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.
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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
A New Look at Chronic Lyme
By Pamela Weintraub “Many physicians who treat tick-borne diseases now combine conventional medicine with gentler integrative strategies – and…
CTV News: 14.5% of world population has or had Lyme disease: analysis
A recent analysis estimates more than one-tenth of the world’s population likely has or at some point had tick-borne Lyme disease.…
Ticks and Lyme disease are on the rise in Canada, experts warn. Here’s what you need to know
Canada has seen a steep rise in reported Lyme disease cases in recent years, and as the planet warms, those…
B.C. Canada: Five things to know about Lyme disease and ticks in B.C.
[CanLyme Note: 14 percent of the world population represents 1.09 billion people infected with Lyme disease yet the Canadian government…
Lyme Borreliosis and Associations With Mental Disorders and Suicidal Behavior: A Nationwide Danish Cohort Study
Abstract Objective: Lyme borreliosis is a tick-borne infectious disease that may confer an increased risk of mental disorders, but…
Don’t throw away that deer tick. Researchers at Mount Allison want to study it
CBC News: June 12, 2022 Study may help reduce the risk of humans contracting Lyme disease When most Maritimers…
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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New podcast: Let’s talk astrocytes, gut bacteria and neuroinflammation with Dr. Francisco Quintana
Sarah explores the latest research on astrocytes, gut bacteria and neuroinflammation with scientist and medical researcher Dr. Francisco Quintana.…
Enquête sur la maladie de Lyme pendant la grossesse
Invitation à participer à la présente étude Le Centre de recherche des sages-femmes de l’université McMaster (the McMaster Midwifery…
New podcast: Angela Naeth tells us about life as a triathlete with Lyme disease
Join us for a candid conversation with Ironman athlete, Angela Naeth. Angela contracted Lyme disease in 2018, the same…
“If It Weren’t For My Children, I Wouldn’t Be Here Today”: Yolanda Hadid On Living With Lyme Disease
VOGUE BY FREDDIE BRAUN 11 FEBRUARY 2021 Since her diagnosis, the model, reality-TV star and mother to models Gigi,…
Alzheimer Plaques visualized by in situ DNA Hybridization with Molecular Beacons specific for Borrelia – a novel histomorphologic application
Abstract Background: This case describes a novel application of Molecular Beacons, which are a patented technology, for the detection…
ALS or ALS mimic by neuroborreliosis–A case report
[CanLyme Note: This report relates that their is reason to double check positive CSF PCR tests for Lyme disease. There…
New Podcast: Lyme and outdoor safety for teaching children
Sarah is excited to announce a new Educator Resource for Lyme disease, and speak with the lead resource developer,…
People working in our forests are at risk for tick borne disease – Sarah and Tim Tchida talk tick safety in treeplanting
February 2, 2021 What can employers do to protect staff who work in the outdoors? In today’s podcast, Sarah…
Genetic Manipulation of Borrelia Spp
Abstract The spirochetes Borrelia (Borreliella) burgdorferi and Borrelia hermsii, the etiologic agents of Lyme disease and relapsing fever, respectively, cycle in nature between an…