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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
Nova Scotia, Canada: Lyme disease conference held in Bridgewater
November 17th, 2019 CTV reporter Heidi Petracek @HeidipCTV As the number of reported cases of Lyme disease on Nova…
Montreal: Lyme disease cases on the rise in Quebec
[CanLyme Note: The numbers reported in this article are only the tip of the iceberg. You can safely multiply the…
Manitoba: ‘Virtual clinic’ of specialists focused on Lyme disease diagnosis, treatment expected to open early next year
[CanLyme Note: Patient representatives and their experts have been directly involved in the set up for this project in Manitoba…
Canada: Lyme disease the cause behind young man’s heart issue
Nov. 5th, 2019 Jason Baum doesn’t look like the kind of guy who would have a pacemaker. For one…
CBC News: Yarmouth horse owner spreads word about little-known tick-borne disease
Nov. 5th, 2019 A Yarmouth, N.S., horse owner wants others to know about anaplasma, a tick-borne disease that her horse,…
They’ve faced asthma, allergies and Lyme disease – meet the teens who are suing Canada over climate change
[CanLyme Note: This may just be the start of class action lawsuits. The next will likely be over the dangerous…
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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Neurosciences : comment pensent les anticonformistes ?
February 25th, 2018 Que se passe-t-il dans le cerveau d’un homme qui choisit de s’affranchir de l’opinion commune ? Les neurosciences s’intéressent depuis de…
HAIR LOSS IN LYME DISEASE – THE LAST STRAW?
by Daniel J. Cameron, MD MPH In a recent issue of the American Journal of Dermatopathology, Lynch and colleagues report…
Quebec wildlife agents want Lyme disease recognized as occupational hazard
CBC News February 14th, 2018 With Lyme disease diagnoses on the rise, wildlife agents want better care and prevention…
Canadian Lyme Consortium envoie un message à la communauté de la maladie de Lyme
6 février 2018 Au nom d’une équipe grandissante de scientifiques, de défenseurs et de cliniciens, nous tenons à vous…
Canadian Lyme Consortium makes announcement to Lyme community
February 6th, 2018 On behalf of a growing team of scientists, advocates, and clinicians, we wanted to let you…
Canadian Lyme Consortium envoie un message à la communauté de la maladie de Lyme
6 février 2018 Au nom d’une équipe grandissante de scientifiques, de défenseurs et de cliniciens, nous tenons à vous…
Cranial neuropathy and severe pain due to early disseminated Borrelia burgdorferi infection
Published January 23rd, 2018 doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-223307 [CanLyme Note: What is sick about this case report is that this man’s health outcome, which…
An Unusual Cluster of Neuroinvasive Lyme Disease Cases Presenting With Bannwarth Syndrome in the Midwest United States
[CanLyme note: This statement, “Garin-Bujadoux-Bannwarth syndrome (Bannwarth syndrome [BWS]) is an uncommon manifestation of neuroinvasive Lyme disease (LD) caused by…
Human seroprevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi in Manitoba, Canada, in 2011-2014: a cross-sectional study.
CMAJ Open. 2017 Sep 6;5(3):E690-E693. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20170070. Kadkhoda K, et al Abstract BACKGROUND: Hard tick-borne relapsing fever caused by Borrelia…