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WHAT MIGHT SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH DUE TO LYME DISEASE LOOK LIKE?
by Daniel J. Cameron, MD MPH “Although rare, sudden cardiac death caused by Lyme disease might be an under-recognized entity,”... View Article
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Gulf Islands, BC, Canada: Peak tick season prompts warning
[CanLyme note: Reuben Kaufman, PhD, is a long time Board member of CanLyme] By Sean McIntyre on March 23, 2016 –... View Article
BC, Canada: Ticks active in the Southern Interior
WATCH: FULL STORY BY TANYA CRONIN The most common species here in the Southern Interior is the Wood Tick,... View Article
N.S. doctor clashes with peers on Lyme disease treatment
HE CHRONICLE HERALD Published March 22, 2016 – 5:10pm ST. STEPHEN, N.B. – A retired Nova Scotia medical doctor hopes... View Article
31 Scientists Push to Tie Microbes to Alzheimer’s Disease Including Lyme Disease
A journal article says herpes virus and Lyme disease bacteria are behind the mind-robbing illness, but not all researchers are... 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
Toronto Star: Canada’s National Ballet second soloist returns as Romeo after battle with Lyme Disease
A leap in the right direction March 16th, 2016 Toronto Star, Michael Crabb Special To The Star Brendon Saye, National... View Article
Lyme Myocarditis Presenting as Chest Pain in an Adolescent Girl.
Pediatr Emerg Care 2016(Mar); Fishe JN, Marchese RF , Callahan JM From the *Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency... View Article
Okanagan Valley, BC, Canada: Ticks in area woods already – near Kelowna
[Canlyme Note: Where there is one tick that you see, there may be more that you miss. Be aggressive in searching.]... View Article
Eradication of Biofilm-Like Microcolony Structures of Borrelia burgdorferi by Daunomycin and Daptomycin but not Mitomycin C in Combination with Doxycycline and Cefuroxime
Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00062 10 February... View Article
Windsor, Canada: Parents credit antibiotic for autistic child’s ‘monumental’ improvements
[CanLyme note: Many parents with autistic children who have also received treatment for a Lyme disease infection report similar amazing results... View Article
Overruled: Canadian physician was slapped on the hand for not following IDSA guidelines… appeal decision said he does not have to follow those guidelines.
This is yet another case of a College of Physicians and Surgeons in Canada, overstepping their right to enforce particular... View Article
Ticks parasitizing gallinaceous birds in Canada and first record of Borrelia burgdorferi-infected Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae) from California Quail
Systematic & Applied Acarology 21(1): 1–12 (2016) http://doi.org/10.11158/saa.21.1.1 JOHN D. SCOTT, JOHN F. ANDERSON, LANCE A. DURDEN, MORGAN L. SMITH,... View Article
Partially fed ticks who then re-attach to a new host can transmit Lyme disease within 24 hours 83% of the time according to study.
Int J Gen Med. 2015; 8: 1–8. Published online 2014 Dec 19. doi: 10.2147/IJGM.S73791 PMCID: PMC4278789 Lyme borreliosis: a review... View Article
United States : CDC Refuses to End Preferential Treatment of IDSA Lyme Guidelines in Response to Citizen Petition Patient advocates cite CDC/IDSA conflicts of interest
“Fries says, “It’s unacceptable that when a federal government agency is presented with evidence of improprieties, the official response is... View Article
Distribution and survival of Borrelia miyamotoi in human blood components
Aaron M. Thorp and Laura Tonnetti Article first published online: 21 DEC 2015 DOI: 10.1111/trf.13398 BACKGROUND Borrelia miyamotoi, the agent of... View Article