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Hamilton-Wentworth area of Ontario found to have 41% of blacklegged ticks infected with Lyme disease causing bacteria
ByCanLyme Team April 16, 2016April 21, 2023
Prevalence of the Lyme Disease Spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, in Blacklegged Ticks, Ixodes scapularis at Hamilton-Wentworth, Ontario John D. Scott, et al. April 2016 …
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For Physicians | International News | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Poor Research | Research
New Lyme Disease Study Reveals Strong Reporting Bias
ByCanLyme Team April 11, 2016April 21, 2023
David Michael Conner Huffington Post On March 31, the New England Journal of Medicine published a study that concludes, “In patients with persistent symptoms attributed to Lyme disease, longer-term antibiotic treatment did not have additional beneficial effects on health-related quality of life beyond those with shorter-term treatment.” Read full article
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For Physicians | International News | Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous | Poor Research | Voices on Lyme
Physicians and patients weigh in on latest poorly designed study that raises the question, “Why?”, and, “Who is driving this spin?”
ByCanLyme Team April 3, 2016April 21, 2023
Randomized Trial of Longer-Term Therapy for Symptoms Attributed to Lyme Disease Comment “Persister research needs to account for morphological variability of Lyme The patient population studied was already a group that had shown persistence of disease. These would be “treatment failures” and more difficult cases. Even in this difficult population every group who received 2…
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For Physicians | International News | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Poor Research | Voices on Lyme
Chronic Lyme European PLEASE Trial–You know it’s spin when treatment “success” is called “failure”?
ByCanLyme Team April 1, 2016April 21, 2023
March 30th, 2016 Today a widely anticipated clinical trial on chronic Lyme disease from Europe called PLEASE was published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). The press has given the trial a twenty trumpet salute with a MedPage headline reading “Long-Term Antibiotics Fail Again in Lyme Disease–Focus on Lyme and antibiotics for persistent…
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For Physicians | Government reports & letters | International News | Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Boston, Massachusetts: Response to Boston Globe editorial against the Lyme bill
ByCanLyme Team April 1, 2016April 21, 2023
March 29th, 2016 The Massachusetts Lyme Legislative Task Force responds to a recent editorial from the Boston Globe, which opposed legislation to require insurance coverage for treatment of Lyme disease. Dear Editors of the Boston Globe: We were disappointed by your March 28 editorial criticizing the Lyme disease bill (H901/S502, An Act Relative to Lyme Disease Treatment Coverage[i]. Your arguments…
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Co-infections | For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Alberta | Miscellaneous | Research
Edmonton, Alberta: You’ll be seeing more ticks this spring
ByCanLyme Team March 29, 2016April 21, 2023
March 28th, 2016 CTV Alberta Primetime Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation director and PhD candidate Janet Sperling is interviewed by CTV’s Alberta Primetime Watch TV interview
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For Physicians | International News | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research
Researchers investigate four promising new treatments for Lyme disease
ByCanLyme Team March 29, 2016April 21, 2023
March 29, 2016 Thea Singer … “I find it amazing that when you show up at the doctor’s office you are not told that there is a 10 to 20 percent chance that your life as you know it has ended,” says Lewis. “Nobody seems to be focusing on the next step: How to prevent the…
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International News | Lyme Controversy | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
HOW POPE FRANCIS HELPED A YOUNG GIRL FROM BROOKLYN BATTLING LYME DISEASE
ByCanLyme Team March 28, 2016April 21, 2023
Jim Dolan Monday, March 28, 2016 11:39AM BATH BEACH, Brooklyn (WABC) — For Julia Bruzzese, every day is a gift that she and her parents think is delivered by Pope Francis. Julia was blessed by the pope during the darkest days of her illness. Just 12 years old, she would lie in bed, and wonder…
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Miscellaneous
Halifax, NS, Canada: We must understand risk of ticks & Lyme Disease
ByCanLyme Team March 25, 2016April 21, 2023
