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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, 2019July 27, 2020
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,…
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Lyme advocates say Canada offers “toxic tokenism” to patients
ByCanLyme January 27, 2019July 27, 2020
The Canadian government recently announced new investment in Lyme disease research. However, Canadian Lyme advocates fear that the patient voice will be excluded from the decision-making process. In the following article, the Canadian Lyme Consortium (CLC)–made up of advocates, patients, researchers and practitioners–offers background and context. By Vett Lloyd, PhD; Liz Zubek, MD, CCFP FCFP; Sue Faber and Jennifer Kravis,…
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CTV’s Avis Favaro “Mothers on a mission to prove Lyme disease can be passed to unborn child”
ByCanLyme January 21, 2019July 27, 2020
“These mothers and their kids struggled for years with severe dizziness, pain, digestive problems, infections and impaired motor function that doctors couldn’t diagnose. Some were bedridden. One teen boy missed his entire high school education. One family was even close to committing their daughter to an institution because doctors believed her symptoms to be psychosomatic….
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Watch CTV news featuring Lyme Hope moms
ByCanLyme January 21, 2019July 27, 2020
Here is the link to the Your Morning CTV news show…
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For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous | Research | Voices on Lyme
Lyme Encephalopathy: Impact on Quality of Life
ByCanLyme January 2, 2019July 27, 2020
B.L. Goldklang (1), S.S. Festa (1), and J.S. Hason (1,2). Lyme Disease Coalition of New York and Connecticut, Katonah, NY, USA (1); Arthritis Foundation, Long Island, NY, USA (2). Lyme encephalopathy has been defined in the medical literature as a “mild confusional state” characterized by subtle disturbances in memory, mood, and sleep.1’3 To patients with…
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Co-infections | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research
Establishment of a continuous in vitro culture of Babesia duncani in human erythrocytes reveals unusually high tolerance to recommended therapies. [ie Mepron not too effective?]
ByCanLyme December 26, 2018July 27, 2020
November 21st, 2018 Abstract Human babesiosis is an emerging tick-borne disease caused by apicomplexan parasites of the genus Babesia. Clinical cases caused by Babesia duncani have been associated with high parasite burden, severe pathology and death. In both mice and hamsters, the parasite causes uncontrolled fulminant infections, which ultimately lead to death. Resolving these infections requires knowledge of B. duncani biology, virulence,…
Read More Establishment of a continuous in vitro culture of Babesia duncani in human erythrocytes reveals unusually high tolerance to recommended therapies. [ie Mepron not too effective?]
Co-infections | For Physicians | International News | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research
Evaluating polymicrobial immune responses in patients suffering from tick-borne diseases
ByCanLyme December 26, 2018July 27, 2020
October 29 2018, Garga K et al There is insufficient evidence to support screening of various tick-borne diseases (TBD) related microbes alongside Borrelia in patients suffering from TBD. To evaluate the involvement of multiple microbial immune responses in patients experiencing TBD we utilized enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Four hundred and thirty-two human serum samples organized into…
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Canadian government asked by international Health Equity committee to reverse secretive, harmful, and unethical interference that will affect mothers and children worldwide.
ByCanLyme December 24, 2018July 27, 2020
December 22, 2018 Dear Prime Minister Trudeau, Honorable Minister Ginette Petitpas-Taylor, Honorable Minister Jody Wilson-Rebould, Dr. Mithani, Dr. Tam, Honorable Andrew Scheer, Elizabeth May and Jagmeet Singh and Kimberly Elmslie, I am the Director of the Ad Hoc Committee for Health Equity in ICD11 Borreliosis Codes (or Ad Hoc Committee). The Ad Hoc Committee is…
Read More Canadian government asked by international Health Equity committee to reverse secretive, harmful, and unethical interference that will affect mothers and children worldwide.
For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Doctors, public left in the dark on danger to babies – Chronicle Herald
ByCanLyme December 22, 2018July 27, 2020
Published in the Chronicle Herald newspaper December 21, 2018 by Jane Bailey The following statement is false. You can only get Lyme disease from a black-legged tick. The next two statements are true. You can pass Lyme disease to your unborn baby. Your baby can suffer very serious adverse outcomes, including from miscarriage, stillbirth, and…
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BREAKING NEWS: The Public Health Agency of Canada Secretly Implements Global Act Against Children with Congenital Lyme
