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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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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
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.”…
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…
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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“I’m the author of “BITTEN: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons,” and I’d like to discuss some of the points you raised in your article in “The Conversation.”
An open letter to Dr. Telford from Kris Newby: I’m the author of “BITTEN: The Secret History of Lyme…
HOUSE ORDERS PENTAGON TO REVEAL WHETHER IT TURNED TICKS INTO BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS
Lyme disease expert champions investigation into Pentagon weaponizing ticks: ‘It’s a courageous move’ July 21st, 2019 Kris Newby,…
Mouse genome unraveled. Perhaps new strategies to curtail the proliferation of tick-borne and other infectious diseases.
The genome of Peromyscus leucopus, natural host for Lyme disease and other emerging infections July 24, 2019 Abstract The…
House orders Pentagon to review if it exposed Americans to weaponised ticks
A New Jersey lawmaker suggests the government turned ticks and insects into bioweapons to spread disease and possibly released…
A Case of Tularemia in a Prosthetic Joint Infection
https://doi.org/10.3928/01477447-20190627-01 Abstract Periprosthetic infections occur in approximately 0.8% to 1.9% of all total knee arthroplasties (TKAs). Even with these…
New York Times’ Story On Lyme Misses The Bull’s Eye
[CanLyme note: Very important in the article is recognition by the Infectious Disease physician author is that there is no…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Singing from the IDSA Lyme hymnal
[CanLyme Note: This is an excellent response to a perversion of reality in the New York Times possibly prompted by the…
Newfoundland, Canada: Case of tick borne Powassun virus with polio-like outcome.
“Evidence of a Powassan virus infection affecting the spinal cord has, until now, only been seen in mouse studies.…
Ontario, Canada: Rare tick spotted in London raises concerns about potential illnesses
Celine Moreau, CTV London Published Thursday, June 27, 2019 3:34PM EDT A rare tick has been found in…