By Brenda Sterling-Goodwin March 24th, 2016, Chronicle Herald newspaper Halifax, NS, Canada As migrating birds return this spring, they will be spreading millions of ticks across Canada. Those ticks are here to stay and we must learn to work with the growing problem of their impact on pets and humans. The Canadian Veterinary Medical Association,…
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For Physicians | International News | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Voices on Lyme
Massachusetts State House: An Act Relative to Lyme Disease Treatment Coverage.
ByCanLyme Team March 23, 2016April 21, 2023
Published on Nov 23, 2015 Hearing for bill H. 901 and S. 502, An Act Relative to Lyme Disease Treatment Coverage. Date: Tuesday, October 20 at 11:00 am in the Gardner Auditorium at the Massachusetts State House Access full video
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For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research
WHAT MIGHT SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH DUE TO LYME DISEASE LOOK LIKE?
ByCanLyme Team March 23, 2016April 21, 2023
by Daniel J. Cameron, MD MPH “Although rare, sudden cardiac death caused by Lyme disease might be an under-recognized entity,” according to researchers who describe their findings from an autopsy study on 5 case patients who died from sudden cardiac death and were found post mortem to have Lyme carditis. The cases are discussed in…
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For Physicians | Lyme in BC | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Gulf Islands, BC, Canada: Peak tick season prompts warning
ByCanLyme Team March 23, 2016April 21, 2023
[CanLyme note: Reuben Kaufman, PhD, is a long time Board member of CanLyme] By Sean McIntyre on March 23, 2016 – Gulf Islands Driftwood news With peak tick season upon the island, a Salt Spring-based researcher warns residents that a few basic precautions can prevent a world of grief. Reuben Kaufman has pulled, poked and probed…
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For Physicians | Medical Publications
Prolonged antibiotic therapy in PCR confirmed persistent Lyme disease
ByCanLyme Team March 23, 2016April 21, 2023
Scientific Study, 2011, 19 Pages Abstract: We examined a sample of 90 individuals that had previously received a course of appropriate antibiotics for Lyme disease without experiencing full resolution of their symptoms and had evidence of persistent infection documented by PCR analysis. Mean duration of symptoms was 9.5 years (range 1 – 40 years). The…
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Co-infections | Lyme in BC | Miscellaneous
BC, Canada: Ticks active in the Southern Interior
ByCanLyme Team March 23, 2016April 21, 2023
WATCH: FULL STORY BY TANYA CRONIN The most common species here in the Southern Interior is the Wood Tick, it’s not known to carry Lyme disease, but can carry other diseases and toxins, resulting in serious illness or even paralysis. There are some simple things you can do, that go a long way to…
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Co-infections | For Physicians | Lyme Controversy | Lyme in New Brunswick | Lyme in Nova Scotia | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
N.S. doctor clashes with peers on Lyme disease treatment
ByCanLyme Team March 23, 2016April 21, 2023
HE CHRONICLE HERALD Published March 22, 2016 – 5:10pm ST. STEPHEN, N.B. – A retired Nova Scotia medical doctor hopes that if his former colleagues will not prescribe longterm antibiotics for Lyme disease, West Coast naturopaths might. Patients afflicted with Lyme disease in the Maritimes say that they have to travel to Maine and elsewhere…
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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

Hamilton-Wentworth area of Ontario found to have 41% of blacklegged ticks infected with Lyme disease causing bacteria

New Lyme Disease Study Reveals Strong Reporting Bias

Physicians and patients weigh in on latest poorly designed study that raises the question, “Why?”, and, “Who is driving this spin?”

Chronic Lyme European PLEASE Trial–You know it’s spin when treatment “success” is called “failure”?

Boston, Massachusetts: Response to Boston Globe editorial against the Lyme bill

Edmonton, Alberta: You’ll be seeing more ticks this spring

Researchers investigate four promising new treatments for Lyme disease

HOW POPE FRANCIS HELPED A YOUNG GIRL FROM BROOKLYN BATTLING LYME DISEASE

Halifax, NS, Canada: We must understand risk of ticks & Lyme Disease

Massachusetts State House: An Act Relative to Lyme Disease Treatment Coverage.

WHAT MIGHT SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH DUE TO LYME DISEASE LOOK LIKE?

Gulf Islands, BC, Canada: Peak tick season prompts warning

Prolonged antibiotic therapy in PCR confirmed persistent Lyme disease

BC, Canada: Ticks active in the Southern Interior

N.S. doctor clashes with peers on Lyme disease treatment

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