Welcome to the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation
The Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation (CanLyme) was created to promote a more complete and comprehensive understanding of Lyme disease and related illnesses through research, education and advocacy to help reduce misdiagnosis and improve treatments for Lyme disease.
Get help for Lyme
Recognizing symptoms and learning how to talk to your doctor are the first steps towards treatment.
Learn more about Lyme
Understanding Lyme disease is the best way to prevent, diagnose and treat it.
Get the facts
Get the facts on ticks and tick-borne diseases. There are many myths!
Recent dispatches
The pathology of tick-borne illnesses
Presentation to pathology staff and trainees at Ontario Forensic Pathology Services in Toronto.
It’s all in your head: Medical gaslighting a common problem for women, including those with Lyme, study finds
Health-care professionals often don’t listen to their female patients, researchers say.
Researchers probe the secret of how ticks stick
Several creatures are able to glue themselves to rocks or solid surfaces – think mussels or spiders – but…
Lyme’s effect on pregnant women and their babies has largely been ignored by researchers, report warns
‘Future large-scale prospective studies are warranted,’ authors say.
‘A great scientist’ and a ‘fun guy to talk to’: A tribute to Reuben Kaufman
World renowned expert on ticks retires after nearly 20 years on CanLyme board.
A special thank you to CanLyme volunteers, Sue and Gary McDougall
From videography, to Lyme prevention education and tick kit fulfillment – they’ve done it all.
Where there are ticks, there’s often Lyme disease
Lyme disease is caused by an infection that is most often transmitted by ticks, but it can also be transmitted from mother to child during pregnancy.
Ticks can attach to your body without being seen or felt, and diagnosis can be difficult due to symptom presentation, testing protocols and other challenges.
Learn to protect yourself
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More news
Another young woman dies in the midst of ongoing confusion around Lyme disease
We need to do better.
Finding Resilience: A Teen’s Journey Through Lyme Disease
The writing in this book is captivating, moving back and forth between Rachel’s perspective and what Dorothy recalled about…
Summer camp leaders, outdoor educators, teachers, and parents
Help keep kids safe in the outdoors by learning about ticks and Lyme disease.
Clinician education grants available at CanLyme
Deepen your understanding of Lyme disease and other tick-borne infections through online learning.
Why Canadian public healthcare fails Lyme patients and why they seek treatment elsewhere
Promoting Canadian research and researchers.
CanLyme: 20 years of Canadian advocacy
Looking back at two decades of advocacy and education; looking forward to the road ahead.
Lyme disease and POTS
POTS is recognized by some clinicians as a contributor to persistent Lyme disease symptoms but more research is needed.