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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
Borrelia miyamotoi rash is breaking the myth that rashes caused by borreliosis (Lyme disease) must expand beyond 5 cm.
Canada has Borrelia miyamotoi and other borrelia from coast to coast. The standard guidelines imposed on doctors state myths…
CTV: Alberta Primetime – Lyme Disease in Alberta
May 10th, 2018 [CanLyme Note: Dr. Dan Gregson, seen in this news report, infectious disease HIV specialist (not Lyme disease…
Uptick in B.C. Lyme disease cases attributed to new test, increased awareness
[CanLyme Note: We have had many meetings with the BC CDC over the years pointing out the problems with their…
Tick tick boom: Lyme’s disease cases increase fourfold in 20 years [Netherlands]
[Tick Tick Boom everywhere] The number of people in the Netherlands with Lyme’s disease continues to rise and the…
Bringing Lyme Disease Awareness to SK [Saskatchewan, Canada]
Thursday, 19 April 2018 05:00 WestCentralonline Saskatchewan, Canada by Kelsey Calder Jaime Cobler is raising awareness of Lyme Disease in…
Pediatric stroke related to Lyme neuroborreliosis: Data from the Swiss NeuroPaediatric Stroke Registry and literature review.
Eur J Paediatr Neurol. 2018 Jan;22(1):113-121 ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Cerebrovascular complications of Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB) are poorly documented in the paediatric…
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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Survey of Ixodes pacificus Ticks in California Reveals a Diversity of Microorganisms and a Novel and Widespread Anaplasmataceae Species.
Sept. 16, 2015 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135828 Eshoo MW, Carolan HE, Massire C, Chou DM, Crowder CD, Rounds MA, et al.…
Response to Canadian Medical Association Journal Lyme practice scenario
Re: Decisions; A 35-year-old man with a positive Lyme test result from a private laboratory Debra L. Fraleigh, Co-founder…
Identification of Additional Anti-Persister Activity against Borrelia burgdorferi from an FDA Drug Library
Sept, 2015 Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205,…
United States : Lyme Disease Association Offers Lyme Conference Scholarships for Medical Students
WALL, N.J., Sept. 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — The Lyme Disease Association, Inc. (LDA) announces availability of scholarships for its annual…
Canada: President’s Newsbrief – Ontario College of Family Physicians
[CanLyme Note: CanLyme is pleased to see the Ontario of College of Family Physicians is raising awareness about Lyme…
United Kingdom: Phil Wilson MP: Spreading the word about Lyme [now a pandemic globally]
Tuesday – 15 September 2015 AS an MP, I am continuously learning. Every week constituents come to me with…
Consumer Reports: Tick danger in autumn (also effective and safe tick repellents)
Sept 13th, 2015 CONSUMER REPORTS – You may think your risk of getting Lyme disease ends when the weather…
Ontario Lyme Alliance responds to article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal that missed the mark.
Re: Lyme disease: How reliable are serologic results? see also https://canlyme.com/?p=7245 Debra L. Fraleigh, Co-founder Ontario Lyme Alliance A thorough…
N.L. woman who beat Lyme disease now researching illness in U.S.
Krista Hewlett forced to quit medical school due to condition A Newfoundland woman who battled Lyme disease for…