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
New York Times’ Story On Lyme Misses The Bull’s Eye
[CanLyme note: Very important in the article is recognition by the Infectious Disease physician author is that there is no…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Singing from the IDSA Lyme hymnal
[CanLyme Note: This is an excellent response to a perversion of reality in the New York Times possibly prompted by the…
Newfoundland, Canada: Case of tick borne Powassun virus with polio-like outcome.
“Evidence of a Powassan virus infection affecting the spinal cord has, until now, only been seen in mouse studies.…
Ontario, Canada: Rare tick spotted in London raises concerns about potential illnesses
Celine Moreau, CTV London Published Thursday, June 27, 2019 3:34PM EDT A rare tick has been found in…
How many cases of Lyme disease are we missing?
June 27th, 2019 DONNA LUGAR I participated in a “Tick Talk” in Bedford with Lisa Ali Learning of AtlanTick…
The new draft of the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) guidelines open for public comment for 45 days.
The IDSA has presented their draft guidelines which with a brief scan appear not much different then their old…
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
Empirical validation of the Horowitz Multiple Systemic Infectious Disease Syndrome Questionnaire for suspected Lyme disease
International Journal of General Medicine September 4th, 2017 Purpose: Lyme disease is spreading worldwide, with multiple Borrelia species causing…
First record of locally acquired human babesiosis in Canada caused by Babesia duncani: a case report
First Published August 29, 2017 John D Scott Abstract Objectives: The aim of this clinical assessment was to ascertain whether…
Watch New York State Senate Public Hearing on Lyme and Tick Borne Diseases
LYME SCI: Re-cap of New York’s Lyme disease hearing On August 29, the New York State Senate’s Task Force…
Unprecedented claim against the CDC over Lyme tests
August 23, 2017 written by Huib In the USA an unprecedented anti-trust law suit of $57 million is being…
Toronto Star: Pet owners help university track ticks through new online tool
Pathobiology professor Scott Weese, who developed the Tick Tracker, says the data could serve as an “early warning system.”…
MALADIE DE LYME. Le cri d’alarme de 100 médecins : “Il y a urgence”
ils lancent l’alerte. De plus en plus souvent, ces médecins sont confrontés à des malades qui errent des…
BABESIA CASES SKYROCKET IN WISCONSIN WITH A 26-FOLD INCREASE
by Daniel J. Cameron, MD, MPH In Wisconsin, between 2001 and 2015, “there was a 26-fold increase in the…
Saskatchewan: Sask. Lyme disease patients are falling through the cracks
The Saskatchewan government says there have been three cases of Lyme disease in the province since 2008. Five Lyme…
Two women joined in a mission to learn more about a still misunderstood condition
[CanLyme Note: CanLyme and the G Magnotta Foundation for Vector Borne Diseases have worked together for 5 years to bring…