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Lyme Neuroborreliosis in a Patient with Breast Cancer: MRI and PET/CT Findings.
ByCanLyme January 20, 2020July 27, 2020
Abstract We present a case demonstrating the performance of different radiographical and nuclear medicine imaging modalities in the diagnostic work-up of a patient with Lyme neuroborreliosis. The patient presented in late summer 2019 with radicular pains followed by a foot drop and peripheral facial palsy, both right-sided. Due to a history of breast cancer, disseminated…
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Knowledge and Knowledge Needs about Lyme Disease among Occupational and Recreational Users of the Outdoors.
ByCanLyme January 20, 2020July 27, 2020
Abstract As the prevalence of Lyme disease increases across Canada, it is imperative that the educational needs of at-risk groups be identified. The current study compared the level of knowledge and the knowledge needs about Lyme disease among individuals that spend time outdoors for work and for recreational purposes. Between December 2018 and February 2019, a survey was distributed…
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First report of Lyme borreliosis leading to cardiac bradydysrhythmia in two cats.
ByCanLyme January 20, 2020July 27, 2020
Abstract CASE SERIES SUMMARY: Two cats were presented for investigation of bradyarrhythmia detected by their referring veterinarians during routine examination. Both cats had extensive investigations, including haematology, serum biochemistry with electrolytes and thyroxine concentrations, systolic blood pressure measurement, echocardiography, electrocardiography and infectious disease testing. Infectious disease testing included serology for Toxoplasma gondii, Ehrlichia canis, Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi, and PCR for B…
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Bieber’s Lyme disease shines light on issues surrounding complicated illness
ByCanLyme January 10, 2020July 27, 2020
Bieber’s Lyme shines light on complicated disease Justin Bieber’s recent Lyme disease diagnosis has put another big spotlight on an illness that’s still shrouded in mystery, both in the public eye and the medical and scientific communities. The pop superstar from Stratford, Ont., announced his condition on his Instagram account earlier this week, making him…
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A Clinical Diagnostic System for Late-Stage Neuropsychiatric Lyme Borreliosis Based upon an Analysis of 100 Patients
ByCanLyme January 9, 2020July 27, 2020
Abstract Many late-stage chronic Lyme disease clinical findings are neuropsychiatric. A total clinical assessment is critical in diagnosis, especially since controversy surrounds the reliability of laboratory testing. The clinical findings of one hundred Lyme disease patients with chronic neuropsychiatric symptoms were entered into a database. The prevalence of each clinical finding pre-infection and post-infection was…
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Justin Bieber reveals he’s battling Lyme disease
ByCanLyme January 8, 2020July 27, 2020
(CNN)Justin Bieber has revealed he was recently diagnosed with Lyme disease, an infection caused by bacteria commonly carried by ticks.Bieber, 25, shared the news in an Instagram post on Wednesday.”While a lot of people kept saying Justin Bieber looks like s***, on meth etc. they failed to realize I’ve been recently diagnosed with Lyme disease, not only that…
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Lyme disease in children: Data from the Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program
ByCanLyme January 4, 2020July 27, 2020
Online November 30th, 2019 Abstract BACKGROUND: Lyme disease (LD) is an infectious disease that is emerging in eastern and central Canada associated with the spread of the tick vector Ixodes scapularis. National surveillance shows that children are an at-risk age group. OBJECTIVES: To study the epidemiology of LD in Canadian children using the Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program (CPSP) to better…
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Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous | Research
‘No one wanted to touch it’: Why a Lyme disease vaccine has been so elusive
ByCanLyme December 17, 2019July 27, 2020
Cassandra Willyard December 16th, 2019 …”If the new vaccine does make it to market, will it fare any better than LYMErix? According to >Gregory Poland, co-director of the Vaccine Research Group at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, who has given scientific advice to Valneva, that’s “a multi-million dollar question.” One factor that led to LYMErix’s demise…
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Dr. Neil Spector presents new research on diagnostics and treatment
ByCanLyme December 16, 2019July 27, 2020
November 18th, 2019 Dr. Neil Spector, a world famous cancer researcher who contracted Lyme disease, gives an amazing presentation of potential new diagnostics and treatments for Lyme borreliosis and other infections. He is grateful for the support of the Steven and Alexandra Cohen Foundation. Watch full presentation
