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G. Magnotta Foundation Announces Vaughan Walk for Lyme 2016
ByCanLyme Team September 12, 2016April 21, 2023
A great way to enjoy the early fall weather! Spend a fun filled morning on a 5 km leisure walk with your family and pets to help raise awareness of Lyme Disease in Canada. Sunday, October 2 Vaughan City Hall Registration: 7 am to 9 am Walk: 9 am to Noon * Music *Food *Refreshments…
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For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Canadian Press – Lyme disease: Patients living in ‘medical limbo’ push for federal strategy
ByCanLyme Team September 11, 2016April 21, 2023
Keith Doucette, The Canadian Press, posted September 11, 2016 Lack of awareness, diagnosis and treatment by doctors a problem in Lyme disease battle: advocates The health issues piled up for Donna Lugar, one on top of another: She had breathing trouble, vision and hearing problems, even heart issues, but finding a cause was elusive. “Occasionally…
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Miscellaneous
Why Is An Obscure Study About Lyme Disease-Causing Bacteria So Popular Online?
ByCanLyme Team September 9, 2016April 21, 2023
The Huffington Post, David Michael Conner “Who knew there would be so much interest in a biomechanics paper??!!” Those are the words–and the multiple exclamation points–of Tara Moriarty, proprietor of the Moriarty Lab, an infectious diseases research lab that studies primarily Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb) the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. Moriarty is the principal investigator of…
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For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research
Steroid Use Questioned for Common Lyme Disease Manifestation
ByCanLyme Team September 7, 2016April 21, 2023
[CanLyme Note: Facial palsy, Bell’s Palsy, is not as common in Lyme patients as reported. It is easily recognized making those patients much more likely to be diagnosed. Most patients with Lyme disease do not experience facial palsy as it is typically a facial numbness and tingling/burning, often around the mouth, nose, and the tongue.] Sept….
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For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Poor Research | Research | Voices on Lyme
CanLyme director responds to Canadian Medical Association Journal article
ByCanLyme Team August 31, 2016April 21, 2023
Response to Doctors Gregson and Quach Robert G. Murray, DDS, Director, CanLyme Re: “The Lyme law” Zubek, 187:520-521doi:10.1503/cmaj.115-0029 The problem with Lyme disease in Canada will only continue to grow to the point where the numbers affected will simply overwhelm the idea that Lyme Borreliosis (LB) is hard to catch and easy to treat with…
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Co-infections | For Physicians | International News | Miscellaneous | Research
Exotic ticks appear to be establishing themselves in Alaska
ByCanLyme Team August 29, 2016April 21, 2023
Alaska Dispatch News Monday, August 29th, 2016 While Alaskans have long endured dense mosquitoes and frigid air, we’ve always had the absence of venomous snakes and dog ticks. But the latter may be establishing themselves here. Ticks that infest red squirrels, snowshoe hares and a variety of birds have always been present in Alaska, but a…
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Updates | Updates
Chasser la tique avec des draps de flanelle
ByCanLyme August 25, 2016June 2, 2023
[un message canlyme: La maladie de Lyme est à travers le Québec. Il est partout où les merles volent. Robins et d’autres oiseaux transportent les tiques partout et les oiseaux transportent la maladie dans leur sang pour infecter de nouvelles tiques.] 16 août 2016 Jessica Nadeau – Science et technologie Le Devoir “Il a connu des expériences…
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Updates
Chasser la tique avec des draps de flanelle
ByCanLyme Team August 25, 2016April 21, 2023
[un message canlyme: La maladie de Lyme est à travers le Québec. Il est partout où les merles volent. Robins et d’autres oiseaux transportent les tiques partout et les oiseaux transportent la maladie dans leur sang pour infecter de nouvelles tiques.] 16 août 2016 Jessica Nadeau – Science et technologie Le Devoir “Il a connu des expériences…
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For Physicians | International News | Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Lyme Patients Challenge CDC, Reports the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS)
ByCanLyme Team August 25, 2016April 21, 2023
TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 25, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — While Zika is grabbing headlines as an emerging disease, another arthropod-borne condition, Lyme disease, remains in the shadows although it affects far more Americans, with about 300,000 new cases per year, states the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS). Read full article
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For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Manitoba | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Black-legged ticks found at Riding Mountain National Park
ByCanLyme Team August 25, 2016April 21, 2023
[CanLyme Note: “Officials aren’t ready yet to sound the alarms”… here we are in 2016 and Health Canada still refuses to let the public in on the truth… Lyme disease carrying ticks are found anywhere that our friendly robins, finches, wren, and other passerine birds fly in Canada. Measuring by known risk areas and rating them…
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Co-infections | For Physicians | International News | Miscellaneous | Research
Tick study gets ‘astonishing’ local response
ByCanLyme Team August 15, 2016April 21, 2023
John Ferro, Poughkeepsie Journal Photo by Sophia Raithel When the scientists behind an ambitious tick studybegan their work in April, they did not know how many Dutchess County families would be willing to grant access to their properties and personal health information. The subjects would have to let researchers onto their yards repeatedly to collect rodents, count ticks and deploy…
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Conferences | For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous
Study cites Powassan link to long-term Lyme symptoms
ByCanLyme Team August 15, 2016April 21, 2023
August 14th, 2016 By Cynthia McCormick Scientists at a Wisconsin laboratory say they suspect persistent cases of Lyme disease may be complicated by the potentially deadly Powassan virus that’s been making headlines in recent years, including on Cape Cod. Developing a better understanding of the frequency of the Powassan virus in humans could help doctors…
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How Lyme disease almost ended one doctor’s life
ByCanLyme Team August 15, 2016April 21, 2023
Aug 15th, Fox News : Dr. Neil Spector’s Lyme story on “Fox and Friends”
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For Physicians | Government | International News | Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Massachusetts, USA: Insurance Coverage for Lyme Treatment Becomes Law
ByCanLyme Team August 12, 2016April 21, 2023
Alex Elvin, August 11, 2016 6:40 pm The state legislature has adopted a new bill requiring insurance companies to cover long-term antibiotic treatment of Lyme disease, despite considerable pushback from the medical and health insurance communities, and from Gov. Charlie Baker, who twice remanded the bill in the final weeks before the legislative session closed…
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For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Ontario | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Toronto, Canada: Prevention and understanding key to dealing with Lyme disease in Ontario
ByCanLyme Team August 12, 2016April 21, 2023
Aug. 11, 2016, East York Mirror by Tara Hatherly Canadian government’s framework on Lyme disease in the works As the number of Canadians with Lyme disease continues to climb, Canada is developing a federal framework for dealing with the issue. The framework will focus on guidelines for identifying and treating Lyme disease, tracking infection rates…
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News and updates

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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

G. Magnotta Foundation Announces Vaughan Walk for Lyme 2016

Canadian Press – Lyme disease: Patients living in ‘medical limbo’ push for federal strategy

Why Is An Obscure Study About Lyme Disease-Causing Bacteria So Popular Online?

Steroid Use Questioned for Common Lyme Disease Manifestation

CanLyme director responds to Canadian Medical Association Journal article

Exotic ticks appear to be establishing themselves in Alaska

Chasser la tique avec des draps de flanelle

Chasser la tique avec des draps de flanelle

Lyme Patients Challenge CDC, Reports the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS)

Black-legged ticks found at Riding Mountain National Park

Tick study gets ‘astonishing’ local response

Study cites Powassan link to long-term Lyme symptoms

How Lyme disease almost ended one doctor’s life

Massachusetts, USA: Insurance Coverage for Lyme Treatment Becomes Law

Toronto, Canada: Prevention and understanding key to dealing with Lyme disease in Ontario

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