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.
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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
Lyme in the maritimes: Health P.E.I. should re-evaluate efforts at prevention and diagnosis of tick-borne diseases
BY CHRIS ROBINSON [ – Chris Robinson is a health economist / epidemiologist, and former head of Evidence and Risk…
Saskatoon women frustrated with provincial testing methods for Lyme disease
Erin Petrow, Saskatoon Starphoenix January 8th, 2018 When Danielle Briske started having severe migrating muscle pain and weakness, plus…
Legislative Package To Fight Lyme Disease Introduced In NY
December 29th, A package of state legislation aimed at fighting Lyme and tick-borne diseases is being introduced ahead of…
Canadian legend passes away – helped raise money for CanLyme – Johnny Bower
December 27th, 2017 Johnny Bower, Canadian hockey legend and amazing humanitarian passed away on December 26th, 2017. He was…
CANADA, CASE REPORT: New-onset Bell palsy and Lyme disease
[Canlyme Note: It is important for physicians to be aware that treatment duration is to be determined by the clinical…
You must check your pets paws for ticks!!
Daily tick checks and using tick repellents on your pets is a must when you live in a tick…
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
Widespread Borrelia miyamotoi Tick-borne Fever Found in US
Medscape: written by Janis C. Kelly June 12, 2015 Borrelia miyamotoi disease (BMD), a tick-borne infection that can cause more severe symptoms…
Ontario, Canada: Lyme Disease cross-Canada trek coming to Peterborough
June 13th, 2015 PETERBOROUGH — Love doesn’t just come in the form of friendship. It can also involve bringing…
New tick-borne disease has severe symptoms worse than the Lyme disease
[CanLyme note: It is our position this is not a new tick-borne disease. There has been no test for it…
In Test Tube, ‘Pulse-Doses’ Of Antibiotic Wipe Out Lyme Disease Bacteria Persisters
June 12, 2015 Carey Goldberg From the Northeast to the Midwest and beyond, it’s high season for Lyme disease.…
Could You Have Lyme Disease And Not Even Know It?
The scary truth about this sneaky illness. by ZAHRA BARNES JUNE 1, 2015 After you get home from a glorious summer…
The federal government of Canada NOT acting in good faith so far on Bill C-442
[CanLyme note: The federal survey titled, “Consultation on the Federal Framework on Lyme Disease” that was sent out this week…
The association between infectious burden and Parkinson’s disease: A case-control study
Abstract Introduction The etiology of Parkinson’s disease (PD) remains unclear. The aim of this study was to examine…
KITCHENER, Ontario: Hoping for relief from medical ‘nightmare’
KITCHENER – Mariah Reichert says Lyme disease has stolen away years from her young life. She’s hoping, with the…
Kakabeka Falls, Ont. man recovering from Lyme disease
It’s difficult to watch MIke Zettek, from Kakabeka Falls, Ont., about 30 km west of Thunder Bay, climb up a set…