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Research tidbit: Lyme disease may directly affect the vagus nerve or the brainstem
ByCanLyme March 11, 2018July 27, 2020
World Journal of Cardiology ABSTRACT: AIM: To conduct the first systematic test of the hypothesis that modulation of cardiac vagal tone is impaired in Lyme disease. METHODS: The response of cardiac vagal tone to respiratory modulation was measured in 18 serologically positive Lyme disease patients and in 18 controls. RESULTS: The two groups were matched…
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For Physicians | Government | Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous | Press Releases | Voices on Lyme
The Canadian Lyme Consortium, representing scientists, clinicians and patients provides an update regarding government promised research grants.
ByCanLyme March 9, 2018July 27, 2020
March 9th, 2018 The Canadian Lyme Consortium, representing a united and transparent relationship between patients, clinicians and researchers has issued an update detailing the situation with the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) granting process. Ethics and good science do not seem to be relevant at CIHR as Health Canada continues to fail Canadians. Read…
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Co-infections | For Physicians | International News | Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Manitoba | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Ticks Creep Into Canada, Bringing Lyme Disease (and Confusion) With Them
ByCanLyme March 8, 2018July 27, 2020
March 7th, 2018 JOANNE SEIFF, a resident of Manitoba, contracted Lyme disease a couple of years ago but didn’t remember pulling off the tick that bit her; nor did she have the telltale bullseye rash of a tick bite. Her husband Jeff Marcus, who grew up in New York’s Hudson Valley, about an hour and…
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For Physicians | International News | Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous | Research | Voices on Lyme
The Financial Implications of a Well-Hidden and Ignored Chronic Lyme Disease Pandemic
ByCanLyme March 6, 2018July 27, 2020
Healthcare 2018, 6(1), 16; doi:10.3390/healthcare6010016 Marcus Davidsson Abstract: 1 million people are predicted to get infected with Lyme disease in the USA in 2018. Given the same incidence rate of Lyme disease in Europe as in the USA, then 2.4 million people will get infected with Lyme disease in Europe in 2018. In the USA by 2050,…
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Updates | Updates
Neurosciences : comment pensent les anticonformistes ?
ByCanLyme February 26, 2018June 2, 2023
February 25th, 2018 Que se passe-t-il dans le cerveau d’un homme qui choisit de s’affranchir de l’opinion commune ? Les neurosciences s’intéressent depuis de nombreuses années aux personnalités anticonformistes. L’enjeu est important, car ces individus permettent de faire évoluer la société et avancer la science. Parmi les chercheurs, ils sont peu nombreux à remettre en cause les dogmes et à…
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For Physicians | International News | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Neuroscience: how do contrarians think?
ByCanLyme February 26, 2018July 27, 2020
February 25, 2018 (translated from French)… What happens in the brain of a man who chooses to free himself from the common opinion? Neuroscience has for many years been interested in anti-conformist personalities. The challenge is important because these individuals help to change society and advance science. Among researchers, they are few in questioning the…
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Updates
Neurosciences : comment pensent les anticonformistes ?
ByCanLyme February 26, 2018July 27, 2020
February 25th, 2018 Que se passe-t-il dans le cerveau d’un homme qui choisit de s’affranchir de l’opinion commune ? Les neurosciences s’intéressent depuis de nombreuses années aux personnalités anticonformistes. L’enjeu est important, car ces individus permettent de faire évoluer la société et avancer la science. Parmi les chercheurs, ils sont peu nombreux à remettre en cause les dogmes et à…
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For Physicians | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
HAIR LOSS IN LYME DISEASE – THE LAST STRAW?
ByCanLyme February 25, 2018July 27, 2020
by Daniel J. Cameron, MD MPH In a recent issue of the American Journal of Dermatopathology, Lynch and colleagues report on the case of a 21-year-old man who suffered hair loss following a tick bite to the scalp. [2] The man presented with nonscarring alopecia, a pattern of hair loss similar to alopecia-areata, also known as…
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For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Lyme in quebec | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Quebec wildlife agents want Lyme disease recognized as occupational hazard
ByCanLyme February 14, 2018July 27, 2020
CBC News February 14th, 2018 With Lyme disease diagnoses on the rise, wildlife agents want better care and prevention help Quebec’s wildlife protection agents are asking the government to officially recognize Lyme disease as a workplace health hazard. They say that under current rules, agents who get the disease have to fight with the Workplace…
