CEDAR FEVER-SCOURGE OF CENTRAL TEXAS ALLERGY SUFFERERS
As we approach the end of the year many Central Texas residents are suffering the misery of “cedar fever”. Cedar fever is actually a misnomer as this illness which causes symptoms from December to February is caused by sensitivity to pollen of the Ashe Juniper which is a small evergreen tree indigenous to Northern Mexico, […]
RECENT TEXAS A&M STUDY FINDS LYME’S DISEASE BACTERIA COMMON IN TEXAS
Earlier this year a study from a group of scientists associated with Texas A & M veterinary department published a study in the journal Parasites and Vectors which demonstrated that the germ that causes Lyme’s Disease was found in 45% of the Ixodes scapularis ticks (also known as black-legged or deer tick) that they recovered […]