ByCanLyme December 21, 2018July 27, 2020
[CanLyme Note: As a result of the allegations revealed in the below article by Jenna Luche-Thayer, CanLyme wrote the following letter to Canadian leaders, sent December 21st, 2018, “Dear Prime Minister Trudeau, Honorable Minister Ginette Petitpas-Taylor, Honorable Minister Jody Wilson-Rebould, Dr. Mithani, Dr. Tam, Honorable Andrew Scheer, Elizabeth May and Jagmeet Singh, The news that we…
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Co-infections | For Physicians | International News | Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Ontario | Miscellaneous | News from CanLyme | Voices on Lyme
Toronto Star: Everything about Lyme disease is steeped in controversy. Now some doctors are too afraid to treat patients
ByCanLyme December 14, 2018July 27, 2020
[CanLyme Note: In the below article there are outrageous, disgraceful, and dangerous comments by Tara Moriarty and Todd Hatchette. Tara says a study showed labs returning 60% false positive test results which is simply not true, or in other words, a blatant lie. That study was not powered to determine true positive or negative results. The…
Read More Toronto Star: Everything about Lyme disease is steeped in controversy. Now some doctors are too afraid to treat patients
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Learning From Patients’ Experiences Related To Diagnostic Errors Is Essential For Progress In Patient Safety
ByCanLyme December 2, 2018July 27, 2020
Health Affairs : Nov 2108 10.1377/hlthaff.2018.0698 HEALTH AFFAIRS 37, NO. 11 (2018): 1821–1827 ABSTRACT Diagnostic error research has largely focused on individual clinicians’ decision making and system design, while overlooking information from patients. We analyzed a unique new data source of patient- and family-reported error narratives to explore factors that contribute to diagnostic errors. From…
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For Physicians | International News | Lyme Controversy | Voices on Lyme
Ireland: Lyme Disease centre a positive step
ByCanLyme November 29, 2018July 27, 2020
[CanLyme Note: Come-on Canada, wake up, we too need a facility that will actually acknowledge the science, the uncertainty, and stop using patients as pawns in a strange game of ego and politics. Ego and politics yields disability, death, employers losing their workforce, families losing their homes and savings.] Nov 27, 2018 “Despite Lyme Disease being…
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For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Nova Scotia | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
‘Every season is tick season’: Experts warn of winter Lyme disease risk
ByCanLyme November 28, 2018July 27, 2020
People have ‘let their guard down’ and aren’t checking for ticks as weather cools, says zoologist Laurenne Schiller loves taking her dog Cousteau for walks along Halifax trails as the weather cools. But even after the first dusting of snow this week, each walk finishes with a head-to-toe check for blacklegged ticks on her…
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Co-infections | For Physicians | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous
Symptoms of Ehrlichiosis [with treatment recommendations]
ByCanLyme November 26, 2018July 27, 2020
Nov 26th, 2018 “Patients with ehrlichiosis (regardless of the putative organism) clinically present with fever, chills, severe headache, confusion, malaise, nausea, vomiting, and generalized body aches. Respiratory symptoms such as cough may also be observed, but they are more common in adults than in children. Symptoms are typically seen one to two weeks following a…
Read More Symptoms of Ehrlichiosis [with treatment recommendations]

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

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

Lyme advocates say Canada offers “toxic tokenism” to patients

CTV’s Avis Favaro “Mothers on a mission to prove Lyme disease can be passed to unborn child”

Watch CTV news featuring Lyme Hope moms

Lyme Encephalopathy: Impact on Quality of Life

Establishment of a continuous in vitro culture of Babesia duncani in human erythrocytes reveals unusually high tolerance to recommended therapies. [ie Mepron not too effective?]

Evaluating polymicrobial immune responses in patients suffering from tick-borne diseases

Canadian government asked by international Health Equity committee to reverse secretive, harmful, and unethical interference that will affect mothers and children worldwide.

Doctors, public left in the dark on danger to babies – Chronicle Herald

BREAKING NEWS: The Public Health Agency of Canada Secretly Implements Global Act Against Children with Congenital Lyme

Toronto Star: Everything about Lyme disease is steeped in controversy. Now some doctors are too afraid to treat patients

Learning From Patients’ Experiences Related To Diagnostic Errors Is Essential For Progress In Patient Safety

Ireland: Lyme Disease centre a positive step

‘Every season is tick season’: Experts warn of winter Lyme disease risk

Symptoms of Ehrlichiosis [with treatment recommendations]

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