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Canadian MP Len Webber addresses Minister of Health on Lyme disease
March 12, 2020 4:39 pm 1 CommentMinister of Health Patty Hajdu readily admits there is “still lots to learn” about treatment of Lyme disease but as... View Article
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Potential treatment for Lyme disease kills bacteria that may cause lingering symptoms, study finds
March 12, 2020 2:06 pm Comments Off on Potential treatment for Lyme disease kills bacteria that may cause lingering symptoms, study findsMarch 12, 2020 “For decades, the routine treatment for Lyme disease has been standard antibiotics, which usually kill off the... View Article
Shania Twain: I’m never going to have my old voice again
March 11, 2020 5:17 pm Comments Off on Shania Twain: I’m never going to have my old voice againMarch 8, 2020 “She got the tick-borne illness in 2003, and had to undergo open-throat surgery after her voice was... View Article
Canadian has brain of 70-year-old after ‘flawed’ test let disease go undiagnosed for years
March 11, 2020 2:12 pm Comments Off on Canadian has brain of 70-year-old after ‘flawed’ test let disease go undiagnosed for yearsMarch 11th, 2018 TORONTO — A young Canadian woman has been left with the brain of a 70-year-old after suffering... View Article
Post-treatment Lyme Disease as a Model for Persistent Symptoms in Lyme Disease
March 10, 2020 3:43 pm Comments Off on Post-treatment Lyme Disease as a Model for Persistent Symptoms in Lyme Disease[CanLyme Note: The term post treatment Lyme disease syndrome is controversial and excludes those not effectively treated following the current... View Article
A Mystery Illness That Changed My Life
March 10, 2020 3:18 pm Comments Off on A Mystery Illness That Changed My Life“As I was getting my body ready for my 1st pregnancy, my doctor at the time was running blood work,... View Article
Borrelia burgdorferi hijacks cellular metabolism of immune cells: Consequences for host defense
March 7, 2020 4:02 pm Comments Off on Borrelia burgdorferi hijacks cellular metabolism of immune cells: Consequences for host defenseAbstract Changes in cellular metabolism have proven to be important factors in driving cell behavior. It has been shown that... View Article
Transgenic functional complementation with a transmission -associated protein restores spirochete infectivity by tick bite
March 7, 2020 3:56 pm Comments Off on Transgenic functional complementation with a transmission -associated protein restores spirochete infectivity by tick biteAbstract The relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia hermsii and the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto each produces an abundant, orthologous, outer membrane protein,... View Article
Tipping Point: The Resistance Is Gaining In The Lyme Wars
February 28, 2020 5:45 pm Comments Off on Tipping Point: The Resistance Is Gaining In The Lyme WarsBy Mary Beth Pfeiffer ” Government and medicine have systematically failed to diagnose, treat or prevent a spreading plague of... View Article
The General Symptom Questionnaire-30 (GSQ-30): A Brief Measure of Multi-System Symptom Burden in Lyme Disease
February 28, 2020 12:31 pm 1 Comment[CanLyme Note: The term post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS) referenced in this article is contentious as it implies treatment has... View Article
Canada loses a great Lyme disease defender, Paul Haefling author of Oh Canada: The “Politicks” of Lyme Disease
February 27, 2020 5:57 pm Comments Off on Canada loses a great Lyme disease defender, Paul Haefling author of Oh Canada: The “Politicks” of Lyme DiseaseObituary Haefling, Paul M.A. (English), LL.B – Passed away surrounded by his loving wife Catherine of 54 years and family... View Article
Ethnobotanical medicine is effective against the bacterium causing Lyme disease
February 26, 2020 1:40 pm Comments Off on Ethnobotanical medicine is effective against the bacterium causing Lyme diseaseNeuroscience News February 21, 2020 …” The researchers show that plant extracts from black walnut, cat’s claw, sweet wormwood, Mediterranean... View Article
Genetic Manipulation of Borrelia Spp
February 19, 2020 6:00 pm Comments Off on Genetic Manipulation of Borrelia SppAbstract The spirochetes Borrelia (Borreliella) burgdorferi and Borrelia hermsii, the etiologic agents of Lyme disease and relapsing fever, respectively, cycle in nature between an arthropod... View Article
Canada: Serious flaws in a medical system lacking medical and scientific ethic
February 19, 2020 5:36 pm Comments Off on Canada: Serious flaws in a medical system lacking medical and scientific ethicPresenting at a Lyme disease conference held in Bridgewater, NS, in November 2019, it was said that Nova Scotia lacks... View Article
Legal case against IDSA doctors making progress
February 19, 2020 1:58 pm 1 Comment[CanLyme Note: In this case the IDSA means Infectious Disease Society of America who are the defendant doctors. The Lyme disease... View Article
Lyme documentary: Faces of Lyme – Ambivalence & Controversy
February 13, 2020 10:22 am Comments Off on Lyme documentary: Faces of Lyme – Ambivalence & ControversyWatch this wonderfully done Canadian documentary on the consequences of poor medical education, poor tests, and inappropriate guidelines and protocol.... View Article