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Stevia could offer cure for Lyme disease, researchers say
ByCanLyme July 13, 2017July 27, 2020
Published July 12th, 2017 Stevia, a common coffee sweetener, could be a possible cure for Lyme disease after tests conducted by a Connecticut professor and her students showed it was most effective in treating the tick-borne illness. Professor Eva Sapi, chairwoman of University of New Haven’s Department of Biology and Environmental Science, and her students have…
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For Physicians | International News | Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous | News from CanLyme | Voices on Lyme
Human Rights Violations of Relapsing Fever and Lyme Disease Patients Under International Investigation
ByCanLyme June 28, 2017July 27, 2020
[CanLyme Note: CanLyme was approached by Jenna Luché-Thayer early this year after her finding out that the World Health Organization (WHO) had held a meeting in November 2016 regarding updating the WHO International Classification of Diseases codes (ICD codes) relative to tick borne diseases. WHO is mandated to work with stakeholders yet no patient groups…
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Co-infections | For Physicians | International News | Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous
Global News: Lone Star ticks that cause red meat allergies are on their way to Canada
ByCanLyme June 27, 2017July 27, 2020
Jun 27th, 2017 By Carmen Chai It looks like Lyme disease isn’t the only thing Canadians need to worry about contracting from ticks. A bite from the Lone Star tick can trigger an allergy to red meat, and the tiny bug is making its way into Canada. For decades, scientists kept a watchful eye over…
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Lyme Controversy | Lyme in BC | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Vancouver Sun: Longtime B.C. environmental activist Gwen Barlee dies of cancer
ByCanLyme June 23, 2017July 27, 2020
[CanLyme Note: Gwen contracted Lyme disease many years ago and was a well spoken activist who despised the double-talk and arrogance of the bureaucrats who have misled Canadians for years on Lyme disease. She was a great friend and ally of the Lyme community and will be deeply missed.] Vancouver Sun by Stephanie Ip Published on: June…
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For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Ontario | Miscellaneous
CTV News Toronto: Students warned because ticks are found at schools.
ByCanLyme June 20, 2017July 27, 2020
Kids picking up ticks at schools. Not only found in wooded areas. This further emphasizes that the over emphasis from government about ticks being only found in certain area is a harmful and misleading policy. Had patients been involved in policy making like they are on most other diseases the public would be much more…
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For Physicians | International News | Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
France: Chronic Lyme is real and treat with long term antibiotics.
ByCanLyme June 18, 2017July 27, 2020
Inside Europe: Lyme disease on the rise in France Lyme disease, which you get when bitten by an infected tick, has reached epidemic proportions in France. With 33,000 new officially confirmed cases last year, the government has launched an action plan to fight it. John Laurenson reports from the village of Feucherolles in central France…
Read More France: Chronic Lyme is real and treat with long term antibiotics.
Co-infections | For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Manitoba | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
CBC News: Lyme disease research, funding falling behind in Canada
ByCanLyme June 18, 2017July 27, 2020
June 18th, 2017 – by Jennifer Seiff for CBC News When I got sick in May 2016 with what I suspected was Lyme disease, I learned fast about tick-borne illnesses in Canada. What I learned was that out-of-date lab tests mean many people may altogether miss a diagnosis of Lyme – an infectious disease spread through the bite…
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Co-infections | For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Manitoba | Miscellaneous
CTV Winnipeg: 12-year-old boy suffers infection from wood tick
ByCanLyme June 14, 2017July 27, 2020
June 13th, 2017 … “I felt something on my back, so I pulled it off and it was a tick,” said Ferguson. “So I just killed it and threw it away.” Logan said it was a wood tick, so he didn’t give it a second thought. But a couple of days later he started feeling…
Read More CTV Winnipeg: 12-year-old boy suffers infection from wood tick
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LANDMARK PARTNERSHIP PAVES WAY FOR CANADA’S FIRST RESEARCH FACILITY TO IMPROVE LYME DISEASE TESTING AND TREATMENT
ByCanLyme June 14, 2017July 27, 2020
New G. Magnotta Lyme Disease Research Lab to be Established at the University of Guelph; $1.4 Million Grant Awarded June 14, 2017 – GUEPLH, Ontario: The G. Magnotta Foundation for Vector-Borne Diseases has announced a $1.4 million grant over three years to the University of Guelph, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology to undertake Canada’s…
Read More LANDMARK PARTNERSHIP PAVES WAY FOR CANADA’S FIRST RESEARCH FACILITY TO IMPROVE LYME DISEASE TESTING AND TREATMENT
Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous | News from CanLyme | Voices on Lyme
With great sadness we report that the Canadian Lyme community has lost a valuable friend and asset.
ByCanLyme June 11, 2017July 27, 2020
Debra Fraleigh, an articulate and caring individual who worked endlessly behind the scenes researching evidence, evaluating government and medical leadership statements on Lyme disease, and then writing excellent letters of rebuttal, lost her battle with cancer on June 9th, 2017. Debra, like far too many Canadians also battled Lyme disease and then, battled the medical…
Read More With great sadness we report that the Canadian Lyme community has lost a valuable friend and asset.
Featured | For Physicians | Government | Guidelines - Boxing-in disease | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Listen to today’s testimony of Dr. Ralph Hawkins, Dr. Liz Zubek, Canadian Blood Services and the Public Health Agency of Canada in the standing health committee.
ByCanLyme June 8, 2017July 27, 2020
June 8th, 2017 You can listen to the interesting testimony here… Dr. Njoo from the Public Health Agency of Canada believes patients are too stupid to be equal partners in setting guidelines on diagnostics and treatment. Only his buddies at AMMI, IDSA and the US CDC are qualified to have the final say… the same…
Read More Listen to today’s testimony of Dr. Ralph Hawkins, Dr. Liz Zubek, Canadian Blood Services and the Public Health Agency of Canada in the standing health committee.
Events | For Physicians | Government | Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
June 6th, 2017: Watch patient and expert testimony before parliamentary standing committee on health .
ByCanLyme June 6, 2017July 27, 2020
Watch presentations before the federal all party standing committee on health as they discuss what was purported to be a federal framework on Lyme disease by the Minister of Health… Watch now
Read More June 6th, 2017: Watch patient and expert testimony before parliamentary standing committee on health .
For Physicians | Government | Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Patients excluded by federal framework – 4 million to be squandered on yet more data gathering.
ByCanLyme June 1, 2017July 27, 2020
May 30th, 2017 Global TV News The federal framework released by government embraces the status quo and cedes responsibility for Lyme research and management back to the same bureaucratic self appointed experts who have mismanaged the issue for decades. The patient and their experts are excluded from the process yet again. There are a relatively…
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Conferences | For Physicians | Government | Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
CBC radio: Lyme patient and researcher question government framework.
ByCanLyme May 31, 2017July 27, 2020
Lyme disease patient from Quebec and then, research scientist from University of Alberta draws into question testing and treatment in Canada. Why is Canada being forced to follow US guidelines when we have our own distinct genotypes that vary across the country? Listen here
Read More CBC radio: Lyme patient and researcher question government framework.
For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
CBC News Montreal: Doctors afraid of losing their licence if they diagnose and treat Lyme disease properly
ByCanLyme May 28, 2017July 27, 2020
May 28th, 2017 When Arlene Rill was bitten by a tick in Montreal three years ago, she knew nothing about Lyme disease. She had no idea she would become so ill, and she never imagined enduring the kind of pain she’s been living with ever since. “I live with huge stomach issues, terrible [headaches], pain in my ears,…
Read More CBC News Montreal: Doctors afraid of losing their licence if they diagnose and treat Lyme disease properly

