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
CBC Radio: Why patients are caught in the battle over treating chronic Lyme disease
Medical experts and guidelines divided over chronic or post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome CBC Radio · Posted: Sep 20, 2019 4:45 PM…
Lyme disease is out of control, officials say
September 15, 2019 PUTNAM VALLEY – The incidence of Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses is frightening since more…
Review of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in UK guidelines for Lyme disease
[CanLyme Note: NICE in the UK, similar to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is given statutory distinction. NICE…
Nova Scotia: “U.S. doctors head to Pictou County to challenge Lyme disease status quo”
The ChronicleHerald September 5th, 2019 by Andrew Rankin Dr. Marty Ross wants Lyme sufferers in Nova Scotia to know…
The Ad Hoc Patient and Physician Coalition From Around the World Reject Newly Proposed IDSA Guidelines
The Ad Hoc Patient and Physician Coalition Comments of the IDSA Proposed Lyme Guidelines “About the Ad Hoc Patient…
Rare tick-borne disease confirmed in Illinois
[CanLyme Note: The Lone Star Tick has now made its way to Canada. Remember, ‘No Tick is a Good Tick’. …
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
Interview: The flawed science behind the current global Lyme policies, diagnostics and treatment
Posted on on-lyme.org Dec 2nd, 2017 Written by Huib Holly Ahern is a professor of microbiology as well as the…
‘Every season is tick season’: Experts warn of winter Lyme disease risk [bitten while xmas tree hunting]
[CanLyme Note: Ticks are active in temperatures of minus 4 degrees Celsius and above] November 22, 2017 by Marina von…
Towards a Better Understanding of the Brain and Body Interaction
“It is all in your head”. An assessment that is all too familiar to many patients with little understood…
New research shows risk for Lyme borreliosis in cities is much the same as in forested areas.
[CanLyme note: This should be done in Canadian cities] Published Nov. 21, 2017 Parasites and Vectors Ticks and the city…
Lawsuit: Insurance companies conspiring with physician members of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
November 19th, 2017 Lynne LaRowe Texackana Gazette Major health insurance companies are accused of putting profits over patients suffering…
Ottawa, Canada: Lyme disease hit record levels in 2017, next year likely to be worse, health officials warn
[CanLyme note: The ‘tick key’ mentioned in the article is not a recommended tool as it is too bulky and…
Lyme Disease Patients File Federal Antitrust Suit Against Infectious Disease Specialists & Health Insurers
Nov 15th, Last Friday, 28 patients filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against the Infectious Diseases Society of America, eight health insurance…
Mount Allison’s Lyme Research Network launches Maritime Tick Portal
Nov 15th, 2017 SACKVILLE, NB – Mount Allison University’s Lyme Research Network (LYRN) has released a new resource to help New…
Tick-borne anaplasmosis surging in Maine – and it’s worse than Lyme
[CanLyme note: Canada is only a few hour flight for our many migratory birds who come from Maine (and all…