How to Remove a Tick
No concern about why the patient is sick, just that it is not allowed to be Lyme disease
[CanLyme note: “Another month went by and a call was received from the ID specialist in Calgary. We were informed... View Article
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Bill C-442 is carried as is in Senate. Hear testimony in Canada’s Senate Committee on Bill C-442, An Act respecting a Federal Framework on Lyme Disease, as Bill moves forward.
Bill C-442 is carried in the Senate (signed into law with Royal assent Dec. 16th, 2014): Listen to testimony of... View Article
Listen to Brenda Sterling-Goodwin as she discusses Lyme in Nova Scotia, Canada
All of Nova Scotia is endemic for Lyme disease says Brenda Sterling-Goodwin Brenda Sterling-Goodwin joins us to discuss ticks and... View Article
Hamilton scientist who discovered cause of Lyme disease dies
November 19, 2014 10:00 pm HAMILTON – To the world, Willy Burgdorfer will always be remembered as the scientist who discovered... View Article
British Columbia, Canada: Tick borne disease was misdiagnosed for two decades
Julie Bertrand / Oceanside Star November 13, 2014 12:00 AM Qualicum Beach resident Sue Aldous discovered she had Lyme disease... View Article
The Borrelia hermsii factor H binding protein FhbA is not required for infectivity in mice or for resistance to human complement in vitro.
[CanLyme note: Currently, testing and symptomotology knowledge are not nearly accurate enough to distinguish between a human B. hermsii infection and a... View Article
The Mayday Project Responds to Dr. Paul Auwaerter’s Defense of IDSA Guidelines for Lyme Disease
Friday, November 07, 2014 “My office uncovered undisclosed financial interests held by several of the most powerful IDSA panelists. The... View Article
Professor of Microbiology: Lyme is most misunderstood [maligned] disease since AIDS [and far more prevalent]
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
Case of tick paralysis found on Sunshine Coast
Hikers attempt to save snowshoe hare with engorged ticks Christine Wood/Glacier Media / Squamish Chief [newspaper] November 5, 2014 01:49 PM... View Article
Lyme Misdiagnosis Can Divert Patients From Correct Treatment
[CanLyme Note: We agree totally that a thorough diagnostic work-up should preclude any diagnosis. Not everything is Lyme borreliosis. What is... View Article
Climate change brings Lyme disease to Canada
by GAIL JOHNSON on OCT 29, 2014 JIM WILSON, FOUNDER of the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation (CanLyme) was in an... View Article
Great Britain: Woman left with paralysed face after tick bite in her own garden
Oct 31, 2014 A woman was left with a paralysed face after being bitten on the thigh by ticks. Claire... View Article
Australia: Pittwater Council asks residents to pull out your bag of ticks
CAYLA DENGATE, MANLY DAILY, NOVEMBER 01, 2014 12:01AM While ticks are usually best avoided, Pittwater Council is extending a request from Sydney... View Article
Lyme sufferers struggle for diagnosis, treatment
Robert Mangelsdorf — Westender October 29, 2014 It started as an odd twitch in her bicep, then a tingling numbness in... View Article
Chronic neuroborreliosis by B. garinii: an unusual case presenting with epilepsy and multifocal brain MRI lesions
Giovanni Matera, et al NEW MICROBIOLOGICA, 37, 393-397, 2014 Late/chronic Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB) represents a challenging entity whose diagnosis requires... View Article
Please take the Lyme Sucks challenge!!
The Lyme Sucks Challenge: 1. Cut a lime in half (share it with a friend, or your favorite kid)... View Article