Month: September 2017

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Huge swathes of countryside marked high risk for Lyme disease due to tick infestations

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Huge swathes of countryside marked high risk for Lyme disease due to tick infestations
Huge swathes of stunning English countryside are being invaded – by killer ticks. The South East of England has been been earmarked as high risk areas for Lyme disease – a bacterial infection spread by infected tick bites. The National Institute for Health …

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Ticks are even tougher and nastier than you thought

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Ticks are even tougher and nastier than you thought
looking for ways to prevent tick-borne illnesses such as Lyme disease. Biology students and professors in UC’s McMicken College of Arts and Sciences are studying the distribution of ticks in southwest Ohio, the diseases they carry and their ability to …

Tracking Tick Populations to Prevent Tick-Borne Illnesses Such As Lyme Disease
Cincinnati, OH (Scicasts) — Ticks are nasty little survivors, outlasting even dinosaurs as they resist drought, tolerate cold and go months without a meal. They carry a host of diseases that they spread by plunging their barbed mouths into you like a …

Higher risk of Lyme disease for the South: Warning region has larger numbers of infected ticks which cause the disease
The South of England and the Scottish Highlands have been earmarked as high risk areas for Lyme disease. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) said some areas appear to have higher prevalence of infected ticks which cause the disease.

Helming: Raise awareness of Lyme disease, tick-borne diseases
This slogan was on a handout on diseases carried by ticks and mosquitoes from the Wayne County Public Health Department. It grabbed my attention while I was touring the Wayne County Fair back in August. It offered some helpful tips for avoiding these …

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Tick-borne disease in Maine: Part I, statistical update

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Tick-borne disease in Maine: Part I, statistical update
Also listed under External Resources are the existing guidelines for treating Lyme and tick-borne diseases. I will be covering that in greater detail in next week’s column, Tick-borne Disease in Maine: Part 2, two standards of care, so be sure to check back.

Lycoming College to host talk on Lyme disease in pets as part of Lyme Symposium
Not only can they make pets extremely uncomfortable, ticks pose grave health risks to their human families. Winton will also educate attendees on how to recognize the signs and symptoms of Lyme disease in pets after they’ve already been affected.

Fall Colors and Ticks: What You Don’t Know Could Kill You
By the time Iacoviello saw me soon after surgery, the results of some initial blood tests had come in, including one for babesiosis, a rare tick-borne disease transmitted by the same tick that carries Lyme disease. He had seen dozens of cases of babesiosis …

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Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases

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Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases
Chances are that you, or someone you know, has been diagnosed with Lyme or another tick-borne disease. Dr. Max Minnerop, a physician-member of the Medical Advisory Panel of Southampton Hospital’s Tick-Borne Disease Resource Center, will speak about the …

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Why Worry About Ticks? This One Almost Killed Me

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Why Worry About Ticks? This One Almost Killed Me
By the time Iacoviello saw me soon after surgery, the results of some initial blood tests had come in, including one for babesiosis, a rare tick-borne disease transmitted by the same tick that carries Lyme disease. He had seen dozens of cases of babesiosis …

It’s high time for ticks, which are spreading diseases farther
Dr Gary Wormser, founder of the Lyme Disease Diagnostic Centre at New York Medical College, says the most worrisome tick-borne contagion he sees is babesiosis, which can cause malaria-like symptoms and require hospitalisation. A few of his patients have …

How to treat tick bites, which ticks carry Lyme disease, what do they look like and how can you remove them?
WALKERS are being urged to cover up to avoid tick bites following a surge in Lyme disease. There are expected to be about 4,000 new cases of the disease in the UK this year — most of which will remain undiagnosed. Comparison of three stages of growth …

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A museum of blood-sucking nightmares: the US National Tick Collection
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Along with taxonomy, scientists and students work on gaining a better understanding of tick biology and tick-borne diseases. Ticks cause “many, many diseases,” Beati says. “Lyme disease is probably the most popular in the US.” Ixodes scapularis, the …

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It's not easy being an advocate and talking with sick people every day, hearing similarities between your own journey and their struggle and trying to find the …
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New Anti-Lyme Disease Treatment Being Tested, But Could Face Troubles Ahead

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New Anti-Lyme Disease Treatment Being Tested, But Could Face Troubles Ahead
… insects in the U.S., and 2017 has been a boom year for the tick populations that spread Lyme disease. The CDC estimates that about 300,000 new cases of tick-borne disease are reported annually in the country. In Connecticut, more than 1,750 confirmed …

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Officials brought tick to press conference to warn about tick-borne diseases, but it escaped

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Officials brought tick to press conference to warn about tick-borne diseases, but it escaped
a tick-born disease that’s recently infected some citizens there. Problem is, the tick escaped when someone tried picking it up with tweezers. From the Japan Times: “We should have been more careful about safety management as the prefecture is in a …

What is Lyme Disease?
Lyme disease is a bacterial infection. It spreads to humans when they are bitten by infected ticks of the Ixodes genus. The transmission of the disease often occurs in the nymphal stage of the ticks’ development. During this stage, the ticks are small in …

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Collaring the mice that carry Lyme disease-causing ticks

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Collaring the mice that carry Lyme disease-causing ticks
The white-footed mouse is one of the hosts that provides a blood meal for the ticks that can spread Lyme disease. Credit: Phil Myers, http://animaldiversity.org White-footed mice in Howard County, Maryland are being collared as part of a study to improve …

Tick tock: Biologists show wildlife loss and climate change can synergistically increase tick abundance and the risk of tick-borne disease
While North Americans worry about Lyme disease carried by blacklegged or deer ticks, on the other side of the globe, people contend with a different variety of tick-borne fevers. A new study by UC Santa Barbara researchers and colleagues suggests that the …

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University of Missouri professor studies tick-borne diseases

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University of Missouri professor studies tick-borne diseases
COLUMBIA, Mo. • A professor at the University of Missouri has received nearly half a million dollars in federal grant money to develop new ways to combat tick-borne disease affecting cattle. The Columbia Missourian reports that the U.S. Department of …

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How to Prevent, and Treat, Lyme Disease in People and Pets

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How to Prevent, and Treat, Lyme Disease in People and Pets
There are no vaccines in the United States that protect against Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses, and these infections are on the rise, the FDA said. There were 40,000 cases reported in 2015 alone — up from just 12,000 back in 1995, the U.S …

11 things to know about Lyme disease that you probably had no idea about
In recent years, many celebrities have opened up about battling Lyme disease, including Yolanda, Anwar, and Bella Hadid, Kelly Osbourne, and Avril Lavigne. But unfortunately, the tick-borne illness is still widely confusing, with patients often struggling …

7 Things I Learned While Reporting On Lyme And Other Tick-Borne Diseases
I’ve spent a lot of time in recent months reporting on Lyme and other tick-borne diseases, talking with experts and public health professionals, and listening to more lectures about ticks than anyone who isn’t an entomologist should. I thought I had …