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.
Get the facts
Get the facts on ticks and tick-borne diseases. There are many myths!
Recent dispatches
Watch: Webinar with Dr Monica Embers – Persistent Lyme Disease: Supportive Evidence & Potential Solutions
“Aug 19, 2022 Dr Embers shares insights from her research program into Lyme disease at Tulane National Primate Research…
Balsam fir (Abies balsamea) needles and their essential oil kill overwintering ticks (Ixodes scapularis) at cold temperatures
July 29, 2022 Abstract The blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, vectors Borrelia burgdorferi, a bacterium that causes Lyme Disease. Although synthetic pesticides…
Longtime KTVU anchor and reporter Leslie Griffith dies [long time sufferer of Lyme disease]
August 2022 OAKLAND, Calif. – Leslie Griffith, a longtime journalist who graced television screens for more than two decades as anchor…
Nitroxoline Drug Combinations Are More Active Than Lyme Antibiotic Combination and Can Eradicate Stationary Phase Borrelia burgdorferi
July 26, 2022 Abstract Lyme disease (LD), caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, is the most common vector-borne disease in USA and Europe.…
Diagnosing young children with Lyme disease, advice from a pediatrician
“Lyme disease affects children more than any other age group, but the young ones are often difficult to diagnose,…
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…
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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New podcast: Understanding posttraumatic growth, with Dr. Richard Tedeschi
Posttraumatic growth is not only the topic of today’s podcast, it is also the process that birthed the Looking…
Patient Lyme disease websites prioritize science; public health websites prioritize consistent messaging–Comment on ‘Lyme disease prevention: A content analysis of Canadian patient group and government websites’
Dear Editor, A recent article ‘Lyme disease prevention: A content analysis of Canadian patient group and government websites’ by…
New podcast: Pain management with neural therapy
Sarah discusses the use of neural therapy for pain management with Dr. Kumar Biswas, a Canadian naturopathic doctor on…
CanLyme board member Dr. Rob Murray responds to Tim Caulfield’s post regarding alternative medicine.
Dr. Rob Murray March 25, 2021 at 7:19 am You will find Steven Phillips, MD and Dana Parish, HMH…
New podcast: Dr. Ginger Savely on the role of nurses in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of Lyme disease
Sarah explores Lyme disease from a nursing perspective with Nurse Practitioner Dr. Ginger Savely. Dr. Savely has specialized in…
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…