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Wilke Cohen Lyme Disease Project Receives $3 Million from the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation
ByCanLyme Team June 1, 2016April 21, 2023
The Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) has received a transformational, multi-year pledge from the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation to support the Wilke Cohen Lyme Disease Project. In addition to an initial $3.1 million in funding from Jeff and Liesl Wilke, Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos, and the Bay Area Lyme Foundation, the project now has…
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‘Water on the knee’ could be early sign of Lyme disease
ByCanLyme Team June 1, 2016April 21, 2023
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS Nov, 2015 ROSEMONT, Ill.–Spontaneous knee effusion, also known as “water on the knee,” can be a primary symptom of Lyme disease, even when patients do not exhibit a “bull’s eye” rash, another common Lyme disease symptom. According to a literature review appearing in the November issue of The Journal of…
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Sunnybrook Health Sciences: Why Lyme disease can be so hard to diagnosis and treat
ByCanLyme Team May 30, 2016April 21, 2023
Written by Paul Taylor QUESTION: After feeling really miserable for many months, my doctor finally concluded I had Lyme disease. He put me on antibiotics for a month and my symptoms went away. But now that I’ve stopped taking the antibiotics, I’m feeling horrible again. Is this typical for Lyme disease? ANSWER: Lyme disease…
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Lyme disease sufferers looking for more help from Canadian medical system
ByCanLyme Team May 27, 2016April 21, 2023
Chris Thompson, Windsor Star Published on: May 27, 2016 Two years ago Francesca Ventimiglia was a healthy a vibrant aerobics instructor teaching as many as three classes a day. Today she is wheelchair-bound, unable to walk, her sight and hearing impaired. She also had her breasts removed from a misdiagnosis of cancer. Ventimigla has Lyme…
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Government | Lyme Controversy | Lyme in New Brunswick | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Lyme disease gets attention of MP Karen Ludwig
ByCanLyme Team May 26, 2016April 21, 2023
New Brunswick Southwest MP surprised by the number of people suffering with Lyme disease By Vanessa Blanch, CBC News May 26th, 2016 New Brunswick Southwest MP Karen Ludwig is fulfilling a campaign promise to bring national attention to Lyme disease as she prepares to co-chair a national all-party round table next week. Ludwig says she couldn’t…
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Conferences | Government | Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous | News from CanLyme | Voices on Lyme
Parliamentarians convene bi-partisan panel to address Lyme disease
ByCanLyme Team May 26, 2016April 21, 2023
The illness could affect 10,000 Canadians by 2020. [per year] [CanLyme suggests we are possibly there already.] PUBLISHED : Wednesday, May 25, 2016 12:00 AM Karen Ludwig heard it disturbingly frequently on the campaign trail last summer: constituents complaining of an obscure, little-understood illness that left painful and occasionally debilitating symptoms, and perplexed local…
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A Drug Combination Screen Identifies Drugs Active against Amoxicillin-Induced Round Bodies of In Vitro Borrelia burgdorferi Persisters from an FDA Drug Library
ByCanLyme Team May 25, 2016April 21, 2023
Frontiers in Microbiology, May 23, 2016 Although currently recommended antibiotics for Lyme disease such as doxycycline or amoxicillin cure the majority of the patients, about 10–20% of patients treated for Lyme disease may experience lingering symptoms including fatigue, pain, or joint and muscle aches. Under experimental stress conditions such as starvation or antibiotic exposure, Borrelia…
Read More A Drug Combination Screen Identifies Drugs Active against Amoxicillin-Induced Round Bodies of In Vitro Borrelia burgdorferi Persisters from an FDA Drug Library
For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Lyme in BC | Media | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
CBC radio show BC Almanac interviews doctors with opposing opinions on Lyme treatment, Lyme testing
ByCanLyme Team May 25, 2016April 21, 2023
May 25th, 2016 Interesting radio show with Dr. Liz Zubek, who treats based upon the patient’s symptoms, and Dr. William Bowie, of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease of Canada (AMMI) who suggests the entire province of British Columbia has a 0.5 % tick infection rate, which is scientifically impossible. In the 1940’s…
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For Physicians | Lyme in Alberta | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Popular on 630 CHED radio, the Ryan Jespersen show interviews CanLyme director Janet Sperling and Edmonton area support group founder Kim Spears
ByCanLyme Team May 25, 2016April 21, 2023
You can listen here at https://www.630ched.com/audio-vault/ Select May 25th, 9 am, then drag the scroll bar to 8:55 for the beginning of the Lyme talk.
Read More Popular on 630 CHED radio, the Ryan Jespersen show interviews CanLyme director Janet Sperling and Edmonton area support group founder Kim Spears
Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Ontario | Media | Voices on Lyme
Watch CTV Canada AM segment with Rossana Magnotta – aired May 25th, 2016
ByCanLyme Team May 25, 2016April 21, 2023
The rise of Lyme disease: Tiny bug causing big problems Watch here
Read More Watch CTV Canada AM segment with Rossana Magnotta – aired May 25th, 2016
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Watch CTV news interview of Dr. Todd Hatchette. A very good example of how opinion, not science, is driving Lyme borreliosis policy in Canada… in spite of evidence presented by experts in Ottawa, May 15th to 17th, 2016.
ByCanLyme Team May 24, 2016April 21, 2023
[Lyme disease is actually Lyme borreliosis. an infection caused by many different strains/genotypes of Borrelia bacteria] How can one rationalize making progress from the patient’s expert perspective when officially, by tax payer funded microbiologists, opinion is put forward as fact with no supporting science. Dr. Todd Hatchette attended the recent three day conference in Ottawa…
Read More Watch CTV news interview of Dr. Todd Hatchette. A very good example of how opinion, not science, is driving Lyme borreliosis policy in Canada… in spite of evidence presented by experts in Ottawa, May 15th to 17th, 2016.
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USA CDC won’t do ‘on-camera interview’ on Lyme: It is ‪Lyme Disease Awareness Month after all
ByCanLyme Team May 24, 2016April 21, 2023
May 23, 2016, Outbreak News Today [More government arrogance using their tax payer funded salaries to ignore tax payers.] … This drew the ire of Patient Centered Care Advocacy Group President, Bruce Fries: This is completely unacceptable from an agency responsible for protecting the public ‪‎health, especially during ‪Lyme disease awareness month, when ‪CDC should be publicizing…
Read More USA CDC won’t do ‘on-camera interview’ on Lyme: It is ‪Lyme Disease Awareness Month after all
Co-infections | For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Manitoba | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Global TV, Winnipeg, Canada: Winnipeggers cautioned to watch out for ticks [Lyme on increase]
ByCanLyme Team May 24, 2016April 21, 2023
May 24th, 2016 WINNIPEG – A Winnipeg mom is warning people to be on the lookout for black legged ticks inside the city. Marnie Le Page’s daughter Brooke contracted Lyme disease in December, 2014. “She came home with a headache, a severe head ache and a fever, went to bed, and since that day she’s never…
Read More Global TV, Winnipeg, Canada: Winnipeggers cautioned to watch out for ticks [Lyme on increase]
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What has the USA, ‘lead in the water’ crisis got to do with Lyme disease?
ByCanLyme Team May 23, 2016April 21, 2023
American Scientist, May-June, 2016 Katie L. Burke “ To make matters worse, the Flint water crisis is a repeat of very recent history. About a decade ago, Edwards revealed high lead levels in public water in Washington, DC, exposing misconduct at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),…
Read More What has the USA, ‘lead in the water’ crisis got to do with Lyme disease?
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NEW TESTING FOR LYME DISEASE
ByCanLyme Team May 23, 2016April 21, 2023
May 23, 2016 A new urine test that could detect Lyme disease has been completed. 40% of Lyme disease patients exhibit symptoms [“Lyme disease is presently a condition difficult to spot, only about 40 percent of the patients exhibit a rash followed by the tick’s bite.”] Test looks for Lyme-causing bacteria Testing performed for three…
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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