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Updates
Canadian Lyme Consortium envoie un message à la communauté de la maladie de Lyme
ByCanLyme February 6, 2018June 2, 2023
6 février 2018 Au nom d’une équipe grandissante de scientifiques, de défenseurs et de cliniciens, nous tenons à vous informer qu’un réseau de recherche national est en train de prendre forme pour faire face à la crise de la maladie de Lyme. Le Consortium Canadien de la maladie de Lyme est né du besoin urgent…
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International News | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research | Voices on Lyme
Canadian Lyme Consortium makes announcement to Lyme community
ByCanLyme February 6, 2018July 27, 2020
February 6th, 2018 On behalf of a growing team of scientists, advocates, and clinicians, we wanted to let you know about a national research network that is taking shape to confront the escalating Lyme disease crisis. The Canadian Lyme Consortium has evolved from the urgent need to accelerate progress in the understanding, detection, and treatment…
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Updates
Canadian Lyme Consortium envoie un message à la communauté de la maladie de Lyme
ByCanLyme February 6, 2018July 27, 2020
6 février 2018 Au nom d’une équipe grandissante de scientifiques, de défenseurs et de cliniciens, nous tenons à vous informer qu’un réseau de recherche national est en train de prendre forme pour faire face à la crise de la maladie de Lyme. Le Consortium Canadien de la maladie de Lyme est né du besoin urgent…
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For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research | Voices on Lyme
Cranial neuropathy and severe pain due to early disseminated Borrelia burgdorferi infection
ByCanLyme January 28, 2018July 27, 2020
Published January 23rd, 2018 doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-223307 [CanLyme Note: What is sick about this case report is that this man’s health outcome, which should be an educational source for all is being sold for profit by the British Medical Journal – just as other alleged “esteemed’ medical journals do. We must stop this institutionalized rape of our personal information.]…
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For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research | Voices on Lyme
An Unusual Cluster of Neuroinvasive Lyme Disease Cases Presenting With Bannwarth Syndrome in the Midwest United States
ByCanLyme January 27, 2018July 27, 2020
[CanLyme note: This statement, “Garin-Bujadoux-Bannwarth syndrome (Bannwarth syndrome [BWS]) is an uncommon manifestation of neuroinvasive Lyme disease (LD) caused by infection with members of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (Bbsl)” indicates BWS in an uncommon manifestation of Lyme disease but may suggest it is a rarely connected manifestation of Lyme borreliosis.] Published: 23 December 2017 Abstract Bannwarth syndrome (BWS), an…
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Co-infections | For Physicians | Lyme in Manitoba | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research
Human seroprevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi in Manitoba, Canada, in 2011-2014: a cross-sectional study.
ByCanLyme January 27, 2018July 27, 2020
CMAJ Open. 2017 Sep 6;5(3):E690-E693. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20170070. Kadkhoda K, et al Abstract BACKGROUND: Hard tick-borne relapsing fever caused by Borrelia miyamotoi has been reported in Russia, the Netherlands, Germany, Japan and the northeastern and upper midwestern United States. We sought to investigate the presence of B. miyamotoi infection in humans in Manitoba, Canada. METHODS: Two hundred…
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Elliot Jacobson: Downstream Secondary Illness in Lyme Disease

Research tidbit: Lyme disease may directly affect the vagus nerve or the brainstem

The Canadian Lyme Consortium, representing scientists, clinicians and patients provides an update regarding government promised research grants.

Ticks Creep Into Canada, Bringing Lyme Disease (and Confusion) With Them

The Financial Implications of a Well-Hidden and Ignored Chronic Lyme Disease Pandemic

Neurosciences : comment pensent les anticonformistes ?

Neuroscience: how do contrarians think?

Neurosciences : comment pensent les anticonformistes ?

HAIR LOSS IN LYME DISEASE – THE LAST STRAW?

Quebec wildlife agents want Lyme disease recognized as occupational hazard

Canadian Lyme Consortium envoie un message à la communauté de la maladie de Lyme

Canadian Lyme Consortium makes announcement to Lyme community

Canadian Lyme Consortium envoie un message à la communauté de la maladie de Lyme

Cranial neuropathy and severe pain due to early disseminated Borrelia burgdorferi infection

An Unusual Cluster of Neuroinvasive Lyme Disease Cases Presenting With Bannwarth Syndrome in the Midwest United States

Human seroprevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi in Manitoba, Canada, in 2011-2014: a cross-sectional study.

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