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1993, Calgary Herald newspaper … Lyme disease victims tell their story
ByCanLyme Team October 16, 2012March 2, 2025
Lyme disease is not new to Canada, it has been around for centuries. The finding that the Iceman, a 5000 yr old well preserved mummy found in the ice of the Alps, had Lyme disease tells us the Lyme bacteria has been around for millenia. Just don’t tell that to your typical Infectious Disease doctors who…
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Medical Publications | Research
Diastolic Heart Murmur, Nocturnal Back Pain, and Lumbar Rigidity in a 7-Year Girl: An Unusual Manifestation of Lyme Disease in Childhood
ByCanLyme Team October 13, 2012April 21, 2023
Case Reports in Pediatrics Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 976961, 3 pagesdoi:10.1155/2012/976961 Case Report Diastolic Heart Murmur, Nocturnal Back Pain, and Lumbar Rigidity in a 7-Year Girl: An Unusual Manifestation of Lyme Disease in Childhood Genn Kameda,1 Silvia Vieker,1 Johannes Hartmann,2 Tim Niehues,3 and Alfred Längler4 1 Department for Child and Adolescent Health, Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus, Gerhard-Kienle…
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Featured | Medical Publications | Research
Evolving Perspectives on Lyme Borreliosis in Canada
ByCanLyme Team October 11, 2012April 21, 2023
J.L.H. Sperling1,2, M.J. Middelveen2, D. Klein3, and F.A.H. Sperling*,1 1Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada 2Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation, West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada 3Department of Family Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Abstract: With cases now documented in every province, Lyme borreliosis (LB) is emerging as a serious public health risk…
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Medical Publications | Research
The Lymphocyte Transformation Test for Borrelia Detects Active Lyme Borreliosis and Verifies Effective Antibiotic Treatment
ByCanLyme Team October 11, 2012April 21, 2023
Volker von Baehr, Cornelia Doebis, Hans-Dieter Volk, Rüdiger von Baehr Published Date: (05 October, 2012) Borrelia-specific antibodies are not detectable until several weeks after infection and even if they are present, they are no proof of an active infection. Since the sensitivity of culture and PCR for the diagnosis or exclusion of borreliosis is too…
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For Physicians | Medical Publications | Research
Chronic or Late Lyme Neuroborreliosis: Present and Future
ByCanLyme Team October 11, 2012April 21, 2023
Judith Miklossy*, Samuel Donta, Kurt Mueller, Oliver Nolte and George Perry Alzheimer Research Center, Prevention Alzheimer International Foundation, 1921 Martigny-Croix, CP 16, Switzerland This special issue gives a framework of an international effort, to critically and constructively overview the clinical and pathological aspects of Lyme neuroborreliosis and show directions for future practice and research. The…
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For Physicians | Medical Publications | Research
A Reappraisal of the U.S. Clinical Trials of Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome
ByCanLyme Team October 11, 2012April 21, 2023
Brian A. Fallon, Eva Petkova, John G. Keilp and Carolyn B. Britton Published Date: (05 October, 2012) Four federally funded randomized placebo-controlled treatment trials of post-treatment Lyme syndrome in the United States have been conducted. Most international treatment guidelines summarize these trials as having shown no acute or sustained benefit to repeated antibiotic therapy. The…
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Medical Publications | Research
The Psychoimmunology of Lyme/Tick-Borne Diseases and its Association with Neuropsychiatric Symptoms
ByCanLyme Team October 11, 2012April 21, 2023
Robert C. Bransfield* Abstract: Disease progression of neuropsychiatric symptoms in Lyme/tick-borne diseases can be better understood by greater attention to psychoimmunology. Although there are multiple contributors that provoke and weaken the immune system, infections and persistent infections are significant causes of pathological immune reactions. Immune mediated ef-fects are a significant contributor to the pathophysiological processes…
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Government | Miscellaneous
PETITION TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED
ByCanLyme Team September 29, 2012April 21, 2023
Elizabeth May, Member of Parliament, has started a petition and is asking that everyone participate in getting as many signatures as possible…. We, the undersigned, citizens of Canada draw the attention of the House to the following: THAT, Whereas Lyme disease is an illness caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi that is spread to humans…
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Lyme in BC | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research
Vancouver, BC: 8th Annual LDF International Scientific Conference on Lyme Borreliosis and other Spirochetal and Tick-borne Diseases: with an emphasis on Mechanisms of Lyme Borreliosis Persistency
ByCanLyme Team September 28, 2012April 21, 2023
1995 International Lyme Disease Conference, Vancouver, BC Opening… John Millar, MD – Provincial Health Officer, British Columbia Diane Kindree, BSN – Lyme Borreliosis Society of British Columbia Martina H. Ziska, MD – Lyme Disease Foundation James Katzel, MD Ukiah Valley Medical Center No abstract available James H. Oliver, Jr., PhD Callaway Professor of Biology, Director, Institute…
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Research
WIDESPREAD DISPERSAL OF BORRELIA BURGDORFERI–INFECTED TICKS COLLECTED [Canada]
ByCanLyme Team September 28, 2012April 21, 2023
Scott JD, Anderson JF, Durden LA J Parasitol. 2012 Feb;98(1):49-59. Epub 2011 Aug 24. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21864130 Abstract Millions of Lyme disease vector ticks are dispersed annually by songbirds across Canada, but often overlooked as the source of infection. For clarity on vector distribution, we sampled 481 ticks (12 species and 3 undetermined ticks) from 211 songbirds…
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Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Research
Infectious Disease Society of America not ethical, or science based… yet Canada openly endorses them while allowing no victim’s expert input.
ByCanLyme Team September 27, 2012April 21, 2023
We all have been duped. Infectious Disease [IDSA] Treatment Guidelines Weakened By Paucity of Scientific Evidence Daniel M. Keller, PhD From: Medscape Today November 13, 2009 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)– Two separate analyses presented here at the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) 47th Annual Meeting revealed that most of the society’s treatment guidelines are based on expert…
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International News | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous
Concerns Regarding the Infectious Diseases Society of America Lyme Disease Clinical Practice Guidelines
ByCanLyme Team September 24, 2012April 11, 2024
Reprints or correspondence: Mr. Jim Wilson, Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation, 2495 Reece Rd., Westbank, BC V4T 1N1, Canada. TO THE EDITOR – The Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation has several concerns with the Infectious Diseases Society of America’s Lyme disease clinical practice guidelines [1]. I shall elaborate. Throughout the guidelines, the erythema migrans rash is referred…
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International News | Lyme Controversy
Attorney General of Connecticut issues press release about finding of his investigation into the Infectious Disease Society of America.
ByCanLyme Team September 24, 2012April 21, 2023
You can read the 2008 press release of Richard Blumenthal in which he outlines the deplorable state of the Infectious Disease Society of America Lyme guidelines. blumenthal_lyme_press_release_2008
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International News | Lyme Controversy | News from CanLyme
NSW Health moves in the right direction on Lyme disease [Australia]
ByCanLyme Team September 22, 2012April 21, 2023
IN a huge win for Lyme disease sufferers, NSW Health has agreed to encourage doctors to keep an “open mind” about the possibility of locally-acquired Lyme disease. The department will also request a review of Lyme disease testing and seek advice on improved surveillance of the disease. The move comes after 150 Lyme disease sufferers…
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Lyme in Ontario | Miscellaneous | News from CanLyme
Sounding the alarm on Lyme Disease
ByCanLyme Team September 21, 2012April 21, 2023
Two decades ago, Wendy Aitken was told by her doctor that she suffered from chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia, which causes pain and tenderness in one’s joints and body parts. Since husband Larry was in the military, the couple and their two children grew accustomed to moving from posting to posting, town to town, every…
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News and updates