Wilke Cohen Lyme Disease Project Receives $3 Million from the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation

‘Water on the knee’ could be early sign of Lyme disease

Sunnybrook Health Sciences: Why Lyme disease can be so hard to diagnosis and treat

Lyme disease sufferers looking for more help from Canadian medical system

Lyme disease gets attention of MP Karen Ludwig

Parliamentarians convene bi-partisan panel to address Lyme disease

A Drug Combination Screen Identifies Drugs Active against Amoxicillin-Induced Round Bodies of In Vitro Borrelia burgdorferi Persisters from an FDA Drug Library

CBC radio show BC Almanac interviews doctors with opposing opinions on Lyme treatment, Lyme testing

Popular on 630 CHED radio, the Ryan Jespersen show interviews CanLyme director Janet Sperling and Edmonton area support group founder Kim Spears

Watch CTV Canada AM segment with Rossana Magnotta – aired May 25th, 2016

Watch CTV news interview of Dr. Todd Hatchette. A very good example of how opinion, not science, is driving Lyme borreliosis policy in Canada… in spite of evidence presented by experts in Ottawa, May 15th to 17th, 2016.

USA CDC won’t do ‘on-camera interview’ on Lyme: It is ‪Lyme Disease Awareness Month after all

Global TV, Winnipeg, Canada: Winnipeggers cautioned to watch out for ticks [Lyme on increase]

What has the USA, ‘lead in the water’ crisis got to do with Lyme disease?

NEW TESTING FOR LYME DISEASE

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