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.
Learn more about Lyme
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
How to Protect Horses From Lyme Disease
By Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc June 17, 2015 The Horse magazine Spring has sprung … and so have the…
Read all Lyme disease presentations to the Ontario legislative committee on Bill 27 – June 1st, 2015
Committee Transcripts: Standing Committee on Social Policy – 2015-Jun-01 – Bill 27, Provincial Framework and Action Plan concerning Emerging…
Cyclists pair take on Lyme Disease as they bike across Canada
Peterborough, ON, Canada / (CHEXTV) Aileen Doyle June 16, 2015 11:14 pm It is a long journey but one…
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By Alexa Tsoulis-Reay “Dr. Neil Spector, a 58-year-old associate professor of medicine at Duke University, spoke with Science of…
Bartonella clarridgeiae bacteremia detected in an asymptomatic blood donor.
[CanLyme Note: Bartonella infection (bartonelliosis) in humans is an emerging and rapidly expanding field of medical science as a flea…
Global TV BC: Why Lyme Disease is on the rise
Why is Lyme disease on the rise. Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation President and Founder Jim Wilson discusses the issues…
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
Time Canadian Medicare system woke up … letter to editor
New Brunswick resident Stephanie Stoneleigh has had enough and wants the News Brunswick health care system to wake up…
Winnipeg Free Press: Tick season means pets at risk of Lyme disease
It’s roughly the size of the nail on your pinky finger, but it can pose a huge threat to…
Alberta: Province expands tick surveillance program
Albertans have been asked to keep their eyes peeled for a little black bug over the next few months,…
Psychiatric guidelines under attack – driven by drug companies
OUR POLITICIANS CAN STOP THIS NONSENSE IF SO MOTIVATED AND NOT DOING THE DRUG COMPANY’S BIDDING. DEMAND THE VICTIM’S EXPERTS,…
US group calling for congressional investigation of the US Center for Disease Control, IDSA, and NIH.
This is a much needed investigation and is gaining rapid support throughout the USA… Canada SHOULD WE BE NEXT? …. ie; investigating our…
Delays, Deceit, and Nonsense – US CDC took 5 years to act on Freedom of Information request re: Lyme disease gov’t emails
… “Newby believes the delays were related to the documents’ content, which, she said, “reveal a disturbing picture of…
Calgary – CBC: Langevin Bridge will go green for Lyme awareness
Calgary’s Langevin Bridge will turn green Saturday night to raise awareness for Lyme disease. The first World Lyme Disease…
Resident gets ticked off by government inaction
In Canada, if a dog contacts Lyme disease, it has a far better chance of receiving timely diagnosis and…
Ottawa… Fighting Lyme Disease
A small bug is causing big problems for hundreds of Canadians. The deer tick can carry bacteria that cause…