Background: Chagas disease, resulting from the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, is an important cause of heart failure, stroke, arrhythmia, and sudden death. Traditionally regarded as a tropical disease ...

Evidence of myocardial injury does not necessitate a diagnosis of myocarditis. When a cardiac troponin level is over the 99th percentile of the upper reference limit, 6 there exists a spectrum of ...

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has vacated some of the damages a jury awarded to the parents of a man who died after being misdiagnosed by a Mercy Hospital doctor in 2017. The high court justices ...

Lyme disease, also called borreliosis, is the most common vector-borne disease in the Northern hemisphere. It is caused by the spirochete (corkscrew-shaped) bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi and close ...

What is it like to get tested for Lyme disease? A simple blood test looks for antibodies that show whether you’ve been exposed to the bacteria that causes Lyme disease. The only problem?

Rattlesnakes, bison, spiders and ticks are among the deadliest animals in Kansas highlighted in an entry on the WorldAtlas ...

Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease in Canada. However, for individuals presenting with similar signs or symptoms, we encourage health professionals to consider the possibility of other ...

Lyme infection-associated chronic illnesses (IACI) share symptoms common to other IACI such as Long COVID and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. Despite the chronic impact on the ...

While Morgellons disease has sometimes been considered a delusional syndrome, this microscopic and molecular study suggests that it is an infectious illness associated with Borrelia spirochetes.

You just finished a satisfying summer hike or wrapped up a weekend of yard work when you spot a tick clinging to your clothes. The fresh-air high fades quickly as you remember the risks -- ticks are ...

Fiona Parselle, aged 56 of Quarry Mead in Burstock, near Beaminster, pleaded guilty to inconsiderate driving when appearing at Weymouth Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday. The court heard how there were ...

America is in the thick of a tick boom. Health departments logged 89,240 confirmed or probable Lyme disease cases in 2023, the highest on record. Strip away ...