How to Remove a Tick
If a tick is removed within 24 hours, the chances of it transmitting Lyme disease or other infections are less.
Not all tick removal methods are safe. Certain removal methods may increase your chances of contracting Lyme disease.
Safe Tick Removal[CanLyme note: “Another month went by and a call was received from the ID specialist in Calgary. We were informed... View Article
Bill C-442 is carried in the Senate (signed into law with Royal assent Dec. 16th, 2014): Listen to testimony of... View Article
December 1, 2014 Patients with Lyme disease know that their symptoms and the effects of the disease can be debilitating... View Article
All of Nova Scotia is endemic for Lyme disease says Brenda Sterling-Goodwin Brenda Sterling-Goodwin joins us to discuss ticks and... View Article
November 19, 2014 10:00 pm HAMILTON – To the world, Willy Burgdorfer will always be remembered as the scientist who discovered... View Article
Julie Bertrand / Oceanside Star November 13, 2014 12:00 AM Qualicum Beach resident Sue Aldous discovered she had Lyme disease... View Article
[CanLyme note: Currently, testing and symptomotology knowledge are not nearly accurate enough to distinguish between a human B. hermsii infection and a... View Article
Friday, November 07, 2014 “My office uncovered undisclosed financial interests held by several of the most powerful IDSA panelists. The... View Article
Holly Ahern 12:08 a.m. EST November 9, 2014 With the possible exception of HIV/AIDS, no infectious disease in recent history... View Article
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2014 Oct;14(10):703-9. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2013.1492. Abstract After raccoons were trapped and removed from under a house in... View Article
[Canlyme note: Although Borrelia are not known to secrete toxins, this type of research may be beneficial for chemical constituents such... View Article
Hikers attempt to save snowshoe hare with engorged ticks Christine Wood/Glacier Media / Squamish Chief [newspaper] November 5, 2014 01:49 PM... View Article
[CanLyme Note: We agree totally that a thorough diagnostic work-up should preclude any diagnosis. Not everything is Lyme borreliosis. What is... View Article
Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have developed a test they say will allow them to... View Article
by GAIL JOHNSON on OCT 29, 2014 JIM WILSON, FOUNDER of the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation (CanLyme) was in an... View Article
Oct 31, 2014 A woman was left with a paralysed face after being bitten on the thigh by ticks. Claire... View Article
