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OPINION: Lyme disease tunnel vision plagues provincial authorities
ByCanLyme November 10, 2018July 27, 2020
Nov 3rd, 2018 Chronicle Herald newspaper Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada by Jane Bailey. Re: “Nova Scotia’s health system has a handle on Lyme” (Sept. 18 opinion piece by Dr. Robert Strang). I was appalled at the inaccuracy and inadequacy of the information that he is supplying to Nova Scotians – patients and doctors – about…
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Detection of tick-borne infection in Morgellons disease patients by serological and molecular techniques
ByCanLyme November 9, 2018July 27, 2020
Marianne J Middelveen, Iris Du Cruz, Melissa C Fesler, Raphael B Stricker, Jyotsna S Shah 1Atkins Veterinary Services, Calgary, AB, Canada; 2IGeneX Laboratories, Palo Alto, CA, USA; 3Union Square Medical Associates, San Francisco, CA, USA Background: Morgellons disease (MD) is a skin condition associated with Lyme disease (LD) and tick-borne illness. Patients with this skin disorder experience ulcerative lesions that contain multicolored…
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Tick-borne disease is multiple microbial in nature
ByCanLyme November 6, 2018July 27, 2020
Nov. 1, 2018 A study recently published in Scientific Reports discovered that 65% of Lyme disease patients irrespective of their disease stage respond to several microbes. As a consequence, the authors have demonstrated that microbial infections in individuals suffering from Lyme disease do not follow the “one microbe, one disease” status-quo. Moreover, the probability that…
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Mount Allison University’s Lyme Research Network presents their 2017 – 2018 report on research funded by the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation
ByCanLyme November 4, 2018July 27, 2020
Another successful year building capacity and knowledge within the Canadian science community. These funded students will be our near-future experts. “Overview On May 2017, Mount Allison University announced the formation of the Mount Allison Lyme Research Network, formed with support of the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation. This network consists of 14 researchers united to provide…
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Pour les médecins
Les groupes de patients canadiens atteints de la maladie de Lyme se sont unis pour rejeter le concept du gouvernement fédéral fondé sur un réseau unique de recherche.
ByCanLyme October 25, 2018June 2, 2023
Publié le 25 octobre 2018 par Canlyme [Note de CanLyme: Il existe déjà un autre réseau de recherche pancanadien en activité depuis plus d’un an, le Canadian Lyme Consortium. Ce réseau travaille en étroite collaboration avec les groupes de patients, ainsi que les médecins et les scientifiques, et est issu de sa formation.] communiqué de presse…
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Les groupes de patients canadiens atteints de la maladie de Lyme se sont unis pour rejeter le concept du gouvernement fédéral fondé sur un réseau unique de recherche.
ByCanLyme October 25, 2018July 27, 2020
Publié le 25 octobre 2018 par Canlyme [Note de CanLyme: Il existe déjà un autre réseau de recherche pancanadien en activité depuis plus d’un an, le Canadian Lyme Consortium. Ce réseau travaille en étroite collaboration avec les groupes de patients, ainsi que les médecins et les scientifiques, et est issu de sa formation.] communiqué de presse…
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Canadian Lyme disease patient groups united in rejecting the ‘one research network only’ concept of the federal government
ByCanLyme October 25, 2018July 27, 2020
[CanLyme Note: There is already another pan-Canadian research network that has been up and running for over a year, the Canadian Lyme Consortium. This network works closely with the patient groups together with physicians and scientists and has from it’s formation.] Joint press release “Lyme patient groups from across Canada are unified in their concern over…
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CBC: U.S. lab says this 7-year-old has Lyme disease – Canadian MDs won’t even test him
ByCanLyme October 20, 2018July 27, 2020
Trent Nimeth suffers as his parents try to get diagnosis from U.S. validated in Canada At only 18-months-old, Trent Nimeth’s eyes were rolling to the back of his head. Now, at 7-years-old, he complains because he feels his brain is on fire. He has been tested for Lyme disease in a private lab in the…
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Lyme disease vastly under-detected in Canada, according to new study
ByCanLyme October 20, 2018July 27, 2020
Mount A biologist co-authors research that suggests only 3-4% of Lyme cases are officially diagnosed Friday October 20th, 2018 A NEW STUDY published in the journal Healthcare suggests the vast majority of Canadians who have Lyme disease are slipping through the cracks. The research was done by Vett Lloyd, a Mount Allison University biology professor,…
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Genome-wide analysis of Borrelia turcica and ‘Candidatus Borrelia tachyglossi’ shows relapsing fever-like genomes with unique genomic links to Lyme disease Borrelia.
ByCanLyme October 7, 2018July 27, 2020
doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2018.09.013 September 18, 2018 ABSTRACT Borrelia are tick-borne bacteria that in humans are the aetiological agents of Lyme disease and relapsing fever. Here we present the first genomes of B. turcica and B. tachyglossi, members of a recently described and rapidly expanding Borrelia clade associated with reptile (B. turcica) or echidna (B. tachyglossi) hosts,…
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‘I don’t wish this on my worst enemy’: Caledon-area woman says Canada’s medical system is failing people living with Lyme disease
ByCanLyme October 7, 2018July 27, 2020
Oct. 2, 2018 Caledon Enterprise newspaper Janice Barry was at a vet office in Alliston with her dog when a poster caught her eye. It listed the symptoms of Lyme disease in dogs. It sounded familiar. For over a year, the former Caledon resident had been experiencing flu-like symptoms – daily nausea, weight loss, chronic…
Read More ‘I don’t wish this on my worst enemy’: Caledon-area woman says Canada’s medical system is failing people living with Lyme disease
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One in three ticks in Canada’s capital, Ottawa, carries Lyme disease yet no help for the tens of thousands chronically ill across the country due to false information.
ByCanLyme October 6, 2018July 27, 2020
[CanLyme note: For decades Canadian health care leadership have downplayed the prevalence of Lyme disease (borreliosis) in ticks based upon poor surveillance protocol while ignoring reams of published research. They further downplayed the prevalence of this disease in humans with an outrageous, dangerous and deadly adherence to a testing policy that they knew missed most cases….
Read More One in three ticks in Canada’s capital, Ottawa, carries Lyme disease yet no help for the tens of thousands chronically ill across the country due to false information.
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Breaking News: Canada Acknowledges In Utero Transmission of Lyme Disease!
ByCanLyme October 5, 2018July 27, 2020
Canadians Concerned About Lyme Disease OCT 5, 2018 – “What is the value of one child’s life?” As Canadians, we soon will be coming together to celebrate a cherished national holiday: Thanksgiving. At LymeHope we are genuinely thankful for the incredible news which we will now share with you. This news pertains to all Canadians…
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CHCH TV Hamilton: Niagara man diagnosed with Lyme disease heading overseas for treatment
ByCanLyme October 4, 2018July 27, 2020
October 3rd, 2018 For a Niagara man diagnosed with Lyme disease, being able to walk without a cane is a small victory. Now 26 year old Jeff Faber is on a mission to fully regain his health and in order to do so is turning to an expensive treatment overseas. Three years ago Faber landed…
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Twins Ice Cream Parlour in lovely Port Rowan, Ontario, for years has been very active in raising awareness and funds for Lyme disease.
ByCanLyme October 1, 2018July 27, 2020
On the north shores of Lake Erie sits the idyllic community of Port Rowan, Ontario. It is a beautiful community whose residents, businesses, and visitors for three years now have joined together with the very popular Twins Ice Cream Parlour on the Civic holiday weekend to raise awareness about the scourge of Lyme disease and…
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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

