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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…
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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.
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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
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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.”
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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…
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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
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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
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Lyme Disease: Beyond Erythema Migrans
ByCanLyme Team May 2, 2016April 21, 2023
Feb, 2016 Herbert B. Allen, et al Journal of Clinical & Experimental Dermatology Research Abstract Background: With the recent discoveries of Borrelia burgdorferi and other spirochetes in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients and with a recent analysis showing the very same pathology in both syphilitic and Alzheimer’s dementia it seems both rational and urgent to consider…
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Saskatchewan’s invisible struggle with Lyme disease
ByCanLyme Team April 26, 2016April 21, 2023
Nov, 2015 By Lisa Schick When it comes to Lyme disease in Saskatchewan, those who suffer from it appear to be invisible when it comes to cases reported to the public. Those who do have it live in anguish, like one man who was in so much pain he couldn’t get out of bed, or…
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Miscellaneous
California is where BC ticks come from: Tick-Borne Diseases in California – It’s Not Just Lyme and It’s Not Just Deer Ticks!
ByCanLyme Team April 22, 2016April 21, 2023
[canLyme Note: Ignore the spelling errors in the below, as it is an unedited article. This is an important summation because in the province of British Columbia and perhaps parts of Alberta, the migratory birds are delivering California ticks each and every season. Precious little information is published in Canada on the state of tick…
Read More California is where BC ticks come from: Tick-Borne Diseases in California – It’s Not Just Lyme and It’s Not Just Deer Ticks!
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CBC News, Canada: Lyme disease response requires collaboration in Canada, researcher says
ByCanLyme Team April 22, 2016April 21, 2023
By Laurie Fagan, April 22, 2016 A Queen’s university researcher says Canadian Lyme disease experts need to work more collaboratively to treat the growing number of people who contract the debilitating tick-borne illness. Steven Liss, the vice principal of research at Queen’s University, is proposing a Canadian research network for Lyme disease that would improve…
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CTV News Toronto, Canada: Within four years 80% of population will be living with Lyme disease carrying ticks
ByCanLyme Team April 22, 2016April 21, 2023
April 22, 2016 CTV reporter Pauline Chan warns the public to beware as tick season is upon us. She also tackles some of the myths about Lyme disease that have been propagated by medical authorities. Watch TV clip
Read More CTV News Toronto, Canada: Within four years 80% of population will be living with Lyme disease carrying ticks

News and updates

Announcing the second annual Canadian Tick-Borne Disease Conference

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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

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

Lyme Disease: Beyond Erythema Migrans

Saskatchewan’s invisible struggle with Lyme disease

California is where BC ticks come from: Tick-Borne Diseases in California – It’s Not Just Lyme and It’s Not Just Deer Ticks!

CBC News, Canada: Lyme disease response requires collaboration in Canada, researcher says

CTV News Toronto, Canada: Within four years 80% of population will be living with Lyme disease carrying ticks

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