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Time Canadian Medicare system woke up … letter to editor
ByCanLyme Team May 23, 2013April 21, 2023
New Brunswick resident Stephanie Stoneleigh has had enough and wants the News Brunswick health care system to wake up to the fact that Lyme disease is occuring in numbers far above what is being reported. Her published letter to the editor spells out the issues. Read full letter
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Miscellaneous
Winnipeg Free Press: Tick season means pets at risk of Lyme disease
ByCanLyme Team May 23, 2013April 21, 2023
It’s roughly the size of the nail on your pinky finger, but it can pose a huge threat to you and your pets. Ladies and gentlemen, meet ixodes scapularis, better known in Manitoba as the blacklegged tick, a creepy little bloodsucker with the potential to spread Lyme disease, a bacterial infection that typically resides in…
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Government reports & letters | Lyme in Alberta | Medical Publications | News from CanLyme
Alberta: Province expands tick surveillance program
ByCanLyme Team May 20, 2013April 21, 2023
Albertans have been asked to keep their eyes peeled for a little black bug over the next few months, one that likes to hitch a ride on your canine companion. The Alberta government has recently expanded its tick surveillance program, asking individuals to submit ticks they find to the nearest participating environmental public health office,…
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International News | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Research | Voices on Lyme
Psychiatric guidelines under attack – driven by drug companies
ByCanLyme Team May 19, 2013April 21, 2023
OUR POLITICIANS CAN STOP THIS NONSENSE IF SO MOTIVATED AND NOT DOING THE DRUG COMPANY’S BIDDING. DEMAND THE VICTIM’S EXPERTS, APPOINTED BY THE VICTIMS, BE THE ULTIMATE APPROVAL BODY OF ANY HEALTH RELATED GUIDELINES FOR ANY CONDITION, ILLNESS, OR DISEASE. ALL EVIDENCE BASED, PEER REVIEWED SCIENCE MUST BE LOOKED AT, NOT ONLY THAT WHICH IS DESIGNED…
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Government | International News | Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Voices on Lyme
US group calling for congressional investigation of the US Center for Disease Control, IDSA, and NIH.
ByCanLyme Team May 19, 2013April 21, 2023
This is a much needed investigation and is gaining rapid support throughout the USA… Canada SHOULD WE BE NEXT? …. ie; investigating our quasi-governmental policy setters; PCPHN (Pan-Canadian Public Health Network), CPHLN (Canadian Public Health Laboratory Network – who report to the PCPHN – who report to the Conference of federal/provincial/territorial Deputy Ministers of Health), and investigate the AMMI (Association of Medical Microbiologists…
Read More US group calling for congressional investigation of the US Center for Disease Control, IDSA, and NIH.
Government | International News | Medical Publications | Voices on Lyme
Delays, Deceit, and Nonsense – US CDC took 5 years to act on Freedom of Information request re: Lyme disease gov’t emails
ByCanLyme Team May 19, 2013April 21, 2023
… “Newby believes the delays were related to the documents’ content, which, she said, “reveal a disturbing picture of a quasi-governmental group … setting Lyme disease policy and a national research agenda without public oversight or transparency.” Read full article
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Events | Lyme in Alberta | News from CanLyme | Voices on Lyme
Calgary – CBC: Langevin Bridge will go green for Lyme awareness
ByCanLyme Team May 19, 2013April 21, 2023
Calgary’s Langevin Bridge will turn green Saturday night to raise awareness for Lyme disease. The first World Lyme Disease Day was held on May 11th and landmarks across Canada have been joining in on the awareness efforts by turning on green lights. The CN Tower went green last Saturday and Niagara Falls will go green…
Read More Calgary – CBC: Langevin Bridge will go green for Lyme awareness
Events | Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Ontario | Voices on Lyme
Resident gets ticked off by government inaction
ByCanLyme Team May 14, 2013April 21, 2023
In Canada, if a dog contacts Lyme disease, it has a far better chance of receiving timely diagnosis and treatment, whereas humans have to scramble to the U.S, says Marlene Spies, a Brampton Lyme disease patient. Canadians travel to the south of the border as “protocol tests” in Canada are not sensitive enough. Even though…
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Lyme Controversy | Lyme in Ontario | Miscellaneous | Voices on Lyme
Ottawa… Fighting Lyme Disease
ByCanLyme Team May 13, 2013April 21, 2023
A small bug is causing big problems for hundreds of Canadians. The deer tick can carry bacteria that cause Lyme disease. If it’s caught early, Lyme disease is very treatable. But that’s the problem; it sometimes goes undiagnosed and Canadians who are very sick with this disease say they are being told it is all…