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Co-infections | For Physicians | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research | Voices on Lyme
Disulfiram (Tetraethylthiuram Disulfide) in the Treatment of Lyme Disease and Babesiosis: Report of Experience in Three Cases
ByCanLyme December 13, 2019July 27, 2020
Abstract Three patients, each of whom had required intensive open-ended antimicrobial therapy for control of the symptoms of chronic relapsing neurological Lyme disease and relapsing babesiosis, were able to discontinue treatment and remain clinically well for periods of observation of 6–23 months following the completion of a finite course of treatment solely with disulfiram….
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Most recent American Psychiatric Association guidelines… check for Lyme disease in evaluation.
ByCanLyme December 7, 2019July 27, 2020
[CanLyme Note: The wording indicates locally endemic infectious diseases so that would also include the known co-infections of Lyme and other vector-borne diseases. We need to find out what the Canadian Psychiatric Association (CPA) guidelines are relative to infectious diseases. CanLyme has asked the CPA for their position on this. Limiting their investigation to the current…
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Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research | Voices on Lyme
Repurposing disulfiram (Tetraethylthiuram Disulfide) as a potential drug candidate against Borrelia burgdorferi in vitro and in vivo
ByCanLyme November 26, 2019July 27, 2020
This article is a preprint and has not been certified by peer review – Posted Nov 15th, 2019 ABSTRACT Lyme disease caused by the Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb or B. burgdorferi) is a most common vector-borne, multi-systemic disease in USA. Although, most Lyme disease patients can be cured with a course of antibiotic treatment, a significant percent of…
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Ontario, Canada: Battle with Lyme disease an education for St. Catharines Grade 3 teacher
ByCanLyme November 26, 2019July 27, 2020
t started with her legs vibrating in March 2014. Elementary school teacher Shawna Hughes had dealt with some back pain issues, but this was different. She went to doctors. Specialists. Seven neurologists. No one could figure out what was wrong and her condition got worse. She was shaking all the time and her body was…
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Scotland, UK: Killer tick-borne parasite imitating malaria-like diseases is discovered by scientists in the UK
ByCanLyme November 26, 2019July 27, 2020
November 2019 by Shreyas Tanna Medical Herald A tick-borne parasite which causes a deadly malaria-like illness is spreading in the UK. Deadly malaria-like diseases are being spread in the UK by a tick-borne parasite. Babesia venatorum, the name of the discovered parasite, lives in sheep in the Scottish Highlands, according to researchers. People visiting the…
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Co-infections | Conferences | Events | For Physicians | Government | Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Nova Scotia | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Nova Scotia, Canada: Lyme disease conference in Bridgewater draws hundreds – Held in Cineplex theatre
ByCanLyme November 22, 2019July 27, 2020
More than 200 health professionals and 500 members of the public turned out to the Lyme Disease Conference at the Bridgewater Cineplex theatre November 16 and 17. “We’re here today to consult with members of the medical community in the effort to better understand this disease, its prevention and treatment and perhaps identify ways that…
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First report of Lyme borreliosis leading to cardiac bradydysrhythmia in two cats.

Bieber’s Lyme disease shines light on issues surrounding complicated illness

A Clinical Diagnostic System for Late-Stage Neuropsychiatric Lyme Borreliosis Based upon an Analysis of 100 Patients

Justin Bieber reveals he’s battling Lyme disease

Lyme disease in children: Data from the Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program

‘No one wanted to touch it’: Why a Lyme disease vaccine has been so elusive

Dr. Neil Spector presents new research on diagnostics and treatment

Disulfiram (Tetraethylthiuram Disulfide) in the Treatment of Lyme Disease and Babesiosis: Report of Experience in Three Cases

Most recent American Psychiatric Association guidelines… check for Lyme disease in evaluation.

Repurposing disulfiram (Tetraethylthiuram Disulfide) as a potential drug candidate against Borrelia burgdorferi in vitro and in vivo

Ontario, Canada: Battle with Lyme disease an education for St. Catharines Grade 3 teacher

Scotland, UK: Killer tick-borne parasite imitating malaria-like diseases is discovered by scientists in the UK

Nova Scotia, Canada: Lyme disease conference in Bridgewater draws hundreds – Held in Cineplex theatre

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