combination and Can Eradicate Stationary Phase Borrelia burgdorferi

Diagnosing young children with Lyme disease, advice from a pediatrician

A review of ticks in Canada and health risks from exposure

New podcast: Brain retraining with Dr. Patrick Porter

New podcast: Brain retraining with Dr. Patrick Porter

Spiroplasma ixodetis Infections in Immunocompetent and Immunosuppressed Patients after Tick Exposure, Sweden

Long-Lyme discussed with, ‘Medical gaslighting’ harming long-COVID patients, Fong A, Healthy Debate 22-07-13:’

CMAJ: Lyme disease in a neonate complicated by the Jarisch–Herxheimer reaction

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