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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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Get the facts on ticks and tick-borne diseases. There are many myths!
Recent dispatches
A review of ticks in Canada and health risks from exposure
Tick species are undergoing range expansions across Canada due to global warming, animal migration, and land fragmentation. It is…
New podcast: Brain retraining with Dr. Patrick Porter
“Improving brain function through light and sound technologies. Fasten your seatbelts! In this podcast, Dr. Patrick Porter takes us…
New podcast: Brain retraining with Dr. Patrick Porter
“Fasten your seatbelts! In this podcast, Dr. Patrick Porter takes us on a journey into our brains, and shares…
Spiroplasma ixodetis Infections in Immunocompetent and Immunosuppressed Patients after Tick Exposure, Sweden
“Spiroplasma spp. are intracellular organisms that belong to the class Mollicutes, which include Mycoplasma spp. These bacteria have a…
Long-Lyme discussed with, ‘Medical gaslighting’ harming long-COVID patients, Fong A, Healthy Debate 22-07-13:’
Healthy Debate Response 22-07-14 “‘Medical gaslighting’ harming long-COVID patients, Fong A, Healthy Debate 22-07-13: https://healthydebate.ca/2022/07/topic/medical-gaslighting-long-covid/ “Pandemics disable people –…
CMAJ: Lyme disease in a neonate complicated by the Jarisch–Herxheimer reaction
“A 21-day-old girl presented to the emergency department of an Ontario children’s hospital in early summer with a 1-day…
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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Detection of Babesia odocoilei in Ixodes scapularis Ticks Collected in Southern Ontario, Canada
Abstract Tick-borne zoonotic diseases have an economic and societal impact on the well-being of people worldwide. In the present…
New podcast: Outdoor education, checklists, and staying safe in the outdoors, with Mike Horembala
Today we explore one of the many ways the CanLyme Educators’ Resource can be put into action. In this…
Study Suggests Similar Processes Are Driving Long COVID and ME/CFS [and Lyme disease]
Mar 12, 2021 “Similar disease signatures to ME/CFS showed up for diseases like MIS-C, Lyme disease, and COVID-19 but…
Botanical Medicines Cryptolepis sanguinolenta, Artemisia annua, Scutellaria baicalensis, Polygonum cuspidatum, and Alchornea cordifolia Demonstrate Inhibitory Activity Against Babesia duncani
Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol., 08 March 2021 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2021.624745 “Human babesiosis is a CDC reportable disease in the United States…
HHS Aims to Accelerate Technologies for Combatting Lyme Disease – Chief scientist tells of her several year battle with Lyme disease
Published March 5th, 2021 at Nexgov.com authored by Brandi Vincent “Then I got what I thought was the summer…
New podcast: Climate change, migratory birds, and four season tick awareness
We turn our gaze northward to Thunder Bay, Ontario to chat with entomologist Dr. Ken Deacon. While working on…
Enter our podcast giveaway !!
GIVEAWAY! Looking at Lyme, a podcast by the Canadian Lyme Disease Association, recently interviewed an Optometrist from Victoria, BC.…
WHY DENTAL PROFESSIONALS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF LYME DISEASE
Cheryl Bell – February 19, 2021 Dal News At the end of August 2019, a patient booked an urgent…
New podcast: Optometry, eye-brain connections and Lyme disease
In the words of Optometrist Dr. Cameron McCrodan, “you don’t see with your eyes, you see with your brain.”…