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 Encephalopathy: Impact on Quality of Life
B.L. Goldklang (1), S.S. Festa (1), and J.S. Hason (1,2). Lyme Disease Coalition of New York and Connecticut, Katonah,…
Establishment of a continuous in vitro culture of Babesia duncani in human erythrocytes reveals unusually high tolerance to recommended therapies. [ie Mepron not too effective?]
November 21st, 2018 Abstract Human babesiosis is an emerging tick-borne disease caused by apicomplexan parasites of the genus Babesia. Clinical…
Evaluating polymicrobial immune responses in patients suffering from tick-borne diseases
October 29 2018, Garga K et al There is insufficient evidence to support screening of various tick-borne diseases (TBD)…
Canadian government asked by international Health Equity committee to reverse secretive, harmful, and unethical interference that will affect mothers and children worldwide.
December 22, 2018 Dear Prime Minister Trudeau, Honorable Minister Ginette Petitpas-Taylor, Honorable Minister Jody Wilson-Rebould, Dr. Mithani, Dr. Tam,…
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…
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
Black-legged ticks found at Riding Mountain National Park
[CanLyme Note: “Officials aren’t ready yet to sound the alarms”… here we are in 2016 and Health Canada still refuses…
Tick study gets ‘astonishing’ local response
John Ferro, Poughkeepsie Journal Photo by Sophia Raithel When the scientists behind an ambitious tick studybegan their work in April,…
Study cites Powassan link to long-term Lyme symptoms
August 14th, 2016 By Cynthia McCormick Scientists at a Wisconsin laboratory say they suspect persistent cases of Lyme disease…
How Lyme disease almost ended one doctor’s life
Aug 15th, Fox News : Dr. Neil Spector’s Lyme story on “Fox and Friends”
Massachusetts, USA: Insurance Coverage for Lyme Treatment Becomes Law
Alex Elvin, August 11, 2016 6:40 pm The state legislature has adopted a new bill requiring insurance companies to…
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…