Diseases and Illnesses
Tick Check
It's become a part of our daily routine.
Tick checks.
"Children 5-13 years old are particularily at risk for tick bites and lyme disease because playing outside has been identified as a high-risk activity", says Dr. Kirby Stafford III, Chief Entomologist with the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. He added, "after the long winter, I expect the tick population to be a bit higher this year." We already found one after a trip to a local farmers market. It's an unfortunate part of spending summers outside in New England. Ticks aren't just a nuisance, they can be dangerous. According...
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Tick Check
It's become a part of our daily routine.
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Harvard Health Blog
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Deep brain stimulation device successfully treats Parkinson's
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A team of neurosurgeons and neurologists at the University of Miami Health System (UHealth,) successfully treated a Central Florida man with
Parkinson's disease
using a new...
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Harvard Health Blog
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