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
Nova Scotia: Lyme disease-carrying ticks infecting more dogs in Shelburne County
Published on June 23, 2015 AmyWoolvett SHELBURNE -The number of documented cases of Lyme disease in people, a tick-borne…
Victoria, BC: 19 year old Victoria teen has fought Lyme Disease for 6 years
[CanLyme note: Yet another case with eerily similar symptoms and circumstances to the others reported over the past few…
Springhill, NS: Ticks become talk at Springhill search and rescue hall
June 22nd, 2015 by Christopher Gooding SPRINGHILL – It’s enough to make anyone want to stay out of the…
COMMUNIQUÉ : Quebec – La maladie de Lyme
COMMUNIQUÉ IL EST URGENT D’AGIR! La maladie de Lyme est en progression constante chez les humains et les animaux…
Chronic persistent late Lyme disease not a new phenomenon
Chronic Lyme borreliosis in the laboratory mouse. Am J Pathol. 1993 Sep; 143(3): 959–971 Abstract C3H/HeJ mice were inoculated…
COMMUNIQUÉ : Quebec – La maladie de Lyme
COMMUNIQUÉ IL EST URGENT D’AGIR! La maladie de Lyme est en progression constante chez les humains et les animaux…
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
Hillier introduces Lyme Disease petition in Ontario legislature
Randy Hillier, MPP for Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington, read his petition calling on the Ontario government to provide better diagnostics,…
Spreading awareness about Lyme disease for the summer
Planning an outdoor vacation? Beware of the “ticking time bomb” – blood-sucking parasites spreading Lyme disease with potentially devastating…
NEWS: “Sometimes a little rebellion is necessary”
The following is the text of Dr. Liegner’s remarks at the World Wide Lyme Rally & Protest Friday, May…
Tick bite leads to Lyme disease for Winnipeg girl.
Sarah Phillips’ daughter, Emily, is awake and smiling now. It’s a big difference from a few days ago. “I…
FOIA request to CDC took five years to fulfill … corruption
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers itself to be one of the nation’s foremost scientific institutions, dedicated…
Woman is finally able to put name to debilitating disease
Tsawwassen resident Karen Marchand says she used to pride herself on being a healthy person, but all that changed…
Lyme Disease Association holding informational event in Fort Erie [Ontario,Canada]
A tick can get under your skin without it even being realized for months and sometimes years. May is…
B.C. Canada: Woman’s mystery illness leads to Lyme disease diagnosis
Sitting in a dark room at Little House Society in Tsawwassen, Karen Marchand speaks slowly and with great apparent…
New Brunswicker tackles Lyme disease issues
Stephanie Stoneleigh… “Just want you to know I have sent this letter this morning to about 75 contacts in…