Category Archives: Health

Mardi Gras Mosquito

Posted on February 9, 2013 by

Mardi Gras is in full swing in New Orleans this weekend with parades, floats, revelry and dancing in the streets. The 2103 “Rex” parade theme is “All Creatures Great and Small”. One of the small creatures is an insect, the … Continue reading →

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Living With Insect-Produced Vaccines

Posted on February 3, 2013 by

The 2012-2013 flu season in the US has been severe increasing demand for flu vaccine. Due to problems producing enough vaccine in a short period of time, vaccine producers are turning to insect cells to solve the problem. What is … Continue reading →

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Insects at the SuperBowl

Posted on February 2, 2013 by

Insects commonly make appearances at football games. Typically, it is during warmer weather than is predicted for the 2013 Superbowl. The only insects likely to make an appearance are the animated types found in the Superbowl ads. Last year’s (2012) … Continue reading →

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Toxicity Assessment Using Insects

Posted on January 20, 2013 by

Nano-fabrication using minute nano-particles (particles between 1 and 10,000 nanometers in size) offers the enticing promise of creating useful products. However, any technology can have unintended effects that must be addressed. Nano-particles are no exception. All substances have a toxic … Continue reading →

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Insects and Ancient Medicine

Posted on January 12, 2013 by

2200 years ago, a ship carrying trade goods wrecked off the coast of Tuscany, Italy. The wreck has been investigated by Italian archeologists who have extensively analyzed the recovered treasures. Among the curious objects recovered were ancient medical instruments and … Continue reading →

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Living With Lyme Disease

Posted on January 6, 2013 by

Lyme disease is primarily transmitted by the deer tick, Ixodes scapularis. Lyme disease is caused by a bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi. In about one third of cases, a bulls eye rash appears at the site of the bite. In many cases, … Continue reading →

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Living With Bug Zappers II

Posted on December 12, 2012 by

In the previous post, I discussed why Bug Zappers (aka insect electrocution devices) might be a bad idea in food preparation area (exploding insect fragments). However flies in sensitive areas including food preparation or hospital operating theaters might spread disease. … Continue reading →

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