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CBC News: Yarmouth horse owner spreads word about little-known tick-borne disease
ByCanLyme November 5, 2019July 27, 2020
Nov. 5th, 2019 A Yarmouth, N.S., horse owner wants others to know about anaplasma, a tick-borne disease that her horse, Sloane, contracted before Halloween. “If you see swollen legs on your horse, it means something, do something,” said Sarah LeBlanc, Sloane’s owner. Anaplasma causes serious fevers, loss of appetite and swollen and painful limbs. If a fever is left…
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Co-infections | Government | Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
They’ve faced asthma, allergies and Lyme disease – meet the teens who are suing Canada over climate change
ByCanLyme October 26, 2019July 27, 2020
[CanLyme Note: This may just be the start of class action lawsuits. The next will likely be over the dangerous and failed policy of giving only one dose of an antibiotic to ‘prevent’ Lyme disease. Not only is the evidence for it very weak, it is likely be a major driver of antibiotic resistance by just…
Read More They’ve faced asthma, allergies and Lyme disease – meet the teens who are suing Canada over climate change
Conferences | For Physicians | International News | Lyme Controversy
SPECIAL REPORT The maddening saga of how an Alzheimer’s ‘cabal’ thwarted progress toward a cure for decades
ByCanLyme October 25, 2019July 27, 2020
[CanLyme Note: Any research that showed that infectious diseases such as Lyme disease have been found to have a role in developing dementia’s including Alzheimer’s disease (AD) have been methodically ignored and dismissed. The emphasis on beta-amyloid plaques as the cause of AD has put us years behind. Plaques are simply a symptom, a result of…
Read More SPECIAL REPORT The maddening saga of how an Alzheimer’s ‘cabal’ thwarted progress toward a cure for decades
Miscellaneous
Responses to: Combatting Lyme disease myths and the ‘chronic Lyme industry’ – Canadian Medical Association Journal
ByCanLyme October 23, 2019July 27, 2020
LymeNB reacts to CMAJ news article: Combatting Lyme disease myths and the ‘chronic Lyme industry’ by Wendy Glauser, Toronto. September 17, 2019 LymeNB was horrified to read the CMAJ news article published on September 17 that spoke about how the patient-facing toolkit being developed by the Centre for Effective Practice (CEP) in partnership with the…
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1990 archive, MacLean’s magazine: A growing menace
ByCanLyme October 22, 2019July 27, 2020
[CanLyme Note: Here we are 30 years later since the formation of the Lyme Borreliosis Society of BC, later rolled into CanLyme, and our government funded agencies with their bureaucrats collude with private medical associations (IDSA, AMMI, CPS), pharma, and medical insurers to deny access to appropriate diagnosis and care to hundreds of thousands. Our…
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Conferences | Events | For Physicians
The Lunenburg Lyme Association (LLA) is happy to announce a free Lyme Disease Conference (Nov. 16 -17)
ByCanLyme October 20, 2019May 7, 2024
Please share to all your contacts and on social media!! The Lunenburg Lyme Association (LLA) is happy to announce a free Lyme Disease ConferenceSaturday, November 16 and Sunday, November 17, 2019at the Bridgewater Cineplex, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm349 Lahave Street, Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. The LLA is a newly formed non-profit society comprised of residents…
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Watch TV news series on Lyme disease…. Lyme and Reason
ByCanLyme October 19, 2019July 27, 2020
Segment 1 LYME AND REASON: THE CAUSE AND CONSEQUENCE OF LYME DISEASE Segment 2 LYME AND REASON: BATTLES AND BREAKTHROUGHS AGAINST LYME Segment 3 LYME & REASON 2.0: LYME DISEASE & THE VOICES OF CHANGE Segment 4 LYME & REASON: THE POWER OF INNOVATION Segment 5 LYME & REASON: DR. KRISTEN HONEY
Read More Watch TV news series on Lyme disease…. Lyme and Reason
Miscellaneous
A Multiple Streams Approach to Understanding the Issues and Challenges of Lyme Disease Management in Canada’s Maritime Provinces
ByCanLyme October 18, 2019July 27, 2020
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 May; 16(9): 1531. Published online 2019 Apr 30. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16091531 Mario Levesque and Matthew Klohn Abstract This study examines potential challenges facing Lyme disease patients in Canada’s Maritime provinces–New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island–and considers how issues could be addressed. Reviews of both the academic and grey literature are complemented by…
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Co-infections | For Physicians | International News | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
New York State Grants Approval for IGeneX’s Newly Developed Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever (TBRF) ImmunoBlot Tests
ByCanLyme October 8, 2019July 27, 2020
[CanLyme Note: New York State has one of the strictest certification and approval processes in North America for laboratory tests. Canadian medical authorities have done nothing but lie about, criticize and malign Igenex for many years based upon opinion not science, simply because Canadians were turning to Igenex for better testing. Igenex has helped thousands of…
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Co-infections | For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | News from CanLyme | Voices on Lyme
Lyme disease is an emergency. Instead of feeding the hype, we must support the science.
ByCanLyme October 8, 2019July 27, 2020
The controversy may be low-hanging fruit, but what we really need to focus on is a motherlode of hopeful research shining new light on the disease. Oct. 7, 2019, 2:18 AM PDT By Pamela Weintraub, health and psychology editor, Aeon The fight over Lyme disease is one of the hottest topics in medicine right now. Is Lyme…
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Co-infections | For Physicians | Government | International News | Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
United States: White House shows lack of concern for tick-borne disease outbreak. Funding withdrawn. Voter base will suffer.
ByCanLyme October 2, 2019July 27, 2020
The Hill, October 1st, 2019 “Clark said he considered the end of the advisory board a “great loss” to the federal government, pointing to the group’s final white paper on the role of invasive species in tick-borne illnesses as an example of their important work. “This was specifically requested by the Defense Department because there…
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Media | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Canadian Cycling Magazine: Ticks and Lyme disease: What you need to know
ByCanLyme September 30, 2019July 27, 2020
With tick-borne illnesses on the rise in many parts of Canada, prevention is key for cyclists riding through the forest by Anne Francis September 29, 2019 If you’ve ever had, or known someone who’s had Lyme disease, you know it’s no picnic–symptoms may resemble the flu (nausea, fever, chills, swollen glands, or a rash), and can…
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LETTER: Ethics of science must factor in fight against Lyme disease
ByCanLyme September 23, 2019July 27, 2020
September 20, 2019 To Dr. Ryan’s credit he has expressed interest in seeing Lyme and tick-borne disease prevention introduced in the early grades in the school system. Unfortunately this hasn’t happened, likely due to opposition from Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia’s Chief Medical Officer of Health who has a long history of downplaying, trivializing the…
Read More LETTER: Ethics of science must factor in fight against Lyme disease
For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Nova Scotia | Lyme in Ontario
CBC Radio: Why patients are caught in the battle over treating chronic Lyme disease
ByCanLyme September 21, 2019July 27, 2020
Medical experts and guidelines divided over chronic or post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome CBC Radio · Posted: Sep 20, 2019 4:45 PM ET “For much of her life, Jane Bailey was in peak physical condition. But that all changed in the summer of 2013, when a tick made a temporary home inside her ear canal. “It was in…
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For Physicians | International News | Lyme Controversy | Media | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Lyme disease is out of control, officials say
ByCanLyme September 15, 2019July 27, 2020
September 15, 2019 PUTNAM VALLEY – The incidence of Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses is frightening since more than 400,000 new cases of Lyme have been reported across the United States with 98,000 cases confirmed in New York State. State Senator Susan Serino (R, Hyde Park) and Putnam Valley Supervisor Sam Oliverio recently hosted…
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News and updates

