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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
Winnipeg Free Press, Canada: Lyme-carrying tick numbers on rise here
Rate of cases in humans growing, province warns By Kristin Annable May 5th, 2016 Winnipeg Free Press Manitobans…
Dr. Ted Cormode – Lyme disease from my perspective as a pediatrician and father of Lyme disease victim in Canada
Dr. Ted Cormode is a well respected retired pediatrician from Ontario who now resides in British Columbia. He relates…
Lyme Disease: Beyond Erythema Migrans
Feb, 2016 Herbert B. Allen, et al Journal of Clinical & Experimental Dermatology Research Abstract Background: With the recent discoveries…
Saskatchewan’s invisible struggle with Lyme disease
Nov, 2015 By Lisa Schick When it comes to Lyme disease in Saskatchewan, those who suffer from it appear…
California is where BC ticks come from: Tick-Borne Diseases in California – It’s Not Just Lyme and It’s Not Just Deer Ticks!
[canLyme Note: Ignore the spelling errors in the below, as it is an unedited article. This is an important…
CBC News, Canada: Lyme disease response requires collaboration in Canada, researcher says
By Laurie Fagan, April 22, 2016 A Queen’s university researcher says Canadian Lyme disease experts need to work more…
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
Julia O’Shannassy tells of her Lyme Borreliosis struggles
March 6th, 2014, Fernie, BC, Canada Every spring, I am one of the many that flock to the South…
Tick-borne disease case numbers: What do they really mean?
By Doug Hartline, Health Director on March 5, 2014 When you see the statistic that Redding had only 10…
Elizabeth May speaks in parliament on Bill C-442 National Lyme Disease Strategy Act
Watch Elizabeth May as she introduces Bill C-442 into parliament for second reading on March 3rd, 2014. Twenty minutes…
Yet another Canadian child forced out of Canada for proper diagnosis and treatment. Lot’s of support from locals and other Canadians.
NEW WATERFORD – A New Waterford woman who believes her son has Lyme disease is overwhelmed by the support…
Parliament – Bill C-442 transcript and patient concerns over term “Best Practices”
March 4th, 2014, On March 3rd, 2014 in Canada’s House of Commons, Elizabeth May brought her private member’s Bill…
Lyme Disease Task Force Bill Passes Iowa Senate
A bill that would establish a “Lyme disease task force” has passed the Iowa Senate last week with 49…
CTV News – Making a federal case out of Lyme Disease
Joanne Schnurr, CTV Ottawa Published Monday, March 3, 2014 5:10PM EST Last Updated Monday, March 3,…
Detection of Microbial Agents in Ticks Collected from Migratory Birds in Central Italy
Online Ahead of Print: February 27, 2014 Author information Luciano Toma,1,* *These authors contributed equally to this work.…
National Geographic – What Is Lyme Disease? New Findings Deepen the Mystery
Says National Geographic commenting on Canadian researcher Marianne Middelveen’s recent findings, “A new study that points to sexual transmission…