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

Stevia could offer cure for Lyme disease, researchers say

Human Rights Violations of Relapsing Fever and Lyme Disease Patients Under International Investigation

Global News: Lone Star ticks that cause red meat allergies are on their way to Canada

Vancouver Sun: Longtime B.C. environmental activist Gwen Barlee dies of cancer

CTV News Toronto: Students warned because ticks are found at schools.

France: Chronic Lyme is real and treat with long term antibiotics.

CBC News: Lyme disease research, funding falling behind in Canada

CTV Winnipeg: 12-year-old boy suffers infection from wood tick

LANDMARK PARTNERSHIP PAVES WAY FOR CANADA’S FIRST RESEARCH FACILITY TO IMPROVE LYME DISEASE TESTING AND TREATMENT

With great sadness we report that the Canadian Lyme community has lost a valuable friend and asset.

Listen to today’s testimony of Dr. Ralph Hawkins, Dr. Liz Zubek, Canadian Blood Services and the Public Health Agency of Canada in the standing health committee.

June 6th, 2017: Watch patient and expert testimony before parliamentary standing committee on health .

Patients excluded by federal framework – 4 million to be squandered on yet more data gathering.

CBC radio: Lyme patient and researcher question government framework.

CBC News Montreal: Doctors afraid of losing their licence if they diagnose and treat Lyme disease properly

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