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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
Prolonged antibiotic therapy in PCR confirmed persistent Lyme disease
Scientific Study, 2011, 19 Pages Abstract: We examined a sample of 90 individuals that had previously received a course…
BC, Canada: Ticks active in the Southern Interior
WATCH: FULL STORY BY TANYA CRONIN The most common species here in the Southern Interior is the Wood…
N.S. doctor clashes with peers on Lyme disease treatment
HE CHRONICLE HERALD Published March 22, 2016 – 5:10pm ST. STEPHEN, N.B. – A retired Nova Scotia medical doctor…
31 Scientists Push to Tie Microbes to Alzheimer’s Disease Including Lyme Disease
A journal article says herpes virus and Lyme disease bacteria are behind the mind-robbing illness, but not all researchers…
Cardiac Tropism of Borrelia burgdorferi: An Autopsy Study of Sudden Cardiac Death Associated with Lyme Carditis.
[ CanLyme note: “Although rare”, yet they state in the same breath that “sudden cardiac death caused by Lyme…
nature.com : Statisticians issue warning over misuse of P values
Policy statement aims to halt missteps in the quest for certainty Monya Baker 07 March 2016 Misuse of…
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
Doctor’s sister ends up with Lyme Disease causing her to research Lyme Disease beyond the ‘official’ perspective.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/health/lyme-disease—debilitating-illness-3008746 Lyme disease – the debilitating illness which can be a hidden danger of a healthy country walk Jan…
Lyme Disease-Induced Polyradiculopathy Mimicking Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Abstract Importance: To describe a case of predominantly motor polyradiculopathy secondary to Lyme disease that can mimic motor neuron disease…
Distinguishing Lyme from septic knee monoarthritis in Lyme disease-endemic areas
Deanehan JK, Tan Tanny SP, Milewski MD, Talusan PG, Smith BG, Nigrovic LE, Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital…
Comparison of Lyme Disease Prevalence and Reporting in and Endemic Area
Abstract Lyme disease is the most commonly reported tick-borne illness in the United States; however, controversy surrounding the diagnostic…
The difficulty in detecting Lyme Disease
FAIRMONT – In Minnesota, the summer months are feeding season for the deer tick nymph, the second stage in…
UK : Scientist left struggling to walk after contracting Lyme disease
CanLyme note: Listen to this scientist’s symptoms… unable to walk, crawling around house, then, look at what the American…
UK : Scientists and doctors unite to defeat tick bite disease
DOCTORS and scientists are working to develop the first UK-wide campaign to tackle a chronic bacterial infection that has…
Calgary Herald, letter to editor: Internet a good source of medical information
Re: “We’ve become a nation of Internet hypochondriacs,” Josh Freed, Opinion, Jan. 2. I take offence to Josh Freed’s…
Lyme disease in N.B. focus of study by biologists, vets
Researchers from Mount Allison University and veterinarians from across New Brunswick are joining forces to determine how widespread Lyme disease…