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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
Battle with Lyme disease changes life for Winnipeg girl
CBC News Posted: May 14, 2015 4:41 PM CT Brooke LePage used to be a competitive swimmer in Winnipeg,…
Watch news, Youtube, and view photos of Canada’s Ride For Lyme – The Adelaine Projetct
Watch video of the Ride For Lyme Click Here Watch CHEK news interview with Daniel and Tanner. Click Here…
In legislature, Ontario’s Minister of Health is pushed for action to include stakeholders in a new direction for Lyme disease
Watch as MPP Mike Mantha questions Minister, and Minister’s response. View here
Global News: Manitoba warns of Lyme risk
May 14th, 2015 WINNIPEG – Winnipeg City Hall will be lit in green Thursday to help raise awareness of…
Scientists finally figured out why you rarely get sick in the summer
Ever wonder where colds get their name? Or why we’re all coughs and sniffles during the winter but are…
Manitoba, CBC Radio: Lyme disease season is here, province warns to be on alert
[CanLyme note: In the CBC article it says that according to Manitoba Health, “It’s estimated that 70 to 80 per…
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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Misinformation sent to all Nova Scotia MLA’s and MP’s by Chief Medical Officer of Nova Scotia, Robert Strang.
Here you can read the letter from Dr. Strang at, Strang MLA’s/MP’s followed below by a copy of our…
Evolving Perspectives on Lyme Borreliosis in Canada
Abstract: With cases now documented in every province, Lyme borreliosis (LB) is emerging as a serious public health risk…
Plaques of Alzheimer’s disease originate from cysts of Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme disease spirochete
Summary Here is hypothesized a truly revolutionary notion that rounded cystic forms of Borrelia burgdorferi are the root cause…
Prevent Lyme Disease with Showers and Fences [Yale study]
Infection can cause complications if not treat early, but research suggests you can prevent Lyme disease with some simple…
Off-the-Charts Anxiety: Is a Tick Bite Making You Nuts?
Tick-borne infections aren’t just causing sore joints and swollen knees. Some cause psychiatric symptoms that often go untreated, some…
Biofilms: A New Hideout for Borrelia burgdorferi?
The University of New Haven established a Lyme Disease Research group six years ago. To date, over forty graduate…
Evaluation of in-vitro antibiotic susceptibility of different morphological forms of Borrelia burgdorferi
Background: Lyme disease is a tick-borne illness caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. Although antibiotic therapy is usually effective…
There will likely never be a Lyme vaccine says researcher Alan Barbour.
Why some strains of Lyme disease bacteria are common and others are not Findings could lead to novel strategy…
Updates on Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex with respect to public health
Summary Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) complex is a diverse group of worldwide distributed bacteria that includes 18 named…