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Antibiotic retreatment of Lyme disease in patients with persistent symptoms: A biostatistical review of randomized, placebo-controlled, clinical trials.
ByCanLyme Team September 3, 2012April 21, 2023
Delong AK, Blossom B, Maloney EL, Phillips SE. Source Center for Statistical Sciences, Department of Biostatistics, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA. Abstract INTRODUCTION: Lyme disease (Lyme borreliosis) is caused by the tick-borne spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. Long-term persistent illness following antibiotic treatment is not uncommon, particularly when treatment is delayed. Current treatment guidelines for persistent disease…
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For Physicians | News from CanLyme
Winnipeg Free Press: Lyme disease may lurk in your own backyard
ByCanLyme Team August 31, 2012April 21, 2023
Bite from deer tick a health nightmare By: W. Gifford-Jones / The Doctor Game Do you believe you must be in an infected area to get Lyme disease? If you do, think again. A 10-year study reports you can catch this malady in your own backyard. And since spring and fall are prime times for…
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Miscellaneous
Research such as this from Switzerland must be done region by region in North America
ByCanLyme Team August 31, 2012April 21, 2023
Globally, 34.2% of ticks were infected with at least one pathogen. The diversity of tick-borne pathogens detected in I. ricinus in this study and the frequency of co-infections underline the need to take them seriously into consideration when evaluating the risks of infection following a tick bite. Read more
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Featured | For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Research
Eva Sapi, Ph.D discusses her extensive Lyme disease research
ByCanLyme Team August 21, 2012April 21, 2023
This video is a 10 minute clip, part of a 70 minute interview with Dr. Sapi from the University of New Haven. She is credited with being the first researcher to demonstrate that Lyme spirochetes can actually create their own complex biofilm community to survive indefinitely within their hosts; both human and animal. [Eva is…
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Featured | International News | Lyme in Ontario
Canadian magazine wins international award for article on Lyme disease.
ByCanLyme Team August 19, 2012April 21, 2023
International journalists have selected a Better Farming magazine story by Mary Baxter, about Lyme Disease, as last year’s best story by BETTER FARMING STAFF Better Farming field editor Mary Baxter is this year’s recipient of a top international agricultural journalism award. Earlier this week, Baxter’s article, “Lyme disease: the painful and hard-to-diagnose condition,” which ran…
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Miscellaneous
GlaxoSmithKline Sued Over Lyme Disease Vaccine
ByCanLyme Team August 17, 2012April 21, 2023
16 Aug, 2012 17:35 CET GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has been hit with a dangerous drug lawsuit that alleges its Lyme disease vaccine LYMERix caused patients to develop arthritis. The dangerous drug lawsuit claims that plaintiffs who were vaccinated with the medication in the 1990s were later diagnosed with post-Lyme disease treatment syndrome or treatment resistant Lyme…
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Featured | Miscellaneous
Listen to Goldhawk Fights Back radio show podcast from Aug. 17th/12 show
ByCanLyme Team August 17, 2012April 21, 2023
Goldhawk Fights Back: Jim Wilson, President of the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation, confirms there is no vaccine anywhere in the world that can protect humans from contracting Lyme Disease, through the bite of infectious tics. Listen here
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For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous
REASONS WHY A SERONEGATIVE TEST RESULT MIGHT OCCUR
ByCanLyme Team August 17, 2012April 21, 2023
Recent infection before immune response Only strain B31 of Borrelia burgdorferi as basis of test, many strains/species missed Antibodies are in immune complexes Spirochete encapsulated by host tissue (i.e.: lymphocytic cell walls) Spirochete is deep in host tissue Blebs in body fluid, no whole organisms needed for PCR No spirochetes in body fluid on day…
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For Physicians | International News | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | News from CanLyme
Chronic Lyme Patients Get Political Victory: New Book by Top Infectious Disease Doctor Supports Long Term Antibiotic Treatment
ByCanLyme Team August 16, 2012April 21, 2023
