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
No, it’s not all in your head: How a new report could be a massive game changer for long Lyme sufferers
Top U.S. experts warn of an ‘urgent need to identify and develop safe and effective treatments.’
Vision, passion and tireless work: A tribute to Jim Wilson, the founder of CanLyme
Wilson was a ‘fearless Lyme warrior’ who championed the rights of patients, CanLyme’s president says.
How biobanks are revolutionizing medical research — and why Canada needs one for Lyme disease
Lyme disease is a rapidly evolving problem in Canada that won’t just disappear, CanLyme expert warns.
Save the date for the Canadian Tick-Borne Disease Conference: November 8 and 9
Join other healthcare practitioners for two days of presentations on diagnosis and treatment of Lyme and other tick-borne disease.
Lyme Disease Awareness Month in Canada: Some big wins but major challenges lie ahead
There’s more awareness of tick-borne illnesses and promising research but progress has been slow.
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
Lyme disease is difficult to detect. But a new device could make it almost as easy as taking your temperature
CanLyme’s Dr. Vett Lloyd and Dr. Anna Ignaszak studying tiny biosensor to detect bacteria in patients’ urine.
The pathology of tick-borne illnesses
Presentation to pathology staff and trainees at Ontario Forensic Pathology Services in Toronto.
It’s all in your head: Medical gaslighting a common problem for women, including those with Lyme, study finds
Health-care professionals often don’t listen to their female patients, researchers say.
Researchers probe the secret of how ticks stick
Several creatures are able to glue themselves to rocks or solid surfaces – think mussels or spiders – but…
Lyme’s effect on pregnant women and their babies has largely been ignored by researchers, report warns
‘Future large-scale prospective studies are warranted,’ authors say.
‘A great scientist’ and a ‘fun guy to talk to’: A tribute to Reuben Kaufman
World renowned expert on ticks retires after nearly 20 years on CanLyme board.
A special thank you to CanLyme volunteers, Sue and Gary McDougall
From videography, to Lyme prevention education and tick kit fulfillment — they’ve done it all.
The U.S. is improving its tick surveillance programs. But they still paint an incomplete picture as Lyme cases mount
Mapping of disease-causing ticks is ‘currently insufficient,’ new report says.
Manitoba Lyme cases far higher than official count, study finds
Lyme is widely recognized as an underreported illness. For example, a 2015 American study shows cases in the U.S.…