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
Breakthrough paves way for new Lyme disease treatment
published June 17th, 2019 A Virginia Tech biochemist has discovered the cellular component that contributes to Lyme arthritis, a debilitating…
Co-infection of bacteria and protozoan parasites in Ixodes ricinus nymphs collected in the Alsace region, France
[CanLyme Note: ‘No Tick is a Good Tick’ Canadian ticks are equally co-infected.] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2019.06.001 Abstract Fifty nymphal Ixodes ricinus ticks collected in…
Deadly tick-borne virus cured with experimental flu drug, in mice
Bourbon virus has sickened people in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma June 13, 2019 “Without the flu drug, 100 percent…
Rocky Mountain spotted fever: Mom warns after son’s tick-borne illness
[CanLyme Note: This is why our motto is ‘No Tick is a Good Tick’. Physicians have got to stop telling…
Nova Scotia woman behind ‘AtlanTick’ tick repellent shares her children’s struggle with Lyme disease
June 11, 2019 When it comes to her kids, Mahone Bay’s Lisa Ali-Learning isn’t taking any chances. So when…
TICK-BORNE DISEASE COLLABORATIVE CARE TO STREAMLINE HELP FOR MANITOBANS
Manitobans Reminded to Check for Ticks: Friesen June 10th, 2019 The Manitoba government is moving forward with the establishment…
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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CBC radio: Lyme patient and researcher question government framework.
Lyme disease patient from Quebec and then, research scientist from University of Alberta draws into question testing and treatment…
CBC News Montreal: Doctors afraid of losing their licence if they diagnose and treat Lyme disease properly
May 28th, 2017 When Arlene Rill was bitten by a tick in Montreal three years ago, she knew nothing about Lyme…
Canada-wide VOCAL events planned for June 3rd, 2017
VOCAL – Voices Of Canadians About Lyme June 3rd, 2017 As Canadians in every province and territory become increasingly…
Global TV: Ontario resident’s struggle with Lyme disease and the medical system.
May 21st, 2017 Tick season raises Lyme disease concerns With tick season underway, a Canadian woman shares her personal…
Latest Lyme disease risk map for Nova Scotia
Lyme disease carrying species of ticks, Ixodes scapularis, have been in Nova Scotia for decades There is no part…
Watch Mount Allison University Lyme Research Network announcement partnering with the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation
May 5th, 2017 One of the pillars within the mission statement of the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation is promoting…
Mount Allison University and Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation announce partnership in research.
Mount A researchers uniting expertise against Lyme disease May 5th, 2017 CumberlandNewsNow.com Fourteen researchers have come together to form…
Listen to retired rheumatologist Dr. Al Miller discuss Lyme disease as relates to ALS and other diagnoses
Lots of good information on the failings of current guidelines and testing as well as the relationship of Lyme…