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Neuroscience: how do contrarians think?

ByCanLyme Team

February 25, 2018 (translated from French)… What happens in the brain of a man who chooses to free himself from the common opinion? Neuroscience has for many years been interested in anti-conformist personalities. The challenge is important because these individuals help to change society and advance science. Among researchers, they are few in questioning the…

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Mount Allison’s Lyme Research Network launches Maritime Tick Portal

ByCanLyme Team

Nov 15th, 2017 SACKVILLE, NB — Mount Allison University’s Lyme Research Network (LYRN) has released a new resource to help New Brunswickers track ticks in the region. The website – maritimetickmaps.ca – allows users to explore maps of the current and projected geographic distribution of the blacklegged tick in New Brunswick. The project is a collaboration between Mount Allison biologist Dr….

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Tick-borne anaplasmosis surging in Maine – and it’s worse than Lyme

ByCanLyme Team

[CanLyme note: Canada is only a few hour flight for our many migratory birds who come from Maine (and all of USA) to Canada carrying these infected ticks to our parks, school yards and our back yards.] November 13th, 2017 The illness produces more severe symptoms than Lyme disease and is more difficult to detect; reported…

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Researcher says tick-borne disease Borrelia has grown exponentially in Finland

ByCanLyme Team

October 5th, 2017 New research finds that ticks are not only becoming more common in Finland but incidents of the tick-borne disease Borrelia – also known as Lyme disease – has grown exponentially in the past 20 years. A new study by a doctoral student found that one-in-six ticks in Finland now carry the disease….

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Watch New York State Senate Public Hearing on Lyme and Tick Borne Diseases

ByCanLyme Team

LYME SCI: Re-cap of New York’s Lyme disease hearing On August 29, the New York State Senate’s Task Force on Lyme and Tick-borne Diseases held a public hearing, with participation from many stakeholders. Public health officials, scientists, patients, and doctors from IDSA and ILADS all addressed the committee hearing, which was streamed live to a…

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Unprecedented claim against the CDC over Lyme tests

ByCanLyme Team

August 23, 2017 written by Huib In the USA an unprecedented anti-trust law suit of $57 million is being prepared against the CDC. They are accused of deliberately suppressing the use of an accurate DNA direct diagnostics for Lyme disease. You can read about the aim and potential impact of this lawsuit in this article. “In…

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Stevia could offer cure for Lyme disease, researchers say

ByCanLyme Team

Published July 12th, 2017 Stevia, a common coffee sweetener, could be a possible cure for Lyme disease after tests conducted by a Connecticut professor and her students showed it was most effective in treating the tick-borne illness. Professor Eva Sapi, chairwoman of University of New Haven’s Department of Biology and Environmental Science, and her students have…

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Listen to retired rheumatologist Dr. Al Miller discuss Lyme disease as relates to ALS and other diagnoses

ByCanLyme Team

Lots of good information on the failings of current guidelines and testing as well as the relationship of Lyme to various neurodegenerative disorders.  Various treatment options are given.  Coinfections are discussed. Listen now

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Ticks are carrying much more than just Lyme disease

ByCanLyme Team

“We’re finding pathogens that we didn’t know – well, we knew they were there, we just didn’t know how abundant they were. We find in some cases that people are getting sick from getting exposed to those, so we write those up in case studies and medical journals, for example,” Rich said. Access full article

MALADIE DE LYME. Le cri d’alarme de 100 médecins : “Il y a urgence”

ByCanLyme Team

  ils lancent l’alerte. De plus en plus souvent, ces médecins sont confrontés à des malades qui errent des années d’hôpital en hôpital. Paralysés, souffrant de douleurs musculaires et articulaires, on leur a diagnostiqué à tort un Alzheimer, une sclérose en plaques ou une spondylartrite. Ils sont en fait atteints de la maladie de Lyme…

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Yet another United States state enacts a law to protect doctors who treat Lyme disease appropriately.

ByCanLyme Team

Unanimous legislative approval for bill on Lyme Disease treatment March 22nd, 2017 by O. Kay Henderson The Iowa legislature has voted to let Iowa doctors prescribe more aggressive treatment for Lyme Disease than is currently allowed by the state’s Board of Medicine, but the state’s medical community opposes the move. According to Representative Sandy Salmon…

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Swedish MD suspended over Lyme disease care; patients bereft

ByCanLyme Team

[CanLyme Note: Canada has suspended almost 100% of doctors who diagnose and treat Lyme disease based appropriately by all standards upon a clinical diagnosis, and patient response to treatment. The level of misinformation and anti-scientific standards endorsed and supported by the United States Center for Disease Control and those countries like Canada and Sweden who blindly…

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New Lyme disease petition urges action plan rewrite

ByCanLyme Team

Richmond Hill Liberal – Kim Zarzour, March 1st, 2017 A new petition asking the Canadian government for a better action plan to combat Lyme disease has been sponsored by Green party Leader Elizabeth May. May was responsible for the introduction and approval of Bill 442, requiring the government to create an action plan with input…

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VOCAL – Voices Of Canadians Against Lyme – Teens, Listen to a song created to bring attention to the dire situation of Lyme in Canada

ByCanLyme Team

LISTEN TO SONG BELOW: Children in Canada are suffering from Chronic Lyme Disease, please help them out and sign the petition, they deserve to have access to treatment and accurate testing for this disease. VOCAL TEEN GROUP (Voices Of Canadians Against Lyme) https://petitions.parl.gc.ca/en/Petition/Sign/e-903 Sign Petition Listen Now

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Anti-science old guard taking last dying breaths of continuing to misinform physicians using tax payer dollars

ByCanLyme Team

Here is their opinion article title, amazing in 2017 how poorly they reference their evidence… “False and Misleading Information about Lyme Disease”   Here is one of their uniformed statements, “Persistent, unexplained subjective symptoms such as chronic fatigue and pain are common in the general population. Annual surveys by the Centers for Disease Control and…