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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
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…
Repurposing disulfiram (Tetraethylthiuram Disulfide) as a potential drug candidate against Borrelia burgdorferi in vitro and in vivo
This article is a preprint and has not been certified by peer review – Posted Nov 15th, 2019 ABSTRACT…
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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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…
Australia: Hope for Lyme sufferers with ‘groundbreaking’ pilot study
[CanLyme Note: Once again, it is the patients, true ethical scientists, and clinicians doing what the governments have refused…
Prominent New York-based board-certified neurologist and clinical neurophysiologist calls Lyme disease a human rights concern.
Mar 22, 2018 Dr. Frid is a New York-based board-certified neurologist and clinical neurophysiologist who specializes in infection-induced autoimmune…
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…
Detecting the Lyme Disease Spirochete, Borrelia Burgdorferi, in Ticks Using Nested PCR
Melanie K. B. Wills, Andrea M. Kirby, Vett K. Lloyd Department of Biology, Mount Allison University J. Vis. Exp. (132), e56471,…