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
Researcher says tick-borne disease Borrelia has grown exponentially in Finland
October 5th, 2017 New research finds that ticks are not only becoming more common in Finland but incidents of…
Popular Shrub Linked to Rising Rates of Lyme Disease in Ticks
[CanLyme note: Japanese barberry, an invasive plant, has been promoted as a decorative shrub for landscaping across Canada for many…
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario: Local tick reports up sharply over last year
[CanLyme note: This article says only one tick per year is testing positive for Lyme disease. Research has shown us…
Tips after Lyme Disease is in your system
From Toronto Sun Sept 23rd, 2017 “With the Public Health test, chronic sufferers like me can be misdiagnosed. Although…
YME SCI: What’s the story about stevia?
From Lymedisease.org – written by Lonnie Markum There has been a great deal of information circulating the internet about…
CBC News: High-risk areas for Lyme disease expand to include Moncton
By Joseph Tunney, September 22nd, 2017 Westmorland and Albert counties added to list that already includes Charlotte, Saint John…
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
Niagara, ON: ‘I want people to know about Lyme disease’
Smithville woman went three years before diagnosis Grimsby Lincoln News by Amanda Moore, May 13th, 2015 SMITHVILLE – Shortly…
Montérégie at epicentre of uptick in Lyme disease in Quebec
KATHERINE WILTON, MONTREAL GAZETTE Published on: May 13, 2015 Hikers heading to the mountains and forests in the Montérégie…
Dr. Ben Boucher discusses Lyme disease on CBC radio
May 8th, 2015 Dr. Ben Boucher is speaking at a Maritime Tick Conference in Moncton about the difficulty in…
Activists call for provincial Lyme disease strategy
May 6th, 2015 Jessica Bell from the Ontario Lyme Alliance and Jeanne Pacey who suffers from Lyme disease, spoke…
How one small bite can change a life
Cindy E. Harnett / Times Colonist May 10, 2015 Retired anesthesiologist Dr. Martin Rodgers was treated with two days’ worth…
ICI Radio-Canada; Maladie de lyme, augmentation rapide du nombre de cas de la maladie de lyme
May 8th, 2015 CBC Radio-Canada; Maladie de lyme, augmentation rapide du nombre de cas de la maladie de lyme…
Grandpa runs for Lyme disease – for his grandson
Watch touching video of a Grandpa who started running for Lyme on January 2nd, 2015 and has logged over…
ICI Radio-Canada; Maladie de lyme, augmentation rapide du nombre de cas de la maladie de lyme
May 8th, 2015 CBC Radio-Canada; Maladie de lyme, augmentation rapide du nombre de cas de la maladie de lyme…
ICI Radio Canada – CBC TV – Maladie de lyme
Ticks on the rise, human cases on the the rise. Watch TV segment