One year later: How the landmark NASEM report on chronic Lyme is – and isn’t – changing minds

Germs spread by ticks and cats found in suicidal youth

Scholarship opportunity for undergraduates with a project focused on Lyme disease or other tick-borne diseases

Living with persistent illness and uncertainty: Patient narratives on Lyme disease in Nova Scotia, Canada

Lyme disease is becoming one of Canada’s defining climate-health challenges

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

CBC News: Yarmouth horse owner spreads word about little-known tick-borne disease

They’ve faced asthma, allergies and Lyme disease – meet the teens who are suing Canada over climate change

SPECIAL REPORT The maddening saga of how an Alzheimer’s ‘cabal’ thwarted progress toward a cure for decades

Responses to: Combatting Lyme disease myths and the ‘chronic Lyme industry’ – Canadian Medical Association Journal

1990 archive, MacLean’s magazine: A growing menace

The Lunenburg Lyme Association (LLA) is happy to announce a free Lyme Disease Conference (Nov. 16 -17)

Watch TV news series on Lyme disease…. Lyme and Reason

A Multiple Streams Approach to Understanding the Issues and Challenges of Lyme Disease Management in Canada’s Maritime Provinces

New York State Grants Approval for IGeneX’s Newly Developed Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever (TBRF) ImmunoBlot Tests

Lyme disease is an emergency. Instead of feeding the hype, we must support the science.

United States: White House shows lack of concern for tick-borne disease outbreak. Funding withdrawn. Voter base will suffer.

Canadian Cycling Magazine: Ticks and Lyme disease: What you need to know

LETTER: Ethics of science must factor in fight against Lyme disease

CBC Radio: Why patients are caught in the battle over treating chronic Lyme disease

Lyme disease is out of control, officials say

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