Chronic Lyme Patients Get Political Victory: New Book by Top Infectious Disease Doctor Supports Long Term Antibiotic Treatment “Chronic Lyme disease does exist,” says Burton A. Waisbren Sr. MD, FACP, FIDSA, in his new book, “Treatment of Chronic Lyme Disease: Fifty-One Case Reports and Essays in Their Regard.” The book, released in January, 2012, adds…
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Single or double dose prophylactic treatment for Lyme borreliosis has unacceptable failure rate
ByCanLyme Team August 16, 2012April 21, 2023
Protective value of prophylactic antibiotic treatment of tick bite for Lyme disease prevention: An animal model [one or two pills…who are you going to risk it on?] Joseph Piesman, Andrias Hojgaard, Bacterial Diseases Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3150 Rampart Road, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA Received 29…
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Medical Publications | Research
Prevalence and Genetic Characterization of Powassan Virus Strains Infecting Ixodes scapularis in Connecticut.
ByCanLyme Team August 16, 2012April 21, 2023
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2012 Aug 13. [Epub ahead of print] Anderson JF, Armstrong PM. Source Department of Entomology and Center for Vector Biology and Zoonotic Diseases, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Connecticut. Abstract A total of 30 Powassan virus (POWV) isolates from Ixodes scapularis collected from Bridgeport and North Branford, CT…
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Featured | For Physicians | International News
Invisibly iIl – A sneak preview of the documentary out of Australia
ByCanLyme Team August 15, 2012April 21, 2023
To help raise awareness and education on the impact of stealth pathogens and the role they play in various chronic illnesses, Bec is currently writing, directing and producing a series of self-funded educational documentaries entitled Invisibly Ill. Watch sneak preview
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For Physicians | Medical Publications | Research
SPECT Brain Imaging in Chronic Lyme Disease
ByCanLyme Team August 15, 2012April 21, 2023
Donta, Sam T. MD, Noto, Richard B. MD, Vento, John A. MD Clinical Nuclear Medicine, September 2012, Volume 37, Issue 9, e219-e222. 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…
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Lyme in Alberta
Calgary woman says Lyme is an issue
ByCanLyme Team August 14, 2012April 21, 2023
Canadian public health officials have been warning about the rise in the number of ticks in Canada and the increased risk of Lyme disease. Thousands of dollars spent … quality of life is back. Alberta Health says no humans cases… hmmm? Randomly spread disease in Saskatchewan and BC… hmmm? What aren’t they telling you? Listen Here
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For Physicians | Government reports & letters | Lyme Controversy | Lyme in BC
British Columbia government report on Lyme disease – Schmidt report
ByCanLyme Team August 14, 2012March 2, 2025
After much negative media attention in 2008 relative to the poor quality of health care relating to Lyme disease in BC, the provincial Minister of Health and Deputy Minister of Health had to act. Also, that year questions posed by the opposition critic David Cubberley to the Minister of Health proved to be difficult for…
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Interventions to manage mold and mycotoxicities

Environmental toxicities: Confounding presentations

Antibiotic retreatment of Lyme disease in patients with persistent symptoms: A biostatistical review of randomized, placebo-controlled, clinical trials.

Winnipeg Free Press: Lyme disease may lurk in your own backyard

Research such as this from Switzerland must be done region by region in North America

Eva Sapi, Ph.D discusses her extensive Lyme disease research

Canadian magazine wins international award for article on Lyme disease.

GlaxoSmithKline Sued Over Lyme Disease Vaccine

Listen to Goldhawk Fights Back radio show podcast from Aug. 17th/12 show

REASONS WHY A SERONEGATIVE TEST RESULT MIGHT OCCUR

Chronic Lyme Patients Get Political Victory: New Book by Top Infectious Disease Doctor Supports Long Term Antibiotic Treatment

Single or double dose prophylactic treatment for Lyme borreliosis has unacceptable failure rate

Prevalence and Genetic Characterization of Powassan Virus Strains Infecting Ixodes scapularis in Connecticut.

Invisibly iIl – A sneak preview of the documentary out of Australia

SPECT Brain Imaging in Chronic Lyme Disease

Calgary woman says Lyme is an issue

British Columbia government report on Lyme disease – Schmidt report

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