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Events | Lyme in BC
Lyme disaease awareness boosted with Victoria events
ByCanLyme Team May 4, 2013April 21, 2023
By Staff Writer – Victoria News Published: May 02, 2013 4:00 PM Updated: May 02, 2013 4:40 PM A pair of events hosted by Lyme disease awareness advocates next week aim to get information out about the rare and often hard-to-diagnose affliction. A free screening of the film Under Our Skin: The Untold Story…
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Events
Multiple events across Canada for May Lyme Awareness Month
ByCanLyme Team May 3, 2013January 22, 2024
May is Lyme disease awareness month, here is a list of the balance of May awareness events across Canada. For more Lyme awareness photos click here. – May 22nd, the newly formed Lyme Disease Association of Alberta will be sponsoring a speech given by Dr. Aparna Taylor of Calgary, Alberta, a well known naturopathic physician…
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Miscellaneous
Lyme Disease Association of Alberta presents Dr. Aparna Taylor on May 22nd for Lyme Awareness education
ByCanLyme Team May 1, 2013April 21, 2023
On May 22nd, the newly formed Lyme Disease Association of Alberta will be sponsoring a speech given by Dr. Aparna Taylor of Calgary, Alberta, a well known naturopathic physician trained in Lyme disease, who also has a sizeable Lyme practice. Click here for info
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Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | News from CanLyme | Research
The Early Dissemination Defect Attributed to Disruption of Decorin-Binding Proteins Is Abolished in Chronic Murine Lyme Borreliosis
ByCanLyme Team April 17, 2013April 21, 2023
doi: 10.1128/IAI.01359-12 Infect. Immun. May 2013 vol. 81 no. 5 1663-1673 Denise M. Imaia, D. Scott Samuelsb, Sunlian Fenga, Emir Hodzica, Kim Olsena and Stephen W. Bartholda Center for Comparative Medicine, Schools of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, USAa Division of Biological Sciences, The University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, USAb R. P. Morrison, Editor + Author…
Read More The Early Dissemination Defect Attributed to Disruption of Decorin-Binding Proteins Is Abolished in Chronic Murine Lyme Borreliosis
International News | News from CanLyme | Research
New study to discover preventive use of antibiotics for Lyme disease
ByCanLyme Team April 16, 2013April 21, 2023
At the start of the “Tick Week”, the Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) and Wageningen University are commencing a large-scale study to discover whether preventive use of antibiotics can stop Lyme disease developing after a tick bite. Of the more than 3400 ticks that were sent to RIVM via Tekenradar.nl (Tick…
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Miscellaneous | News from CanLyme | Voices on Lyme
Listen to Kathryn Maroun, host of the TV show ‘What A Catch’ and Mount Allison University biologist Vett Lloyd discuss Lyme disease
ByCanLyme Team April 9, 2013April 21, 2023
Kathryn Maroun, host of popular TV show about fishing, What A Catch, discusses Lyme disease with David Doggett of Maritime Ourdoorsman. She contracted Lyme disease while in British Columbia, Canada. Listen here to Kathryn Maroun Also, as a follow-up and in response to the above segment, now listen to Vett Lyoyd, a biologist at Mount…
Read More Listen to Kathryn Maroun, host of the TV show ‘What A Catch’ and Mount Allison University biologist Vett Lloyd discuss Lyme disease

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

Time Canadian Medicare system woke up … letter to editor

Winnipeg Free Press: Tick season means pets at risk of Lyme disease

Alberta: Province expands tick surveillance program

Psychiatric guidelines under attack – driven by drug companies

US group calling for congressional investigation of the US Center for Disease Control, IDSA, and NIH.

Delays, Deceit, and Nonsense – US CDC took 5 years to act on Freedom of Information request re: Lyme disease gov’t emails

Calgary – CBC: Langevin Bridge will go green for Lyme awareness

Resident gets ticked off by government inaction

Ottawa… Fighting Lyme Disease

Lyme disaease awareness boosted with Victoria events

Multiple events across Canada for May Lyme Awareness Month

Lyme Disease Association of Alberta presents Dr. Aparna Taylor on May 22nd for Lyme Awareness education

The Early Dissemination Defect Attributed to Disruption of Decorin-Binding Proteins Is Abolished in Chronic Murine Lyme Borreliosis

New study to discover preventive use of antibiotics for Lyme disease

Listen to Kathryn Maroun, host of the TV show ‘What A Catch’ and Mount Allison University biologist Vett Lloyd discuss Lyme disease

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