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.
Get help for Lyme
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.
Get the facts
Get the facts on ticks and tick-borne diseases. There are many myths!
Recent dispatches
Global TV, Winnipeg, Canada: Winnipeggers cautioned to watch out for ticks [Lyme on increase]
May 24th, 2016 WINNIPEG – A Winnipeg mom is warning people to be on the lookout for black legged ticks…
What has the USA, ‘lead in the water’ crisis got to do with Lyme disease?
American Scientist, May-June, 2016 Katie L. Burke “ To make matters worse, the Flint water crisis is a repeat…
NEW TESTING FOR LYME DISEASE
May 23, 2016 A new urine test that could detect Lyme disease has been completed. 40% of Lyme disease…
CBC News Montreal: Reported cases of Lyme disease on the rise in Montreal
May 19th, 2016 Arlene Rill knows all about the dangers of Lyme disease. The 65-year-old resident of Hampstead, Que.,…
CBC News Ottawa: Jim Wilson, CanLyme president, wants patients as equal partners on Lyme Borreliosis policy.
May 16th, 2016 As a result of Elizabeth May’s private member’s Bill 442 that passed unanimously through both the…
CBC, The National: Alarming rise in Lyme disease cases
A five-fold increase in Lyme disease cases since 2009 concerns Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Gregory Taylor sounds…
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.
Learn to protect yourself
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More news
Maladie de Lyme bien présente au Québec
Actualité rurale | 3 mars 2014 par Pierre-Yvon Begin Le Dr Jacques-Christian Brault pratique la médecine familiale au Bas-Saint-Laurent.…
Marlène Downey doit se faire soigner aux É.-U.
Actualité rurale | 4 mars 2014 par Pierre-Yvon Begin Productrice d’arbres de Noël avec son conjoint, Larry, dans les Cantons-de-l’Est,…
Des mesures réclamées pour contrer la maladie de Lyme
Publié le 21 mars 2014 à 08h54 | Mis à jour le 21 mars 2014 à 08h54 (SHERBROOKE) «Ce…
Marlène Downey doit se faire soigner aux É.-U.
Actualité rurale | 4 mars 2014 par Pierre-Yvon Begin Productrice d’arbres de Noël avec son conjoint, Larry, dans les Cantons-de-l’Est,…
Maladie de Lyme bien présente au Québec
Actualité rurale | 3 mars 2014 par Pierre-Yvon Begin Le Dr Jacques-Christian Brault pratique la médecine familiale au Bas-Saint-Laurent.…
La maladie de Lyme touche l’Estrie
Des producteurs agricoles de la région touchés par la maladie de Lyme lancent un cri du coeur à la…
Radio de la SRC, maladie de lyme – L’AUDIO FIL DU JEUDI 20 MARS 2014
L’AUDIO FIL DU JEUDI 20 MARS 2014 Écoute de la radio
Des mesures réclamées pour contrer la maladie de Lyme
Publié le 21 mars 2014 à 08h54 | Mis à jour le 21 mars 2014 à 08h54 (SHERBROOKE) «Ce…
People, Pets, and Parasites: One Health Surveillance in Southeastern Saskatchewan
Abstract Residents of remote and Indigenous communities might experience higher exposure to some zoonotic parasites than the general North…