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.
Learn more about Lyme
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
Doctors, public left in the dark on danger to babies – Chronicle Herald
Published in the Chronicle Herald newspaper December 21, 2018 by Jane Bailey The following statement is false. You can…
BREAKING NEWS: The Public Health Agency of Canada Secretly Implements Global Act Against Children with Congenital Lyme
[CanLyme Note: As a result of the allegations revealed in the below article by Jenna Luche-Thayer, CanLyme wrote the following…
Toronto Star: Everything about Lyme disease is steeped in controversy. Now some doctors are too afraid to treat patients
[CanLyme Note: In the below article there are outrageous, disgraceful, and dangerous comments by Tara Moriarty and Todd Hatchette. Tara…
Learning From Patients’ Experiences Related To Diagnostic Errors Is Essential For Progress In Patient Safety
Health Affairs : Nov 2108 10.1377/hlthaff.2018.0698 HEALTH AFFAIRS 37, NO. 11 (2018): 1821–1827 ABSTRACT Diagnostic error research has largely…
Ireland: Lyme Disease centre a positive step
[CanLyme Note: Come-on Canada, wake up, we too need a facility that will actually acknowledge the science, the uncertainty, and…
‘Every season is tick season’: Experts warn of winter Lyme disease risk
People have ‘let their guard down’ and aren’t checking for ticks as weather cools, says zoologist Laurenne Schiller…
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
Toronto, Canada: Prevention and understanding key to dealing with Lyme disease in Ontario
Aug. 11, 2016, East York Mirror by Tara Hatherly Canadian government’s framework on Lyme disease in the works As…
First Record of Ixodes affinis Tick (Acari: Ixodidae) Infected with Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato Collected from a Migratory Songbird in Canada
Scott, et al. Published June 30th, 2016 Abstract Migratory songbirds transport hard-bodied ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) into Canada during northward…
USA: Government policy expert’s report, “CDC Evades Accountability in Lyme Epidemic”
Author info: Bio – Jenna Luché-Thayer’s expertise includes government transparency and accountability and the integration of marginalized groups. Luché-Thayer…
England: [British] MP diagnosed with Lyme disease after chance conversation with constituent
by Saphora Smith, July 9th, 2016 An MP who was bitten by a tick at a village fete was…
“A Slow Slipping Away”– Kris Kristofferson’s Long-Undiagnosed Battle with Lyme Disease
Kris Kristofferson, still crooning and gorgeous at 80, is a Country Music Hall of Famer who ranks among the…
Lyme disease patient living in her car after being discharged from Banff hospital
July 6th, 2016, Colette Derworiz, Calgary Herald CANMORE – A Canmore woman with Lyme disease has been sleeping in her car…
Fox 9 TV Minnesota: Tick bite proves fatal for Minnesota man
June 30th, 2016 (KMSP) – There’s yet another reason to protect yourself from tick bites this summer. Health officials…
Fox5 TV New York – LYME AND REASON: THE CAUSE AND CONSEQUENCE OF LYME DISEASE
June 30th, 2016 “LYME AND REASON: THE CAUSE AND CONSEQUENCE OF LYME DISEASE” presents an in-depth look at the…
Montreal Gazette: Quebec issues warning for Lyme disease
[CanLyme Note: Their 159 reported cases are seriously under-reported due to many reasons including poor tests, lack of doctor education…