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
Unintended Consequences: The Perils of Publication and Citation Bias
“The system of scientific communication appears to be more fragile than was once believed.” Decisions made by individuals with…
New podcast: Dr. Alexis Cheney from Vermont outlines her expertise on Lyme disease
“In this episode, Sarah hears from Alexis Chesney, a naturopathic physician in Vermont who specializes in Lyme disease and…
HOW THE INCIDENCE OF AN EM RASH CAN BE INFLATED
[CanLyme Note: In Canada the percentage of people who have a rash with Lyme disease is much lower than stated.…
New Podcast: Exploring co-infections, Bartonella, and mental health effects of Lyme disease
“Sarah speaks with Dr. Thomas Moorcroft, a physician from Connecticut who specializes in Lyme disease and Lyme-related infections. He…
Mount Allison University: PPE student Michael Nolan researches ticks and Lyme disease with wildlife management focus
Third-year Philosophy, Politics, and Economics student Michael Nolan spent his summer researching a new area of study for him…
McMaster University doing research on Lyme disease and pregnancy.
The McMaster Midwifery Research Centre is recruiting people initially to complete an online survey if they have had at…
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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More news
Three-antibiotic cocktail clears ‘persister’ Lyme bacteria in mouse study
April 23rd, 2019 A new study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that…
Tick-borne pathogen detection in midgut and salivary glands of adult Ixodes ricinus
Lejal et al. Parasites Vectors (2019) 12:152 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3418-7 Abstract Background: The tick midgut and salivary glands represent the primary…
The Scientist – Opinion: The “Money Culture” in Academic Biomedical Research
[CanLyme Note: This for profit money drive takes medical research away from cure to ‘a drug for every symptom’. In…
Bartonella henselae Bloodstream Infection in a Boy With Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome
[CanLyme Note: Bartonella bacteria can be transmitted by ticks, cat scratches, dog saliva, etc.] Published in the Jounral of Central…
ON Health Minister to Meet Lyme Mom & her Experts!
[CanLyme Note: This abuse of parents, typically by medical ‘specialists’ in our children’s hospitals across Canada, has been occurring for…
Lyme disease treatment needs better approach, Conservatives say
Tim Houston and the Progressive Conservatives are urging the province to take a new approach to combating the growing…
Please join us… Buffalo Point, Manitoba proactive in Lyme awareness and fundraising.
The vibrant and scenic community of Buffalo Point, Manitoba, situated on the three borders of Manitoba, Ontario, and Minnesota…
Tick Talk – theORCA.ca “At the risk of making you feel itchy, a must-know for B.C. hikers”
April 4, 2019 No matter where you are in British Columbia, our province is blessed with some of the…
First European Crypto-Infections Conference
Europe hosts their first Crypto-Infections Conference as an important first step in bringing attention to these infections that are…