For outdoor dogs, the likelihood of encountering a tick on their daily adventures is fairly high. As you may know, ticks are extremely small and difficult to detect and they can carry and transmit a number of harmful diseases. Probably the most dangerous and well known is Lyme disease.<br><br>But ticks can transmit a ...

<div id="subtitle">Experts say Lyme disease doesn't cause violence, despite claims from shooting suspect's mom</div><div><p>The mother of a man charged in the Sunday shooting death of a church pastor blames Lyme disease for his mental problems. However, leading disease specialists say there's no convincing ...

<div><p>A man was charged with murder Monday for allegedly shooting a southern Illinois pastor through the heart during Sunday services.</p><p>Terry J. Sedlacek, 27, of Troy, was charged with two counts each of first-degree murder and aggravated battery, said Stephanee Smith, spokeswoman for Madison County Prosecutors William Mudge ...

Warm weather makes it easier to spend more time outdoors, but it also brings out the bugs. Ticks are usually harmless. But a tick bite can lead to Lyme disease, which is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. The bacteria are transmitted to people by the black-legged deer tick, which is about the size of a pinhead and usually lives ...