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United States: Lyme Victory as Bill passes US House of Representatives
ByCanLyme Team September 9, 2014April 21, 2023
[CanLyme note: Congratulations to to the US House of Representatives for passing this important legislation. Years of hard work by Lyme disease advocates and dedicated representatives has moved the Lyme issue one step closer to taking the control away from the medical political, for-profit associated, bureaucrats and giving it back to pure scientists and patients….
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Lyme Controversy | Lyme in BC | Media | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Crowdfunding meets goal to procure Lyme disease program files
ByCanLyme Team September 9, 2014April 21, 2023
MARK HUME VANCOUVER – The Globe and Mail Published Tuesday, Sep. 09 2014, 8:00 AM EDT Saying she was frustrated because patients weren’t being adequately diagnosed or treated for Lyme disease, Liz Zubek quit British Columbia’s new Complex Chronic Disease Program (CCDP) in June. Now, Dr. Zubek has teamed up with Lyme disease patients in a crowdfunding project to pay…
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Lyme Controversy | Lyme in BC | Miscellaneous
Crowdsourcing used to fund Lyme disease FOI request
ByCanLyme Team September 9, 2014April 21, 2023
BY PAMELA FAYERMAN, VANCOUVER SUN SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 In tickety-tock time Monday morning, a Lyme disease advocate was successful in crowdsourcing enough money to pay the Provincial Health Services Authority fee for documents requested through a Freedom of Information request. Half the $2,160 fee came from Dr. Liz Zubek, a former physician with the Complex Chronic…
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Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Alberta | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Taylor George went 13 years before being diagnosed with Lyme
ByCanLyme Team September 8, 2014April 21, 2023
By April Hudson, Spruce Grove Examiner/Stony Plain Reporter Friday, September 5, 2014 2:31:03 MDT PM Fibromyalgia. Chronic fatigue. Osteoporosis. Myo facial pain syndrome. Those are just a few of the diagnoses Taylor George has been handed over the past 13 years by doctors who don’t know what’s wrong with her. She lost some of her sight,…
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Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research
First detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato DNA in king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus halli).
ByCanLyme Team August 30, 2014April 21, 2023
Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, Available online 20 August 2014. Abstract The hard tick Ixodes uriae parasitises a wide range of seabird species in the circumpolar areas of both Northern and Southern hemispheres and has been shown to be infected with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, the bacterial agents of Lyme borreliosis. Although it is assumed that seabirds…
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Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Alberta | Medical Publications | Voices on Lyme
Lyme disease in Alberta
ByCanLyme Team August 29, 2014April 21, 2023
Original Air Date: Friday, July 11, 2014 We’re hearing the story of one Alberta woman’s life-changing battle against Lyme disease before speaking with Alberta’s top doctor on the controversy around the disease and if enough is being done to treat those suffering. Is Lyme in Alberta? And how will a new federal framework change the way…
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Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Ontario | Miscellaneous
Lyme disease on the rise according to experts
ByCanLyme Team August 23, 2014April 21, 2023
August 20, 2014 09:47:10 PM | Last updated: August 20, 2014 09:47:10 PM Every year, hundreds of Canadians are diagnosed with Lyme disease. According to Lyme disease advocates thousands are living with illness caused by a tick bite it without even knowing they have it. CHCH News followed up Wednesday with Shelby Macneil, the subject of a…
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International News | Medical Publications | Research
Ticks may transmit disease faster than currently thought
ByCanLyme Team August 23, 2014April 21, 2023
BY SHEREEN LEHMAN Fri Aug 22, 2014 1:12pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Brazilian ticks that carry Rocky Mountain spotted fever passed the disease to animal hosts in as little as 10 minutes if they had recently fed on another animal, a new study found. “The current literature, including medical textbooks and guidelines for…
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For Physicians | Lyme in quebec | Miscellaneous
Lyme disease growing increasingly common in Quebec
