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As the number of emergency room visits for tick bite related incidents reaches a five-year high, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one company is working on a new test for ...

You just pulled a deer tick off your body — now what? For Long Islanders, who live in one of the nation’s Lyme disease hot spots, the first thought may be to rush to the doctor’s office or clinic for ...

Microbiology research responds to medical student's critique of unproven alternative treatments. One-size-fits-all medical ...

"Nonstandard" tests and treatments for Lyme disease are on the rise, which could have devastating consequences for patients, experts say. PBS reported on the trend, noting that people might spend ...

Less then 20 percent of specimens submitted for Lyme disease testing come back positive for the disease, according to a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Researchers asked large ...

Researchers at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center have developed a way to diagnose Lyme disease earlier and more accurately than traditional testing methods. Over the past 30 years, Lyme disease has ...

"Public health agencies should be aware of the increasing risk." Researchers issue warning as dangerous tick-borne disease spreads in US region: 'Really started increasing' first appeared on The Cool ...

In a new Johns Hopkins Medicine study, researchers found that male and female patients with early Lyme disease present with different signs of the disease in the symptoms they report, their physical ...

It's Lyme disease season. Your patient clearly has signs and symptoms that suggest Lyme disease, and you practice in an area where the disease is endemic. So now what do you do? Here are five things ...

Lyme disease is currently the fastest growing vector-borne disease in the US, according to The Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Though most common in the Northeast and Upper Midwest, Lyme ...

Lyme disease can cause serious harm, but so can bogus tests and treatments. The complexity of diagnosing the tick-borne disease has given rise to an entire industry of unapproved tests and unproven ...