Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation withdraws endorsement of the Complex Chronic Disease Program at the BC Women’s Hospital.

Press release: August 28th, 2013 Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation withdraws endorsement of the Complex Chronic Disease Program at the BC... View Article

The combined use of proton pump inhibitors and antibiotics as risk factors for Clostridium difficile infection

Healthcare Infection, 08/21/2013 Clinical Article Kassavin DS et al. – A review of the incidence of Clostridium. difficile infection (CDI) at... View Article

Lyme Disease: Spreading across Canada – The Nature of Things with David Suzuki

“It’s official. A March 2012 study confirmed that the tick that spreads lyme disease has been infiltrating Canada for the... View Article

The immune system cannot generate immunological memory during infection with the Lyme disease agent B. burgdorfer

R.A. Elsner, S.W. Barthold, N. Baumgarth http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1043466613003542 Graduate Group in Microbiology and the Center for Comparative Medicine, University of California-Davis,... View Article

The Global Search for Education: In Search of Solutions – Ticks

To date in my “Ticks” series, we have learned from leading global experts that tick-borne illnesses (including Lyme disease) are... View Article

Still Lots of Unknowns

Much of the controversy over Lyme disease centers on the patients who experience chronic illness. When Lyme is caught late,... View Article

Can Alzheimer Disease be Prevented?

Bret S. Stetka, MD Background and Biomarkers AD is an epidemic, affecting over 5 million Americans and nearly 40 million... View Article

Illuminating the roles of the Borrelia burgdorferi adhesins

The Lyme disease spirochetes, Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato), must cause persistent, disseminated infection to be maintained in the natural enzootic cycle. In... View Article

National Post: Deadly tick-borne Powassan virus surfaces in New York state, kills 30% of those infected

A Saratoga County resident is recovering from a rare but emerging illness carried by deer ticks that transmit Lyme disease,... View Article

Worker links motor neuron disease to work-related Lyme disease – awarded compensation

http://www.riskandinsurance.com/story.jsp?storyId=533354603 In New York, a worker bears the burden of presenting competent medical evidence establishing a causal relationship between his... View Article

Black-legged ticks linked to encephalitis in New York state

IMAGE:This image shows tick surveying with a drag cloth. Click here for more information. Researchers urge citizens and healthcare... View Article

Pathogenic analysis of Borrelia garinii strain SZ isolated from northeastern China

BACKGROUND: Various genospecies of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) have been identified from patients and animals worldwide. Genospecies-related dissemination of... View Article

New Insights Into How Antibiotics Damage Human Cells Suggest Novel Strategies for Making Long-Term Antibiotic Use Safer

July 3, 2013 — A team of scientists at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University has... View Article

Heart stopping tick – case report

Authors: Karmacharya P, Aryal MR Location: Department of Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA 19611, United States. Citation: World... View Article

Researchers strive for vaccine against tick-borne diseases

[CanLyme note: notice that most USA National Institute of Health funding only goes to find a way of monetizing Lyme... View Article

Lyme Disease Think Tank, British Columbia’s Women’s Hospital Complex Chronic Disease Program, Vancouver, BC Canada

On April 13th, 2013, a one day Think Tank was held for the medical professionals at the BC Women’s Hospital... View Article

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