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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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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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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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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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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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31 Scientists Push to Tie Microbes to Alzheimer’s Disease Including Lyme Disease
ByCanLyme Team March 21, 2016April 21, 2023
A journal article says herpes virus and Lyme disease bacteria are behind the mind-robbing illness, but not all researchers are convinced March 21, 2016 Scientists have long puzzled over the root causes of Alzheimer’s disease, a devastating and typically fatal condition that currently denies more than five million Americans their cognition and memory. But in…
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Cardiac Tropism of Borrelia burgdorferi: An Autopsy Study of Sudden Cardiac Death Associated with Lyme Carditis.
ByCanLyme Team March 16, 2016April 21, 2023
[ CanLyme note: “Although rare”, yet they state in the same breath that “sudden cardiac death caused by Lyme disease might be an under-recognized entity”. In other words, they have no idea because in the past decades they have not been looking and nor was Lyme disease considered in similar sudden cardiac deaths. The standard…
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nature.com : Statisticians issue warning over misuse of P values
ByCanLyme Team March 16, 2016April 21, 2023
Policy statement aims to halt missteps in the quest for certainty Monya Baker 07 March 2016 Misuse of the P value – a common test for judging the strength of scientific evidence – is contributing to the number of research findings that cannot be reproduced, the American Statistical Association (ASA) warns in a statement…
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Toronto Star: Canada’s National Ballet second soloist returns as Romeo after battle with Lyme Disease
ByCanLyme Team March 16, 2016April 21, 2023
A leap in the right direction March 16th, 2016 Toronto Star, Michael Crabb Special To The Star Brendon Saye, National Ballet of Canada’s second soloist, returns as Romeo after absence dealing with Lyme disease. Injury is a dancer’s worst professional nightmare. That, at least, was what National Ballet of Canada second soloist Brendon assumed –…
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Lyme Myocarditis Presenting as Chest Pain in an Adolescent Girl.
ByCanLyme Team March 8, 2016April 21, 2023
Pediatr Emerg Care 2016(Mar); Fishe JN, Marchese RF , Callahan JM From the *Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD; â€ Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Ruth and Raymond Perelman School of Medicine at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania; and â€¡Pediatric Residency Program, The…
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Blumenthal, Lyme disease advocacy giant, salutes researcher
ByCanLyme Team March 5, 2016April 21, 2023
By Greenwich Post on March 2, 2016 Thousands in the Lyme disease community hail U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) as a pioneer for the cause, who has worked for nearly 20 years with Global Lyme Alliance. Some of the highlights of his advocacy work: Ten years ago, as Attorney General, Blumenthal launched an investigation into…
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Evidence of in vivo existence of Borrelia biofilm in borrelial lymphocytomas
ByCanLyme Team March 1, 2016April 21, 2023
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1556/1886.2015.00049 Abstract Lyme borreliosis, caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, has grown into a major public health problem. We recently identified a novel morphological form of B. burgdorferi, called biofilm, a structure that is well known to be highly resistant to antibiotics. However, there is no evidence of the existence ofBorrelia biofilm…
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Okanagan Valley, BC, Canada: Ticks in area woods already – near Kelowna
ByCanLyme Team February 29, 2016April 21, 2023
[Canlyme Note: Where there is one tick that you see, there may be more that you miss. Be aggressive in searching.] February 29th, 2016 Castanet.net Randi Berklande picked up an unwanted guest while going for a hike over the weekend. Berklande posted a picture of a wood tick she found after hiking on Carrot Mountain near…
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Eradication of Biofilm-Like Microcolony Structures of Borrelia burgdorferi by Daunomycin and Daptomycin but not Mitomycin C in Combination with Doxycycline and Cefuroxime
ByCanLyme Team February 17, 2016April 21, 2023
Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00062 10 February 2016 Lyme disease, caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, is the most common vector-borne disease in the United States and Europe. While the majority of Lyme disease patients can resolve their symptoms if treated promptly, 10–20% of…
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Windsor, Canada: Parents credit antibiotic for autistic child’s ‘monumental’ improvements
ByCanLyme Team February 14, 2016April 21, 2023
[CanLyme note: Many parents with autistic children who have also received treatment for a Lyme disease infection report similar amazing results from antibiotic treatment leading to hypotheses that some autism may be an infectious disease origin.] Brian Cross, Windsor Star, published February 12th, 2016 A five-year-old boy with autism who has never really communicated, has suddenly started answering back…
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Elliot Jacobson: Downstream Secondary Illness in Lyme Disease

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

31 Scientists Push to Tie Microbes to Alzheimer’s Disease Including Lyme Disease

Cardiac Tropism of Borrelia burgdorferi: An Autopsy Study of Sudden Cardiac Death Associated with Lyme Carditis.

nature.com : Statisticians issue warning over misuse of P values

Toronto Star: Canada’s National Ballet second soloist returns as Romeo after battle with Lyme Disease

Lyme Myocarditis Presenting as Chest Pain in an Adolescent Girl.

Blumenthal, Lyme disease advocacy giant, salutes researcher

Evidence of in vivo existence of Borrelia biofilm in borrelial lymphocytomas

Okanagan Valley, BC, Canada: Ticks in area woods already – near Kelowna

Eradication of Biofilm-Like Microcolony Structures of Borrelia burgdorferi by Daunomycin and Daptomycin but not Mitomycin C in Combination with Doxycycline and Cefuroxime

Windsor, Canada: Parents credit antibiotic for autistic child’s ‘monumental’ improvements

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