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.
Get help for Lyme
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
G. Magnotta Foundation Announces Vaughan Walk for Lyme 2016
A great way to enjoy the early fall weather! Spend a fun filled morning on a 5 km leisure…
Canadian Press – Lyme disease: Patients living in ‘medical limbo’ push for federal strategy
Keith Doucette, The Canadian Press, posted September 11, 2016 Lack of awareness, diagnosis and treatment by doctors a problem…
Why Is An Obscure Study About Lyme Disease-Causing Bacteria So Popular Online?
The Huffington Post, David Michael Conner “Who knew there would be so much interest in a biomechanics paper??!!” Those…
Steroid Use Questioned for Common Lyme Disease Manifestation
[CanLyme Note: Facial palsy, Bell’s Palsy, is not as common in Lyme patients as reported. It is easily recognized making…
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
B.C. taken to task for failure to inform public
By Stephen Hume, Vancouver Sun June 6, 2012 Government has violated its duty to release information about incidents that put…
More ticks this year
By Erica Bajer, The Standard Sunday, June 3, 2012 10:21:48 EDT AM Mosquitoes aren’t the only blood-sucking insects spring brings.…
Climate change bringing more ticks, infections
By Luke Hendry, The Intelligencer Friday, June 1, 2012 8:28:05 EDT PM An apparent rise in ticks crossing Canada’s southern…
Ticks are on the move in Saskatchewan
CTV Prince Albert Published Tuesday, May. 22, 2012 5:50PM CST Ticks became active earlier this year in Saskatchewan…
Songbirds contribute to spread of Lyme disease
by Joanne Shuttleworth, Mercury staff, Mon May 14 2012 GUELPH — John Scott has found ticks infected with the Lyme…
Why are crippling Lyme disease cases being misdiagnosed?
David Leggett used to love the outdoors. He was a healthy, active, family man who enjoyed camping trips with…
Cardiac MRI of Lyme disease myocarditis.
Cardiac MRI of Lyme disease myocarditis. Heart. 2011 Nov 14; Authors: Maher B, Murday D, Harden SP PMID: 22082689…
Background on CanLyme
Founded in 2003 by Jim Wilson, the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation (CanLyme) strives to inform the public about Lyme…
Fact sheet
Fact sheet Who: Founded by Jim Wilson in 2003, CanLyme is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating the Canadian public…