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by Lorene Keitch – Agassiz Observer posted Jun 4, 2015 May’s focus on lyme disease is over. But for lyme sufferers, there is no special month or date set aside to reflect. For them, a focus on lyme disease happens every moment of every day. It is a debilitating disease that demands continuous attention, forcing…
BY SUE-ANN LEVY, TORONTO SUN May 26, 2015 TORONTO – I heard from Veronique Ayling first thing on the Sunday morning my story appeared about chronic Lyme disease victim Paige Spencer. Like the 20-year-old Spencer, the mother of three was left undiagnosed with Lyme disease and even refused the traditional treatment – doxycycline – by the Canadian…
[CanLyme note: What is not addressed in this article below is that if patients were being properly handled within the Canadian health care system, they wouldn’t be so desperate to try anything to get their life back. The article also infers that the CDC PHAC tests are good enough to determine a person does not have…
May 23, 2015 Sufferers are still fighting to have Lyme disease, contracted from ticks, recognised in Australia. In 2013, Linda Blatt took time out from her psychology placement to visit a spiritual retreat in central California. For an ebullient week she swam in hot springs, lay down in the grass, marvelled at the Big…
[CanLyme note: The United States Center for Disease Control (CDC) should never be left as the ‘final word’ on anything medical or science related. They are rife with conflicts of interest with the for profit industry and push agenda’s that have no or very little scientific basis in fact. CanLyme believes much more independent research…
Wed, May 20: City of Toronto Public Health is testing ticks found in two city parks for Lyme Disease. They say it is precautionary, but other experts say the risk is growing. Christina Stevens reports… Watch TV news segment
By: Jackie Hong Staff Reporter, Published on Tue May 19 2015 Some sure signs that summer is coming in Toronto: warmer temperatures, longer days, more sun, and ticks being tested for Lyme disease. Toronto Public Health confirmed Tuesday that blacklegged ticks found on Algonquin Island, a part of the Toronto Islands, late Friday are being…
The long holiday weekend marks the beginning of camping season across Ontario. But it also signals the start of tick season. Dr. Andrew Peregrine, of the Ontario Veterinary College, says the area near Kingston is a hotbed for ticks right now. Ticks carry Lyme disease and that’s a concern. Other areas with lots of ticks…
BY SUE-ANN LEVY, TORONTO SUN SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2015 09:00 PM EDT TORONTO – Paige Spencer can’t remember a day in the past six months when she didn’t feel pain everywhere in her body. Most days she lives off Percocet and Gravol to calm down her stomach enough to eat. She never knows what each day will bring….
Cheryl Holmes, CTV Winnipeg Published Friday, May 15, 2015 4:05PM CST It’s tick season in Manitoba and while many residents have likely heard the warnings before, this year is not a year to take those warnings lightly. The number of Manitoban’s contracting Lyme disease is on the rise and the province aims to raise awareness…
Dear Abby: Speedy diagnosis essential for treatment of Lyme disease To be published in newspapers May 1st in Canada Dear Abby: May is Lyme disease awareness month. I’m a longtime Canadian reader who has suffered from it for many years. More than 300,000 people are infected by this tick-borne illness every year, yet people know…
Tuesday 21 April 2015 Grey squirrels are in the dock again – this time for harbouring a serious infection that can be spread to humans by ticks. The American immigrant rodents already have previous convictions for decimating native red squirrel populations and damaging woodland by stripping bark from trees. Grey squirrels host the bacteria responsible…
One tiny insect makes a giant impact on some people’s lives and health, and creates a medical controversy By Debbie Bowman • April & May 2015 One afternoon back in 2011, Amber Robinson noticed something strange about her left hand. “It felt weird all of a sudden,” says the 44-year-old Courtenay woman. “The padded area…
Published: February 25, 2015 Abstract Although Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) are found in a great diversity of vertebrates, most studies in North America have focused on the role of mammals as spirochete reservoir hosts. We investigated the roles of birds as hosts for subadult Ixodes pacificus ticks and potential reservoirs of the Lyme disease…
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