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
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’. …
Parenting When Children Have Lyme Disease: Fear, Frustration, Advocacy
Emilie M. Gaudet 1 , Odette N. Gould 1,*, Vett Lloyd 2 1 Department of Psychology, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB E4L…
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
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…
How does Lyme disease spread? The answer may lie in the hearts of grouse
University of New Brunswick forestry students ask hunters to collect bird hearts for disease study Shane Fowler, CBC News…
Why Donate to CanLyme? CanLyme Research Dollars Funding Young Scientists for our Future Gain.
Help us help you and your family. Monthly or one-time donations are needed. We are an all volunteer organization…
Lyme bug stronger than antibiotics in animals and test tubes. Now study people.
[CanLyme note: This article supports the Canadian patient’s request of federal and provincial governments to stop blatantly endorsing the Infectious…
New study released from British Columbia supports what patient groups have been saying since 1989
[CanLyme Note: In a quick review of this newly published paper it both gave us hope that progress is slowly…