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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
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…
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…
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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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…
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…