OPINION: Lyme disease tunnel vision plagues provincial authorities

Detection of tick-borne infection in Morgellons disease patients by serological and molecular techniques

Tick-borne disease is multiple microbial in nature

Mount Allison University’s Lyme Research Network presents their 2017 – 2018 report on research funded by the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation

Les groupes de patients canadiens atteints de la maladie de Lyme se sont unis pour rejeter le concept du gouvernement fédéral fondé sur un réseau unique de recherche.

Les groupes de patients canadiens atteints de la maladie de Lyme se sont unis pour rejeter le concept du gouvernement fédéral fondé sur un réseau unique de recherche.

Canadian Lyme disease patient groups united in rejecting the ‘one research network only’ concept of the federal government

CBC: U.S. lab says this 7-year-old has Lyme disease – Canadian MDs won’t even test him

Lyme disease vastly under-detected in Canada, according to new study

Genome-wide analysis of Borrelia turcica and ‘Candidatus Borrelia tachyglossi’ shows relapsing fever-like genomes with unique genomic links to Lyme disease Borrelia.

‘I don’t wish this on my worst enemy’: Caledon-area woman says Canada’s medical system is failing people living with Lyme disease

One in three ticks in Canada’s capital, Ottawa, carries Lyme disease yet no help for the tens of thousands chronically ill across the country due to false information.

Breaking News: Canada Acknowledges In Utero Transmission of Lyme Disease!

CHCH TV Hamilton: Niagara man diagnosed with Lyme disease heading overseas for treatment

Twins Ice Cream Parlour in lovely Port Rowan, Ontario, for years has been very active in raising awareness and funds for Lyme disease.

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