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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
Justin Bieber reveals he’s battling Lyme disease
(CNN)Justin Bieber has revealed he was recently diagnosed with Lyme disease, an infection caused by bacteria commonly carried by ticks.Bieber,…
Lyme disease in children: Data from the Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program
Online November 30th, 2019 Abstract BACKGROUND: Lyme disease (LD) is an infectious disease that is emerging in eastern and central…
‘No one wanted to touch it’: Why a Lyme disease vaccine has been so elusive
Cassandra Willyard December 16th, 2019 …”If the new vaccine does make it to market, will it fare any better…
Dr. Neil Spector presents new research on diagnostics and treatment
November 18th, 2019 Dr. Neil Spector, a world famous cancer researcher who contracted Lyme disease, gives an amazing presentation…
Disulfiram (Tetraethylthiuram Disulfide) in the Treatment of Lyme Disease and Babesiosis: Report of Experience in Three Cases
Abstract Three patients, each of whom had required intensive open-ended antimicrobial therapy for control of the symptoms of…
Most recent American Psychiatric Association guidelines… check for Lyme disease in evaluation.
[CanLyme Note: The wording indicates locally endemic infectious diseases so that would also include the known co-infections of Lyme and…
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
“She looked like a stroke victim”
[CanLyme Note: How is it that physicians are so under-educated and misinformed on this disease after it being here for…
Congress Acts to Improve CDC and NIH Lyme Disease Programs [Canada Fails]
Tuesday, April 10, 2018 [CanLyme Note: The Canadian system via the Pubic Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and the…
History of Morgellons disease: from delusion to definition
Middelveen, et al https://doi.org/10.2147/CCID.S152343 Abstract: Morgellons disease (MD) is a skin condition characterized by the presence of multicolored filaments that…
Persistent Borrelia Infection in Patients with Ongoing Symptoms of Lyme Disease
M. Middelveen, et al. PREPRINT Abstract Introduction: Lyme disease is a tickborne illness that generates controversy among medical providers and…
CanLyme has questioned the self-policing of physicians for years as it protects bad nonsense – NOW CHANGE MAY HAPPEN? Are our politicians listening?
[CanLyme Note: This is not isolated to Ontario, it is Canada and world-wide. Many provinces and countries have given…
Canadian Lyme Consortium, made up of researchers, patients and clinicians is looking for volunteers.
As you may have heard, there is an exciting new national Canadian research network called the Canadian Lyme Consortium…
Séances parlementaires sur la maladie de Lyme au Québec (22 mars 2018)
PAR MARGUERITE Samedi 24 Mars 2018 Revue des séances parlementaires sur la maladie de Lyme au Québec le jeudi…
Séances parlementaires sur la maladie de Lyme au Québec (22 mars 2018)
PAR MARGUERITE Samedi 24 Mars 2018 Revue des séances parlementaires sur la maladie de Lyme au Québec le jeudi…
Maladie de Lyme: un expert français défend la thèse de la «forme chronique»
March 22, 2018 Philippe Mercure La Presse Du Québec aux États-Unis en passant par la France, des malades affirment…