I am a big dog lover, and our family has always had a dog. But dogs carry ticks, including deer ticks that carry Lyme disease (Borrelia burgdorferi) and other tick-borne diseases.

Warm spring weather promises lots of fun outdoor activities, but increased time outside also ups our risk for encounters with some of nature's peskier...

The good news is that there's a lot we can all do to stop Lyme disease before it starts or to treat it effectively. So let's get this tick-busting party started and review what we'll be exploring in today's video.

By: Karen Rowan, MyHealthNewsDaily Managing Editor Published: 04/17/2013 12:51 PM EDT on MyHealthNewsDaily Lyme disease is shifting northward w...

We've decided to focus on getting healthy this month. We're eating delicious, healthy, whole foods, committing to exercise, and really cutting back on potentially inflammatory foods like sugar, alcohol, gluten, dairy, and processed foods. It's our experiment in just how healing food can be.

It's tick season, which means Lyme disease is back in the news, putting hikers, gardeners, campers and even beachgoers on high alert. Lyme is the numb...

Antibiotics are the standard therapy for Lyme disease. Like other drugs, the way they are taken can strongly influence the outcome of treatment.

Not only has this year's unseasonably warm winter left us with worse allergies and predictions of a buggier spring, experts warn it also may be settin...

Two conditions are creating what may become the perfect storm for transmission of Lyme disease this spring.