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.
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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.
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Get the facts on ticks and tick-borne diseases. There are many myths!
Recent dispatches
Neuroscience: how do contrarians think?
February 25, 2018 (translated from French)… What happens in the brain of a man who chooses to free himself…
Neurosciences : comment pensent les anticonformistes ?
February 25th, 2018 Que se passe-t-il dans le cerveau d’un homme qui choisit de s’affranchir de l’opinion commune ? Les neurosciences s’intéressent depuis de…
HAIR LOSS IN LYME DISEASE – THE LAST STRAW?
by Daniel J. Cameron, MD MPH In a recent issue of the American Journal of Dermatopathology, Lynch and colleagues report…
Quebec wildlife agents want Lyme disease recognized as occupational hazard
CBC News February 14th, 2018 With Lyme disease diagnoses on the rise, wildlife agents want better care and prevention…
Canadian Lyme Consortium envoie un message à la communauté de la maladie de Lyme
6 février 2018 Au nom d’une équipe grandissante de scientifiques, de défenseurs et de cliniciens, nous tenons à vous…
Canadian Lyme Consortium makes announcement to Lyme community
February 6th, 2018 On behalf of a growing team of scientists, advocates, and clinicians, we wanted to let you…
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.
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More news
Manitoba: Thompson Manitoba concerned about Lyme – Listen to the discussion
Listen to Sue O’Brien 102.9 FM Thompson, Manitoba, as she addresses the concerns about Lyme disease in her area……
Lyme disease subverts immune system, prevents future protection
July 2nd, 2015 – University of California, Davis The bacteria that cause Lyme disease are able to trick an…
Iceland : Ticks are here to stay.
Published July 4, 2015 Ticks in Iceland are likely here to stay, according to Vísir.is. Entomologist Erling Ólafsson told…
LYME DISEASE – OUR FIGHT TO PAY IT FORWARD
June 30th, 2015 My family’s fight against Lyme disease is relatively new, but we learned quickly of the controversy…
Nova Scotia: Lyme disease-carrying ticks infecting more dogs in Shelburne County
Published on June 23, 2015 AmyWoolvett SHELBURNE -The number of documented cases of Lyme disease in people, a tick-borne…
Victoria, BC: 19 year old Victoria teen has fought Lyme Disease for 6 years
[CanLyme note: Yet another case with eerily similar symptoms and circumstances to the others reported over the past few…
Springhill, NS: Ticks become talk at Springhill search and rescue hall
June 22nd, 2015 by Christopher Gooding SPRINGHILL – It’s enough to make anyone want to stay out of the…
COMMUNIQUÉ : Quebec – La maladie de Lyme
COMMUNIQUÉ IL EST URGENT D’AGIR! La maladie de Lyme est en progression constante chez les humains et les animaux…
Chronic persistent late Lyme disease not a new phenomenon
Chronic Lyme borreliosis in the laboratory mouse. Am J Pathol. 1993 Sep; 143(3): 959–971 Abstract C3H/HeJ mice were inoculated…