Announcing the second annual Canadian Tick-Borne Disease Conference

Feeling sick after eating that steak dinner? You could have a rare but potentially severe tick-borne allergy

Elliot Jacobson: Downstream Secondary Illness in Lyme Disease

Why Lyme disease isn’t the only tick-borne infection you need to worry about

Lyme disease and your pregnancy: Why avoiding tick bites could protect your unborn child

Lack of experience no obstacle at this obstacle course

Interventions to manage mold and mycotoxicities

Environmental toxicities: Confounding presentations

1993, Calgary Herald newspaper … Lyme disease victims tell their story

Diastolic Heart Murmur, Nocturnal Back Pain, and Lumbar Rigidity in a 7-Year Girl: An Unusual Manifestation of Lyme Disease in Childhood

Evolving Perspectives on Lyme Borreliosis in Canada

The Lymphocyte Transformation Test for Borrelia Detects Active Lyme Borreliosis and Verifies Effective Antibiotic Treatment

Chronic or Late Lyme Neuroborreliosis: Present and Future

A Reappraisal of the U.S. Clinical Trials of Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome

The Psychoimmunology of Lyme/Tick-Borne Diseases and its Association with Neuropsychiatric Symptoms

PETITION TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED

Vancouver, BC: 8th Annual LDF International Scientific Conference on Lyme Borreliosis and other Spirochetal and Tick-borne Diseases: with an emphasis on Mechanisms of Lyme Borreliosis Persistency

WIDESPREAD DISPERSAL OF BORRELIA BURGDORFERI–INFECTED TICKS COLLECTED [Canada]

Infectious Disease Society of America not ethical, or science based… yet Canada openly endorses them while allowing no victim’s expert input.

Concerns Regarding the Infectious Diseases Society of America Lyme Disease Clinical Practice Guidelines

Attorney General of Connecticut issues press release about finding of his investigation into the Infectious Disease Society of America.

NSW Health moves in the right direction on Lyme disease [Australia]

Sounding the alarm on Lyme Disease

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