ByCanLyme Team August 20, 2014April 21, 2023
Originating in Lyme, Connecticut in the 1970s, the disease has now made its way North. Quebec’s first cases emerged in 2008. Since then, it has continued to spread at an alarming rate. “We are predicting a rate of expansion of seven or eight kilometers per year northward in southern Quebec,” said Virginie Millien, a professor…
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Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Alberta | Voices on Lyme
Cases of poorly understood Lyme disease continue to grow in Alberta
ByCanLyme Team August 18, 2014April 21, 2023
BY DAVE DORMER ,CALGARY SUN August 16, 2014 While it has yet to establish a real foothold in Alberta, the prevalence of Lyme disease is increasing, meaning it will likely one day be here to stay, says the province’s medical officer of health. Caused by a bacteria known as Borrelia burgdorferi, Lyme disease is transmitted…
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Medical Publications | Research
High-throughput screening of tick-borne pathogens in Europe
ByCanLyme Team August 15, 2014April 21, 2023
Lorraine Michelet; Sabine Delannoy; Elodie Devillers; Gérald Umhang; Anna Aspan; Mikael Juremalm; Jan Chirico; Fimme J. van der Wal; Hein Sprong; Thomas P. Boye Pihl; Kirstine Klitgaard; Rene Bødker; Patrick Fach; Sara Moutailler Due to increased travel, climatic, and environmental changes, the incidence of tick-borne disease in both humans and animals is increasing throughout Europe….
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International News | Lyme Controversy | Voices on Lyme
Listen to Voice America talk radio Family Caregivers Unite – Lyme disease
ByCanLyme Team August 2, 2014April 21, 2023
Informing Family Caregivers about Vector-Borne Illnesses such as Lyme borreliosis. CanLyme founder and president Jim Wilson and G.Magnotta Foundation for Vector Borne Diseases president and founder Rossana Magnotta speak on Lyme disease topics. Listen to full talk show
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International News | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous
Human Infections with Borrelia miyamotoi, Japan
ByCanLyme Team July 24, 2014April 21, 2023
[CanLyme note: Public Health Agency of Canada researchers have reported finding Borrelia miyamotoi in ticks Canada wide. In Canada we have many strains and in North America in general there are many strains within the genus Borrelia that cause infection in humans. To attempt to distinguish what symptoms are from a relapsing fever Borrelia as opposed to a Lyme…
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International News | Lyme Controversy | Lyme in BC | Medical Publications | Voices on Lyme
Vancouver, BC, Canada: Parting words – and hospital criticism – as Dr. Alison Bested leaves B.C., returns to Ontario
ByCanLyme Team July 23, 2014April 21, 2023
Her silence over her controversial departure from BC Women’s Hospital has been deafening. Alas, it didn’t last forever as Dr. Alison Bested, the former medical director of the Complex Chronic Disease Program has sent me a statement she calls a “public response;” it is posted below. Her stipulation is that I publish it in its entirety; I…
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Lyme in Ontario
Niagara Region, Canada: Two ticks tested by Region positive for Lyme
ByCanLyme Team July 23, 2014April 21, 2023
By Rob Houle Wednesday, July 23, 2014 4:43:30 EDT PM Niagara Region doesn’t take chances when it comes to ticks. If a resident brings in a tick for testing to a public health office and it is subsequently identified as the potentially Lyme-carrying kind, the resident is notified as quickly as possible. Peter Jekel, the Region’s…
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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

United States: Lyme Victory as Bill passes US House of Representatives

Crowdfunding meets goal to procure Lyme disease program files

Crowdsourcing used to fund Lyme disease FOI request

Taylor George went 13 years before being diagnosed with Lyme

First detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato DNA in king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus halli).

Lyme disease in Alberta

Lyme disease on the rise according to experts

Ticks may transmit disease faster than currently thought

Lyme disease growing increasingly common in Quebec

Cases of poorly understood Lyme disease continue to grow in Alberta

High-throughput screening of tick-borne pathogens in Europe

Listen to Voice America talk radio Family Caregivers Unite – Lyme disease

Human Infections with Borrelia miyamotoi, Japan

Vancouver, BC, Canada: Parting words – and hospital criticism – as Dr. Alison Bested leaves B.C., returns to Ontario

Niagara Region, Canada: Two ticks tested by Region positive for Lyme

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