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OPINION: Lyme science isn’t settled
ByCanLyme March 30, 2019July 27, 2020
Patients forging path of 1980s AIDS activists. They should be heard. MARY BETH PFEIFFER Published March 29, 2019 in The Chronical Herald Four decades after ticks sickened thousands and fomented controversy in the United States, Canada has a unique and precious opportunity. It has the chance to get it right on Lyme disease. It can…
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For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Lyme in P.E.I. | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Health P.E.I. tragically mistaken [on Lyme disease]
ByCanLyme March 26, 2019July 27, 2020
The Guardian, Chris Robinson Guest Opinion Government bafflegab bothers me, especially when the health of young school-age children is at stake. On March 11, Health P.E.I. officials featured on CBC’s (Mis)Information Morning downplayed the true risk of Lyme Disease on P.E.I. and claimed that current diagnostic blood tests being used here for detecting this serious…
Read More Health P.E.I. tragically mistaken [on Lyme disease]
Co-infections | For Physicians | International News | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research | Voices on Lyme
Presence of Babesia odocoilei and Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Stricto in a Tick and Dual Parasitism of Amblyomma inornatum and Ixodes scapularis on a Bird in Canada
ByCanLyme March 24, 2019July 27, 2020
John D. Scott, Kerry L. Clark and Lance A. Durden published 20 March 2019 Abstract: Wild birds transport ticks into Canada that harbor a diversity of zoonotic pathogens. However, medical practitioners often question how these zoonotic pathogens are present in their locality. In this study, we provide the first report of an Amblyomma inornatum tick…
Read More Presence of Babesia odocoilei and Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Stricto in a Tick and Dual Parasitism of Amblyomma inornatum and Ixodes scapularis on a Bird in Canada
For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Alberta | Lyme in BC | Lyme in Manitoba | Lyme in New Brunswick | Lyme in Newfoundland | Lyme in Nova Scotia | Lyme in Ontario | Lyme in P.E.I. | Lyme in quebec | Lyme in Saskatchewan | Miscellaneous | Research | Voices on Lyme
Lyme disease study raises possibility of mother-to-baby transmission
ByCanLyme March 18, 2019July 27, 2020
Andrew Rankin (arankin [at] herald [dot] ca) May 15th, 2019 A scientist who co-authored a recent Public Health Agency of Canada study on the impact of Lyme disease during pregnancy says the illness can have fatal consequences for a developing fetus if the mother goes untreated. “Miscarriage, newborn death, and newborns with respiratory problems or jaundice…
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This success story cannot happen in Canada without doctors licences being at risk from our very conflict of interest laden health care system that crosses federally to the provinces, then remarkably closely to the United States private organization the Infectious Disease Society of America that is rife with anti-science rhetoric and conflict of interest. Has Canada been the victim of medical fraud? Perhaps.
ByCanLyme March 16, 2019July 27, 2020
A family’s fight for their son en route to NCAA tournament history … “Instead of running to the sink like most middle schoolers and washing his hands as fast as he could, 13-year-old Connor Odom would wash, rewash and then wash his hands again. His mother, Lucia Odom, thought it was odd, but didn’t…
Read More This success story cannot happen in Canada without doctors licences being at risk from our very conflict of interest laden health care system that crosses federally to the provinces, then remarkably closely to the United States private organization the Infectious Disease Society of America that is rife with anti-science rhetoric and conflict of interest. Has Canada been the victim of medical fraud? Perhaps.
For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
The Perils of Invisible Disease and Lyme Related Issues
ByCanLyme March 3, 2019July 27, 2020
Abstract The perils of invisible disease and Lyme related issues has brought me full circle in life. I have found that what is perceived as professional medicine has become distorted in the many minds that control medicine. This means that when a Doctor is taught one thing that his professors believe to be tried and…
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For Physicians | Media | Medical Publications
Systemic Sarcoidosis Associated with Exposure to Borrelia burgdorferi in a 21-Year-Old Man
ByCanLyme February 28, 2019July 27, 2020
ABSTRACT Objective: Here we describe a rare case of systemic sarcoidosis in a healthy young man with neuroborreliosis as a putative trigger. Case: A 21-year-old forestry worker was diagnosed with systemic sarcoidosis involving his lungs, kidneys and skin. Additional diagnostics revealed signs indicative of a recent infection with Borrelia burgdorferi. The patient was treated successfully with prednisolone and…
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Study of pediatric patients shows two-tier testing results cannot rule out Lyme borreliosis.
ByCanLyme February 24, 2019July 27, 2020
Two-Tier Lyme Disease Serology Test Results Can Vary According to the Specific First-Tier Test Used Published: February 22, 2019 Abstract Background Variability in 2-tier Lyme disease test results according to the specific first-tier enzyme immunoassay (EIA) in children has not been examined rigorously. In this study, we compared paired results of clinical 2-tier Lyme disease…
Read More Study of pediatric patients shows two-tier testing results cannot rule out Lyme borreliosis.
