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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Recent dispatches
How edible vaccines for animals could help limit the risk of Lyme disease
Field trial achieved 20 to 70% drop in infected ticks, research suggests.
Five occupations that can raise your risk of tick-borne infections, including Lyme disease
People working outdoors and closely with animals are vulnerable to tick bites, European study finds.
There’s progress on recognizing long Lyme, CanLyme president tells U.S. podcast
Janet Sperling sits down with hosts of Tick Boot Camp.
Why so many Lyme disease patients slip through the cracks in our health-care system — and how we can prevent it
22% of patients with early Lyme need more treatment months later, but the vast majority don’t get it, U.S.…
It’s not just Lyme disease you have to watch out for. Other tick-borne illnesses are on the rise in Canada
Ontario physicians call for heightened awareness after treating rare case of anaplasmosis.
Why an integrated approach to tick-borne pathogens is important in the diagnosis of clinical cases
Diagnoses should be more than just a laboratory test result.
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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More news
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.
Helping kids stay safe in the outdoors, and at camp
Get our free downloadable camp kit with posters and a campfire song!
The persistent problem of Long Lyme disease
There’s a stubborn lack of significant change in Canada regarding the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease.
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.