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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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Recent dispatches
Alberta, Canada : Rowe [MLA] wants provincewide strategy to fight Lyme disease
[CanLyme note: It says in the article that 70-80% of people who contract Lyme disease will develop a rash.…
Lyme and associated tick-borne diseases: global challenges in the context of a public health threat
Christian Perronne c [dot] perronne [at] rpc [dot] aphp [dot] fr Lyme disease, caused by Borrelia burgdorferi and transmitted by…
Ontario woman battling Lyme disease forced to seek treatment in U.S.
SIMCOE, Ont. — A Simcoe woman living with Lyme disease is heading to the U.S. for help. Caley Barber…
Effects of Borrelia on host immune system: Possible consequences for diagnostics – Advances in Integrative Medicine
Mualla McManus Corresponding author Ann Cincotta Abstract Borreliosis, Lyme disease, is the fastest growing tick borne infection in the…
The New Yorker: A New Front in the Lyme Wars [a very balanced well written article]
By Michael Specter On December 15th, without much ceremony or public comment, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a law that…
Tick-borne pathogens and the vector potential of ticks in China
*Corresponding author: Jingze Liu jzliu21 [at] heinfo [dot] net Parasites & Vectors 2015, 8:24 doi:10.1186/s13071-014-0628-x Published: 14 January 2015 Ticks,…
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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Critical Needs and Gaps in Understanding Prevention, Amelioration, and Resolution of Lyme and Other Tick-Borne Diseases
Committee on Lyme Disease and Other Tick-Borne Diseases: The State of the Science; Institute of Medicine
Regional Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolic Rate in Persistent Lyme Encephalopathy
There is controversy regarding whether objective neurobiological abnormalities exist after intensive antibiotic treatment for Lyme disease.
A Twist On Lyme: The Challenge of Diagnosing European Lyme Neuroborreliosis
Lyme neuroborreliosis is a tick-borne illness with central and peripheral nervous system manifestations. Clinical features and methods for accurate…
Lyme and Tick-borne Diseases Research Center – Message from the Director
This is both a disturbing and an exciting time in the world of Lyme disease. Disturbing because the medical…
Infectious Disease Treatment Guidelines Weakened By Paucity of Scientific Evidence
November 13, 2009 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) – Two separate analyses presented here at the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)…
Doctors must be allowed to contribute to policy debate without fear. Current system stifles MDs speaking out publicly on their concerns
Medical doctors have a great deal to contribute to public policy debates. But the systems that have developed within…
Evidence based medicine, not always best evidence.
Evidence Based Medicine began as a “bottom-up” paradigm that taught medical residents to search the literature for the best…
The challenge of Lyme disease: tired of the Lyme wars
Few diseases have aroused more emotional attention in the press and the public than Lyme disease.
LYMEPOLICYWONK: Was this important Lyme study hidden for 12 years?
The recently published monkey study by Embers and colleagues regarding the persistence of Lyme after antibiotic treatment is important…