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CDC Endorsement of Single Dose Antibiotic for Lyme Disease Prevention Challenged
ByCanLyme February 19, 2019July 27, 2020
Advocates claim policy harms patients and violates HHS standards for information quality Washington, DC – WEBWIRE – Tuesday, February 19, 2019 Advocates for Lyme disease patients are calling on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to withdraw its endorsement of single-dose antibiotic prophylaxis for prevention of Lyme disease after a tick bite. A…
Read More CDC Endorsement of Single Dose Antibiotic for Lyme Disease Prevention Challenged
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Latest research shows Canada’s decision to fund only one large national Lyme research conglomerate goes against creation of new ideas.
ByCanLyme February 16, 2019July 27, 2020
[CanLyme Note: Even worse is that the 4 million tax payer dollars given to the conglomerate, Canadian Lyme Disease Research Network (CLyDRN), is now controlled by members of the anti-science/ethics private group the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease of Canada (AMMI) which is the puppet arm of the highly controversial Infectious Disease Society of…
Read More Latest research shows Canada’s decision to fund only one large national Lyme research conglomerate goes against creation of new ideas.
For Physicians | Government | Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Nova Scotia | Media | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Chronicle Herald: COUNTERPOINT: Hitting the wall of denial with chronic Lyme
ByCanLyme February 16, 2019July 27, 2020
[CanLyme Note: Robert Strang has been purveyor of misinformation relative to Lyme disease; it’s prevalence, the chronic nature of the disease, and the ability of the bacteria to survive short term antibiotics, for so long and with such an anti-science, pro-opinion bias see that he is disqualified to represent public health, yet the Nova Scotia government has…
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Miscellaneous
CanLyme directors man booth at Western Forester Contractors Association
ByCanLyme January 31, 2019July 27, 2020
CanLyme directors Janet Sperling, entomologist, and Reuben Kaufman, tick physiologist, man booth at Western Forester Contractors Assocation conference in Victoria today.
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For Physicians | Government | Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Nova Scotia | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Chronicle Herald: Chief medical officer’s Lyme disease retweet likely violated policy – legal expert
ByCanLyme January 30, 2019July 27, 2020
January 29th, 2019 by Andrew Rankin The Chronicle Herald HALIFAX, N.S. – A recent tweet by Nova Scotia’s top doctor dismissing chronic Lyme disease as a pseudoscience supported by a cult following appears to violate the province’s social media policy, says a Dalhousie University law professor. “What I also don’t understand is what does he really…
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For Physicians | Government | Government reports & letters | Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Nova Scotia | Media | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Nova Scotia’s top doctor takes heat over retweet dismissing chronic Lyme disease
ByCanLyme January 29, 2019July 27, 2020
[CanLyme Note: Once you read this article you will see that the Nova Scotia Minister of Health chimed in with the usual pre-formatted line that the province follows evidence-based guidelines. For research and science to become evidence, it requires transparent debate with stakeholders. There is no more important stakeholder in health care than the sick patient…
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Les défenseurs des personnes atteintes de la maladie de Lyme disent que le Canada offre des «simili mesures» aux patients
ByCanLyme January 27, 2019June 2, 2023
Le gouvernement canadien a récemment annoncé de nouveaux investissements dans la recherche sur la maladie de Lyme. Cependant, les défenseurs canadiens des gens atteints de la maladie de Lyme craignent que la voix des patients soit exclue du processus décisionnel. Dans l’article suivant, le Consortium canadien de la maladie de Lyme (CLC), composé de représentants,…
Read More Les défenseurs des personnes atteintes de la maladie de Lyme disent que le Canada offre des «simili mesures» aux patients

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

OPINION: Lyme science isn’t settled

Health P.E.I. tragically mistaken [on Lyme disease]

Presence of Babesia odocoilei and Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Stricto in a Tick and Dual Parasitism of Amblyomma inornatum and Ixodes scapularis on a Bird in Canada

Lyme disease study raises possibility of mother-to-baby transmission

The Perils of Invisible Disease and Lyme Related Issues

Systemic Sarcoidosis Associated with Exposure to Borrelia burgdorferi in a 21-Year-Old Man

Study of pediatric patients shows two-tier testing results cannot rule out Lyme borreliosis.

CDC Endorsement of Single Dose Antibiotic for Lyme Disease Prevention Challenged

Latest research shows Canada’s decision to fund only one large national Lyme research conglomerate goes against creation of new ideas.

Chronicle Herald: COUNTERPOINT: Hitting the wall of denial with chronic Lyme

CanLyme directors man booth at Western Forester Contractors Association

Chronicle Herald: Chief medical officer’s Lyme disease retweet likely violated policy – legal expert

Nova Scotia’s top doctor takes heat over retweet dismissing chronic Lyme disease

Les défenseurs des personnes atteintes de la maladie de Lyme disent que le Canada offre des «simili mesures» aux patients

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