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Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation withdraws endorsement of the Complex Chronic Disease Program at the BC Women’s Hospital.
ByCanLyme Team August 28, 2013April 21, 2023
Press release: August 28th, 2013 Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation withdraws endorsement of the Complex Chronic Disease Program at the BC Women’s Hospital. The Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation (CanLyme) today announced it is withdrawing its support for the BC Complex Chronic Disease Clinic. The Clinic was initially proposed to address inadequate diagnostics and treatment for Lyme…
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Medical Publications | Research
The combined use of proton pump inhibitors and antibiotics as risk factors for Clostridium difficile infection
ByCanLyme Team August 28, 2013April 21, 2023
Healthcare Infection, 08/21/2013 Clinical Article Kassavin DS et al. – A review of the incidence of Clostridium. difficile infection (CDI) at the hospital was performed due to the morbidity of CDI in its fulminate form, reports of the increased incidence of CDI in the United States and the increased use of medications associated with its onset….
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Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Manitoba | Voices on Lyme
Medical abuse in Manitoba – a plea for sanity in a messed up system
ByCanLyme Team August 27, 2013April 21, 2023
This is a copy of a letter I was asked by Marie Hughes to write on her behalf. It was sent to every sitting member of the Manitoba legislature. I have Marie’s permission to publish it here. Manitoba Health July 22, 2013 Insured Benefits Branch 975 Henderson HWY Winnipeg, MB R2K 4L7 Att: xxxxxxxx…
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International News | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Voices on Lyme
Lyme Disease: Spreading across Canada – The Nature of Things with David Suzuki
ByCanLyme Team August 24, 2013April 21, 2023
“It’s official. A March 2012 study confirmed that the tick that spreads lyme disease has been infiltrating Canada for the past 20 years. Despite this many Canadians still tell tales of years of misdiagnosis and mistreatment as doctors tell them that it just isn’t possible to contract lyme disease in this country.” Watch prevues with…
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International News | Lyme Controversy | Research | Voices on Lyme
Lyme disease more common than previously thought [10 times more cases says US CDC putting number at 300,000 cases per year!]
ByCanLyme Team August 23, 2013April 21, 2023
ATLANTA August 19, 2013 (AP) By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer Lyme disease is about 10 times more common than previously reported, health officials said Monday. As many as 300,000 Americans are actually diagnosed with Lyme disease each year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced. Usually, only 20,000 to 30,000 illnesses are…
Read More Lyme disease more common than previously thought [10 times more cases says US CDC putting number at 300,000 cases per year!]
Medical Publications | Research
The immune system cannot generate immunological memory during infection with the Lyme disease agent B. burgdorfer
ByCanLyme Team August 21, 2013April 21, 2023
R.A. Elsner, S.W. Barthold, N. Baumgarth https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1043466613003542 Graduate Group in Microbiology and the Center for Comparative Medicine, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, USA In vertebrates including humans, mice and dogs, the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb) causes a chronic, non-resolving infection known as Lyme disease, which requires antibiotic treatment to clear the bacteria. Re-infections are common…
Read More The immune system cannot generate immunological memory during infection with the Lyme disease agent B. burgdorfer
International News | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Research | Voices on Lyme
The Global Search for Education: In Search of Solutions – Ticks
ByCanLyme Team August 16, 2013April 21, 2023
To date in my “Ticks” series, we have learned from leading global experts that tick-borne illnesses (including Lyme disease) are possibly the most complicated and substantial global medical research challenges that exist today and that they threaten to dominate global health care tomorrow. Solutions are tough to find since the bacteria are difficult to diagnose…
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Lyme in Manitoba | Research | Voices on Lyme
CBC News: Reports of Lyme disease triple in southern Manitoba
ByCanLyme Team August 16, 2013April 21, 2023
The number of black-legged ticks in southeastern Manitoba is on the rise, which has led to a surge in the incidents of Lyme disease. Reports of the disease tripled in 2012 over the year before – going from seven to 21 – according to Shelley Buchan, the medical officer of health for the southern regional…
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International News | Medical Publications | Research
Still Lots of Unknowns
ByCanLyme Team August 16, 2013April 21, 2023
