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
Unprecedented claim against the CDC over Lyme tests
August 23, 2017 written by Huib In the USA an unprecedented anti-trust law suit of $57 million is being…
Toronto Star: Pet owners help university track ticks through new online tool
Pathobiology professor Scott Weese, who developed the Tick Tracker, says the data could serve as an “early warning system.”…
MALADIE DE LYME. Le cri d’alarme de 100 médecins : “Il y a urgence”
ils lancent l’alerte. De plus en plus souvent, ces médecins sont confrontés à des malades qui errent des…
BABESIA CASES SKYROCKET IN WISCONSIN WITH A 26-FOLD INCREASE
by Daniel J. Cameron, MD, MPH In Wisconsin, between 2001 and 2015, “there was a 26-fold increase in the…
Saskatchewan: Sask. Lyme disease patients are falling through the cracks
The Saskatchewan government says there have been three cases of Lyme disease in the province since 2008. Five Lyme…
Two women joined in a mission to learn more about a still misunderstood condition
[CanLyme Note: CanLyme and the G Magnotta Foundation for Vector Borne Diseases have worked together for 5 years to bring…
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
Vancouver, BC: Lyme disease sufferers ticked off with Vancouver clinic that was supposed to help them
BY DAN FUMANO, THE PROVINCE APRIL 22, 2015 In 2013, a clinic heralded as the first of its kind…
Kingston Whig, ON: Lyme disease controversy
[CanLyme note: Dr. Gerald Evans’ comments in the article linked below are a great example of why patients Canada-wide are…
Lyme Sucks Challenge continues: CanLyme founder’s brother and daughter make their challenges.
On April 24th, 2015, the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation’s founder, Jim Wilson, was proud to have his brother, John…
Pamela Weintraub answers: Why do doctors keep fighting about Lyme Disease?
Because the patients are contested “They immediately may send the patient to test for all manner of serious…
Case study: Tick-borne disease babesiosis passed from mother to fetus.
Nickolas D. Surra, MD, John E. Jesus, MD Christiana Care Health Center, Newark, Delaware Published Online: April 18, 2015 Abstract…
Case report: Mother to fetus transmission of Babesia, a tick-borne infection
The Anemic and Thrombocytopenic Febrile Neonate Nickolas D. Surra, MD, John E. Jesus, MD Christiana Care Health Center, Newark,…
Press Release: CROSS CANADA BIKE RIDE FOR LYME DISEASE
St. CATHARINES, ON – APRIL 15, 2015 – At sunrise on May 11, 2015, Niagara natives, 22 year old…
Squirrels ‘host Lyme disease bugs’
Tuesday 21 April 2015 Grey squirrels are in the dock again – this time for harbouring a serious infection…
Lyme Patient Advocates Denounce Intellectual Conflicts of Interest for Seven IDSA Guidelines Review Panelists
Arlington, VA – WEBWIRE – Tuesday, April 21, 2015 The Mayday Project–a volunteer organization comprised of those touched by…