CBC, The National: Alarming rise in Lyme disease cases

A five-fold increase in Lyme disease cases since 2009 concerns Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Gregory Taylor sounds alarm,... View Article

Medical community failing Lyme patients, Calgary doctor says

Elizabeth Payne, Ottawa Citizien, May 16th, 2016 Canada’s medical establishment came under pressure at a national conference into Lyme disease... View Article

Lyme Bacteria Hides Inside Parasitic Worms, Causing Chronic Brain Diseases

WASHINGTON, May 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — The examination of autopsied brain tissues from patients who died of serious neurological conditions has... View Article

CBC News: Lyme disease patients hope conference fixes ‘woefully inadequate’ healthcare

Conference part of bill to create national framework for prevention, treatment and awareness Andrew Foote May 15th, 2016 CBC... View Article

Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer says, “We are sure it is underreported,” and “We think the numbers are much higher.”

May 13th, 2016 Ottawa Citizen There are few Canadian health issues as emotionally charged as Lyme disease, with growing numbers... View Article

New Lyme Disease Study Reveals Strong Reporting Bias

David Michael Conner Huffington Post On March 31, the New England Journal of Medicine published a study that concludes, “In patients... View Article

Physicians and patients weigh in on latest poorly designed study that raises the question, “Why?”, and, “Who is driving this spin?”

Randomized Trial of Longer-Term Therapy for Symptoms Attributed to Lyme Disease Comment “Persister research needs to account for morphological variability... View Article

Chronic Lyme European PLEASE Trial—You know it’s spin when treatment “success” is called “failure”?

March 30th, 2016 Today a widely anticipated clinical trial on chronic Lyme disease from Europe called PLEASE was published in... View Article

Boston, Massachusetts: Response to Boston Globe editorial against the Lyme bill

March 29th, 2016 The Massachusetts Lyme Legislative Task Force responds to a recent editorial from the Boston Globe, which opposed legislation to require insurance... View Article

Researchers investigate four promising new treatments for Lyme disease

March 29, 2016 Thea Singer … “I find it amazing that when you show up at the doctor’s office you are... View Article

HOW POPE FRANCIS HELPED A YOUNG GIRL FROM BROOKLYN BATTLING LYME DISEASE

Jim Dolan Monday, March 28, 2016 11:39AM BATH BEACH, Brooklyn (WABC) — For Julia Bruzzese, every day is a gift... View Article

Massachusetts State House: An Act Relative to Lyme Disease Treatment Coverage.

Published on Nov 23, 2015 Hearing for bill H. 901 and S. 502, An Act Relative to Lyme Disease Treatment... View Article

nature.com : Statisticians issue warning over misuse of P values

Policy statement aims to halt missteps in the quest for certainty Monya Baker 07 March 2016 Misuse of the... View Article

Blumenthal, Lyme disease advocacy giant, salutes researcher

By Greenwich Post on March 2, 2016 Thousands in the Lyme disease community hail U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) as... View Article

Evidence of in vivo existence of Borrelia biofilm in borrelial lymphocytomas

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/1886.2015.00049 Abstract Lyme borreliosis, caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, has grown into a major public health... View Article

Mayo Researchers Identify New Borrelia Species that Causes Lyme Disease

Article sub-heading: Until now, Borrelia burgdorferi was only species believed to cause Lyme disease in North America [Canlyme note: actually, many... View Article

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