Much of the controversy over Lyme disease centers on the patients who experience chronic illness. When Lyme is caught late, patients may continue to have lingering symptoms even after antibiotic treatment. Research on primates has shown that the Lyme-causing bacteria can physically remain even after antibiotic treatment. While it is still unknown why these patients…
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Medical Publications | Research | Voices on Lyme
Can Alzheimer Disease be Prevented?
ByCanLyme Team August 16, 2013April 21, 2023
Bret S. Stetka, MD Background and Biomarkers AD is an epidemic, affecting over 5 million Americans and nearly 40 million people worldwide. AD afflicts 1 in 8 people aged 65 years or older and nearly half of those 85 years and older.[2] The reason for the staggering prevalence is simply that we’re living longer. “The major…
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Research
Babesia odocoilei infection in a Saskatchewan elk (Cervus elaphus canadensis) herd.
ByCanLyme Team August 5, 2013April 21, 2023
An 8-year-old female elk (Cervus elaphus canadensis) cow, presented for chronic severe weight loss and unthriftiness, was diagnosed with Babesia odocoilei infection based on blood smear evaluation, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and DNA sequence analysis. Subsequently, velvet antler from a male that died acutely on the same farm was also PCR positive for Babesia spp. Both…
Read More Babesia odocoilei infection in a Saskatchewan elk (Cervus elaphus canadensis) herd.
Medical Publications | Research
Illuminating the roles of the Borrelia burgdorferi adhesins
ByCanLyme Team August 5, 2013April 21, 2023
The Lyme disease spirochetes, Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato), must cause persistent, disseminated infection to be maintained in the natural enzootic cycle. In human Lyme disease, spirochetes spread from the site of a tick bite to colonize multiple tissue sites, causing multisystem clinical manifestations. The Lyme spirochetes produce many adhesive surface proteins that collectively recognize diverse host substrates…
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International News | Medical Publications
National Post: Deadly tick-borne Powassan virus surfaces in New York state, kills 30% of those infected
ByCanLyme Team August 2, 2013April 21, 2023
A Saratoga County resident is recovering from a rare but emerging illness carried by deer ticks that transmit Lyme disease, according to a county health official. While extremely rare, Powassan virus is deadlier than other tick-borne illnesses – killing 30% of those infected statewide since 2004 – and its victims are infected much more quickly….
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Miscellaneous
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada: Tick tests positive in Sudbury for Lyme disease bacteria
ByCanLyme Team August 2, 2013April 21, 2023
The Sudbury & District Health Unit is urging people to take precautions to prevent against tick bites after a blacklegged tick tested positive for the bacteria that can cause Lyme disease. It’s the first such case in the health unit’s service area. The infected tick was found embedded in the skin of a person who…
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Lyme in Manitoba | Research | Voices on Lyme
CTV news Winnipeg: More ticks that carry Lyme disease being found in Manitoba
ByCanLyme Team August 2, 2013April 21, 2023
Manitoba has seen an increase in Lyme disease in recent years with 16 confirmed or probable cases in 2012, up from five in 2009. Kateryn Rochon, an entomologist at the University of Manitoba, said over the last six years blacklegged ticks have been settling in more areas of the province. “They’re expanding a little bit…
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News and updates

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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

Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation withdraws endorsement of the Complex Chronic Disease Program at the BC Women’s Hospital.

The combined use of proton pump inhibitors and antibiotics as risk factors for Clostridium difficile infection

Medical abuse in Manitoba – a plea for sanity in a messed up system

Lyme Disease: Spreading across Canada – The Nature of Things with David Suzuki

Lyme disease more common than previously thought [10 times more cases says US CDC putting number at 300,000 cases per year!]

The immune system cannot generate immunological memory during infection with the Lyme disease agent B. burgdorfer

The Global Search for Education: In Search of Solutions – Ticks

CBC News: Reports of Lyme disease triple in southern Manitoba

Still Lots of Unknowns

Can Alzheimer Disease be Prevented?

Babesia odocoilei infection in a Saskatchewan elk (Cervus elaphus canadensis) herd.

Illuminating the roles of the Borrelia burgdorferi adhesins

National Post: Deadly tick-borne Powassan virus surfaces in New York state, kills 30% of those infected

Sudbury, Ontario, Canada: Tick tests positive in Sudbury for Lyme disease bacteria

CTV news Winnipeg: More ticks that carry Lyme disease being found in Manitoba

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