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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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Recent dispatches
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…
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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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…
How many cases of Lyme disease are we missing?
June 27th, 2019 DONNA LUGAR I participated in a “Tick Talk” in Bedford with Lisa Ali Learning of AtlanTick…
The new draft of the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) guidelines open for public comment for 45 days.
The IDSA has presented their draft guidelines which with a brief scan appear not much different then their old…
Ottawa mom warns parents to check their kids for ticks after her toddler is diagnosed with Lyme disease
[CanLyme Note: It is nice to hear that the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) ‘may’ be actually taking this…
Avril Lavigne announces 1st tour since Lyme disease diagnosis
June 24th, 2019 “Lavigne says she wrote all of the songs sitting in her bed or on the couch…