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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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Recent dispatches
Windsor, Canada: Parents credit antibiotic for autistic child’s ‘monumental’ improvements
[CanLyme note: Many parents with autistic children who have also received treatment for a Lyme disease infection report similar amazing…
Drexel University Team Duplicates Dr Alan MacDonald’s Findings of Bacterial Biofilms in Alzheimer’s Plaques
Feb. 2016 – Allen et al., J Neuroinfect Dis 2016, 7:1 Dr. Herbert B. Allen and his colleagues…
Mayo Researchers Identify New Borrelia Species that Causes Lyme Disease
Article sub-heading: Until now, Borrelia burgdorferi was only species believed to cause Lyme disease in North America [Canlyme note: actually,…
Is basic science disappearing from medicine? The decline of biomedical research in the medical literature
Published online before print October 14, 2015, doi:10.1096/fj.15-281758 February 2016 The FASEB Journal vol. 30 no. 2 515-518 Abstract Explosive growth in…
Looking for Canadian input : Survey on the treatment of Lyme disease outside of Canada [that Canadians have had to seek due to lack of help in Canada].
Survey on the treatment of Lyme disease outside of Canada We are conducting a survey to estimate the number…
Overruled: Canadian physician was slapped on the hand for not following IDSA guidelines… appeal decision said he does not have to follow those guidelines.
This is yet another case of a College of Physicians and Surgeons in Canada, overstepping their right to enforce…
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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Mosquito’s? Selected phenotypic features of BR91, a unique spirochaetal strain isolated from the Culex pipiens mosquito.
Sikutová S, Bunková L, Krejčí E, Halouzka J, Sanogo YO, Rudolf I. Source Institute of Vertebrate Biology, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech…
Ottawa nurse must go to U.S. to seek Lyme disease treatment
Like most Lyme disease patients in Canada, Dawn Lavarnway doesn’t remember when she was bitten by the tick that…
United States to limit antibiotic use in food farm industry, thought to be 8 times that of human use
FDA NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Wed. Dec. 11, 2013 Media Inquiries: Shelly Burgess, 301-796-4651, shelly [dot] burgess [at] fda [dot]…
Three Sudden Cardiac Deaths Associated with Lyme Carditis – United States, November 2012–July 2013
December 13, 2013 / 62(49);993-996 Lyme disease* is a multisystem illness caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, a spirochete transmitted by…
It’s because of the 12-year-old Kenzieville girl, who has Lyme disease, that he doesn’t give up in his races…
La Fondation canadienne de la maladie de Lyme fait un don de 304 000 $ pour l’avancement de la recherche sur la maladie de Lyme
KELOWNA, BC, le 11 déc. 2013 /CNW/ – La Fondation canadienne de la maladie de Lyme, organisation caritative enregistrée,…
La Fondation canadienne de la maladie de Lyme fait un don de 304 000 $ pour l’avancement de la recherche sur la maladie de Lyme
KELOWNA, BC, le 11 déc. 2013 /CNW/ – La Fondation canadienne de la maladie de Lyme, organisation caritative enregistrée,…
Press release – Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation donates $304,000 to further Lyme Disease research, announces ongoing venture grant policy
Dec 11th, 2013 The Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation, a registered charitable organization, is pleased to announce that it has…
U.S. Center for Disease Control releases statement; Lyme disease cases seriously under-reported – now 300,000 cases per year
“…Each year, more than 30,000 cases of Lyme disease are reported to CDC, making it the most commonly reported tick-borne illness…