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.
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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
Fredericton Lyme disease support group wants better testing
Alison Chiasson, CBC News July 10th, 2015 Fredericton area residents struggle with symptoms, treatment and diagnosis Joy Pitre says…
Boston: Lyme Disease at Epidemic Levels, Say Health Officials
No state budget to control ticks Lyme and anaplasmosis and other tick borne diseases. Ten million spent on West…
Manitoba: Thompson Manitoba concerned about Lyme – Listen to the discussion
Listen to Sue O’Brien 102.9 FM Thompson, Manitoba, as she addresses the concerns about Lyme disease in her area……
Lyme disease subverts immune system, prevents future protection
July 2nd, 2015 – University of California, Davis The bacteria that cause Lyme disease are able to trick an…
Iceland : Ticks are here to stay.
Published July 4, 2015 Ticks in Iceland are likely here to stay, according to Vísir.is. Entomologist Erling Ólafsson told…
LYME DISEASE – OUR FIGHT TO PAY IT FORWARD
June 30th, 2015 My family’s fight against Lyme disease is relatively new, but we learned quickly of the controversy…
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
Tick’d Off – Alberta Primetime TV interview – Lyme disease in Alberta not so new
Tick’d Off Original Air Date: Friday, May 31, 2013 Alberta’s tick surveillance program is gathering data on just how…
LYME DISEASE IN QUEBEC – A TICKING TIMEBOMB
For The Gazette by Robert J. Galbraith [CanLyme: We have had enough of bureaucrats making decisions to withold information…
Lyme Disease in deployed military personnel [Canadian]: a ‘tick-ing’ time bomb
Ottawa: The Hill Times CanLyme: This is a very important article. You can sign up for a one day…
ErpC, a member of the complement regulator-acquiring family of surface proteins from Borrelia burgdorferi, possesses an architecture previously unseen in this protein family.
Caesar JJ, Johnson S, Kraiczy P, Lea SM. Source Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South…
Lyme Arthritis, Spirochetes Found in Synovial Microangiopathic Lesions
In 17 patients with Lyme disease, synovial specimens, obtained by synovectomy or needle biopsy, showed non-specific villous hypertrophy, synovial…
Global TV – Lyme disease expanding in Canada
Lyme disease is rapidly expanding according to Dr. Robbin Lindsay of the Canadian National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg. Most…
Letter to editor, Niagara – Lyme disease information timely
Re: Dog ticks not the same as deer ticks, letters, May 23rd I am writing in response to a…
Maladie de Lyme: gare aux tiques!
Claudette Piché, une résidente de Sainte-Thècle très touchée par la cause, étant elle-même atteinte d’une maladie à la suite…
Maladie de Lyme: gare aux tiques!
Claudette Piché, une résidente de Sainte-Thècle très touchée par la cause, étant elle-même atteinte d’une maladie à la suite…