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

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

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

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