Lyme disease is an infectious illness caused by the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi, typically transmitted to humans through ...

Without immediate treatment, there is a risk of death ... Keep in mind that rare conditions also can follow an insect bite. Fleas can carry typhus and plague, and deer flies can carry anthrax in North ...

Tick bites can look very different from person to person, Dr. Melissa Levoska, an assistant professor of dermatology at the ...

The first signs of a black widow spider bite are usually a pinprick sensation, minor swelling, redness and a target-shaped sore, Medline Plus explains. Within 15 minutes to an hour of getting the bite ...

One study examined the use of maxillary and mandibular extrusion arches in adults with AOB, finding that these devices successfully closed the open bite in an average of 3.8 months. The treatment ...

A baggage handler didn't spot Mittens' cage when it was blocked by a wheelchair on arrival in Melbourne Gabrielle Rockson is a staff writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2023 and ...

While the bug is sucking blood, some of its secretions get mixed in. Anaphylaxis With Insect Bites: Very Rare A severe life-threatening allergic reaction is called anaphylaxis. The main symptoms are ...

Whatever form it takes, successful treatment reverses the changes in brain circuitry that make substance use hard to control. Yet many factors other than biology must be addressed for treatment to ...

Like every other disorder, anxiety needs treatment when, through frequency or intensity, or both, worry interferes with functioning. Anxiety encourages the maladaptive response of avoidance of ...

Examining what it means to make money by selling the bereaved on an illusion, the film feels like something of a warning. By Alissa Wilkinson Mel Gibson directs an uneven action film with Mark ...