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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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Recent dispatches
CanLyme Announces Grants for Physicians to Attend ILADS Virtual Scientific Conference
The Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation (CanLyme) is dedicated to promoting research, education, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme and associated…
11 year old is interviewed on CBC radio about her battle with Lyme disease.
A wrap party to mark the end of a long fight. After facing over 1,000 treatments, 11-year-old Emily Arsenault…
WNBA player – An Open Letter About My Health
I take 64 pills a day. Sixty-four pills: That’s 25 before breakfast, another 20 after breakfast, another 10 before…
Motivations and Experiences of Canadians Seeking Treatment for Lyme Disease Outside of the Conventional Canadian Health-Care System
Abstract Objective: We aimed to describe the experiences of Canadians who seek diagnosis and treatment for Lyme disease…
Maladie de Lyme: 300 malades vont déposer plainte au pénal dès janvier
300 personnes atteintes de la maladie de Lyme vont porter plainte au pénal, début janvier. Des plaintes pour trafic d’influence, abus…
French Lyme Patients Filing Criminal Complaints
IN FRANCE – 300 people with Lyme disease will file criminal complaints in early January 2018 against the State,…
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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Lyme Encephalopathy: Impact on Quality of Life
B.L. Goldklang (1), S.S. Festa (1), and J.S. Hason (1,2). Lyme Disease Coalition of New York and Connecticut, Katonah,…
Establishment of a continuous in vitro culture of Babesia duncani in human erythrocytes reveals unusually high tolerance to recommended therapies. [ie Mepron not too effective?]
November 21st, 2018 Abstract Human babesiosis is an emerging tick-borne disease caused by apicomplexan parasites of the genus Babesia. Clinical…
Evaluating polymicrobial immune responses in patients suffering from tick-borne diseases
October 29 2018, Garga K et al There is insufficient evidence to support screening of various tick-borne diseases (TBD)…
Canadian government asked by international Health Equity committee to reverse secretive, harmful, and unethical interference that will affect mothers and children worldwide.
December 22, 2018 Dear Prime Minister Trudeau, Honorable Minister Ginette Petitpas-Taylor, Honorable Minister Jody Wilson-Rebould, Dr. Mithani, Dr. Tam,…
Doctors, public left in the dark on danger to babies – Chronicle Herald
Published in the Chronicle Herald newspaper December 21, 2018 by Jane Bailey The following statement is false. You can…
BREAKING NEWS: The Public Health Agency of Canada Secretly Implements Global Act Against Children with Congenital Lyme
[CanLyme Note: As a result of the allegations revealed in the below article by Jenna Luche-Thayer, CanLyme wrote the following…
Toronto Star: Everything about Lyme disease is steeped in controversy. Now some doctors are too afraid to treat patients
[CanLyme Note: In the below article there are outrageous, disgraceful, and dangerous comments by Tara Moriarty and Todd Hatchette. Tara…
Learning From Patients’ Experiences Related To Diagnostic Errors Is Essential For Progress In Patient Safety
Health Affairs : Nov 2108 10.1377/hlthaff.2018.0698 HEALTH AFFAIRS 37, NO. 11 (2018): 1821–1827 ABSTRACT Diagnostic error research has largely…