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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.
International News | International Support Other Than Canada | Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
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]
For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous | Research | Voices on Lyme
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?
For Physicians | International News | Miscellaneous | Research
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…
Read More NEW TESTING FOR LYME DISEASE
Lyme Controversy | Lyme in quebec | Voices on Lyme
CBC News Montreal: Reported cases of Lyme disease on the rise in Montreal
ByCanLyme Team May 22, 2016April 21, 2023
May 19th, 2016 Arlene Rill knows all about the dangers of Lyme disease. The 65-year-old resident of Hampstead, Que., says she was bitten by an infected tick in Montreal in 2014 and has suffered debilitating arthritis-like symptoms ever since. “One tick can take away your life,” the retired schoolteacher says, and it’s a message she’s now working to spread. Rill…
Read More CBC News Montreal: Reported cases of Lyme disease on the rise in Montreal
For Physicians | Government | Lyme Controversy | Media | Miscellaneous | News from CanLyme | Voices on Lyme
CBC News Ottawa: Jim Wilson, CanLyme president, wants patients as equal partners on Lyme Borreliosis policy.
ByCanLyme Team May 21, 2016April 21, 2023
May 16th, 2016 As a result of Elizabeth May’s private member’s Bill 442 that passed unanimously through both the Canadian federal House and Senate, a national conference is underway in Ottawa with expert presenters from around the world. Dogma of the past years, without GRADE level evidence is being drawn into question by global expert…
Read More CBC News Ottawa: Jim Wilson, CanLyme president, wants patients as equal partners on Lyme Borreliosis policy.
Conferences | For Physicians | International News | Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
CBC, The National: Alarming rise in Lyme disease cases
ByCanLyme Team May 21, 2016April 21, 2023
A five-fold increase in Lyme disease cases since 2009 concerns Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Gregory Taylor sounds alarm, doctors and Canadians need to get up to speed and better science needs to occur. Watch TV segment
Read More CBC, The National: Alarming rise in Lyme disease cases
Conferences | Featured | For Physicians | Government | International News | Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Medical community failing Lyme patients, Calgary doctor says
ByCanLyme Team May 21, 2016April 21, 2023
Elizabeth Payne, Ottawa Citizien, May 16th, 2016 Canada’s medical establishment came under pressure at a national conference into Lyme disease Monday, with a Calgary doctor suggesting treatment of some patients contravenes the Canadian Medical Association’s code of ethics. “We, as the medical community in Canada, are failing our patients,” said Dr. Ralph Hawkins, a Calgary…
Read More Medical community failing Lyme patients, Calgary doctor says
For Physicians | International News | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Lyme Bacteria Hides Inside Parasitic Worms, Causing Chronic Brain Diseases
ByCanLyme Team May 19, 2016April 21, 2023
WASHINGTON, May 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — The examination of autopsied brain tissues from patients who died of serious neurological conditions has revealed that many tick-borne infections, such as Lyme disease, go undiagnosed and untreated. Board-certified pathologist, Alan B. MacDonald, MD, says his research shows “tick infections are not easily detected with routine tests, nor are they…
Read More Lyme Bacteria Hides Inside Parasitic Worms, Causing Chronic Brain Diseases
Conferences | For Physicians | International News | Lyme Controversy | Voices on Lyme
CBC News: Lyme disease patients hope conference fixes ‘woefully inadequate’ healthcare
ByCanLyme Team May 16, 2016April 21, 2023
Conference part of bill to create national framework for prevention, treatment and awareness Andrew Foote May 15th, 2016 CBC News Canadians living with Lyme disease say they hope a national conference in Ottawa helps fix the many issues they see with the way Canada diagnoses and treats the disease. The three-day conference with politicians,…
Read More CBC News: Lyme disease patients hope conference fixes ‘woefully inadequate’ healthcare
For Physicians | International News | Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer says, “We are sure it is underreported,” and “We think the numbers are much higher.”
ByCanLyme Team May 14, 2016April 21, 2023
May 13th, 2016 Ottawa Citizen There are few Canadian health issues as emotionally charged as Lyme disease, with growing numbers of patients feeling abandoned by a health system playing catch up to a disease that was unheard of in decades past. But there is one thing everyone agrees on: Lyme, the fastest growing infectious disease…
Read More Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer says, “We are sure it is underreported,” and “We think the numbers are much higher.”
Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Ontario | Miscellaneous | Research | Voices on Lyme
Toronto identifies areas where ticks that cause Lyme disease are found
ByCanLyme Team May 10, 2016April 21, 2023
[CanLyme Note: Re: this statement, “Blacklegged ticks that can spread Lyme disease found in 4 areas of city”. This statement is misleading in that the ticks that transmit Lyme disease are moved around by birds, randomly. They are not only where they look for them or where they have been seen. Birds also can carry the…
Read More Toronto identifies areas where ticks that cause Lyme disease are found
Co-infections
Winnipeg Free Press, Canada: Lyme-carrying tick numbers on rise here
ByCanLyme Team May 6, 2016April 21, 2023
Rate of cases in humans growing, province warns By Kristin Annable May 5th, 2016 Winnipeg Free Press Manitobans will be ticked off by news from the province about a particularly annoying arachnid. More ticks are migrating to Manitoba, leading to increases in cases of tick-borne Lyme disease, warned the province’s director of communicable diseases,…
Read More Winnipeg Free Press, Canada: Lyme-carrying tick numbers on rise here
For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Lyme in BC | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Dr. Ted Cormode – Lyme disease from my perspective as a pediatrician and father of Lyme disease victim in Canada
ByCanLyme Team May 2, 2016April 21, 2023
Dr. Ted Cormode is a well respected retired pediatrician from Ontario who now resides in British Columbia. He relates his daughters situation and case reports of other individuals who struggled under the Canadian health care system. Watch this excellent informal, sincere, and educational video. View video
Read More Dr. Ted Cormode – Lyme disease from my perspective as a pediatrician and father of Lyme disease victim in Canada

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

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

CBC News Montreal: Reported cases of Lyme disease on the rise in Montreal

CBC News Ottawa: Jim Wilson, CanLyme president, wants patients as equal partners on Lyme Borreliosis policy.

CBC, The National: Alarming rise in Lyme disease cases

Medical community failing Lyme patients, Calgary doctor says

Lyme Bacteria Hides Inside Parasitic Worms, Causing Chronic Brain Diseases

CBC News: Lyme disease patients hope conference fixes ‘woefully inadequate’ healthcare

Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer says, “We are sure it is underreported,” and “We think the numbers are much higher.”

Toronto identifies areas where ticks that cause Lyme disease are found

Winnipeg Free Press, Canada: Lyme-carrying tick numbers on rise here

Dr. Ted Cormode – Lyme disease from my perspective as a pediatrician and father of Lyme disease victim in Canada

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