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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
Same Tick, Different Disease: Vermont Health Dept. Warns Of Rise Of Anaplasmosis
[CanLyme Note: Canadian cases of anaplasmosis are on the rise as well] By MITCH WERTLIEB, LIAM CONNORS SEP 28,…
Global Antibiotic Stewardship Denies Native Americans Lyme Treatment Options
Posted September 28th, 2016 Written by Jenna Luché-Thayer Author info: Bio – Jenna Luché-Thayer’s expertise includes government transparency and accountability…
G. Magnotta Foundation Announces Vaughan Walk for Lyme 2016
A great way to enjoy the early fall weather! Spend a fun filled morning on a 5 km leisure…
Canadian Press – Lyme disease: Patients living in ‘medical limbo’ push for federal strategy
Keith Doucette, The Canadian Press, posted September 11, 2016 Lack of awareness, diagnosis and treatment by doctors a problem…
Why Is An Obscure Study About Lyme Disease-Causing Bacteria So Popular Online?
The Huffington Post, David Michael Conner “Who knew there would be so much interest in a biomechanics paper??!!” Those…
Steroid Use Questioned for Common Lyme Disease Manifestation
[CanLyme Note: Facial palsy, Bell’s Palsy, is not as common in Lyme patients as reported. It is easily recognized making…
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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Geographical and genospecies distribution of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato DNA detected in humans in the USA
Jounral of Medical Microbiology Kerry L. Clark1, Brian F. Leydet2 and Clifford Threlkeld Correspondence Kerry L. Clark kclark [at] unf [dot]…
Lucky in Lyme
Lucky in Lyme by Lisa Robertson Posted June 18th, 2014 It has taken me a long time to finally…
Times Colonist, Victoria, BC, Canada: Lyme disease needs more research
Elizabeth May has achieved something of a miracle – the MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands and the leader of the…
Manitoba : Province expands Lyme Disease risk areas
[CanLyme note: Ticks that carry Lyme Disease are spread randomly in the tens of millions by migratory birds. By emphasizing…
CBC TV Manitoba: Tick season in Manitoba: Causes death
Tick season in Manitoba: causes death In 2011, Michelle Millar and her partner Jim were bitten by ticks carrying…
Vancouver Sun: June 11, 2014 – Vancouver’s beleaguered chronic disease clinic loses a third doctor
Facility has 1,400 patients on a waiting list for care By Pamela Fayerman, Vancouver Sun A third…
Elizabeth May’s Act to create a Federal Framework on Lyme Disease passes House of Commons
June 11th, 2014 OTTAWA – Elizabeth May’s Private Members Bill, C-442, An Act respecting a Federal Framework on Lyme…
A study on the association between infectious burden and Alzheimer’s disease
Bu XL, Yao XQ, Jiao SS, Zeng F, Liu YH, Xiang Y, Liang CR, Wang QH, Wang X, Cao…
Boys Mysterious Infection Cured After DNA Sequencing
[CanLyme note: This is the coming wave for better clinical diagnostics for Lyme borreliosis and other infections] By Maggie…