Adding garlic to foods that are rich in fats and carbohydrates may keep those substances from doing the damage theyâre known to do. Whatâs more, eating garlic can help boost your immune system, help ward off heart disease, fight inflammation and lower blood pressureâto name a few.
Lyme Disease Has Spread Throughout Great Lakes States. ....INCLUDING INDIANA. Lyme Disease, a malady usually transmitted by the bite of a tiny deer tick is on the rampage in the Great Lakes states and anyone who spends time outdoors should take extra steps to protect against tick bites. Lyme is caused by a tiny bacterium called a spirochete, a spiral microbe closely related to the microbe which causes syphillis.
A rare but deadly infection might cause some to think twice before diving into a lake or river this summer. Anyone swimming in warm freshwater, particularly in southern states, risks contracting a brain-eating amoeba, also known as naegleria fowleri. The infection, mostly reported in summer, is an extreme type of meningitis. The microscopic amoeba enters the body through the nose. (People cannot get the infection by drinking contaminated water.)