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Attention, chocolate lovers: You may not be able to help yourselves. Swiss and British scientists have linked the widespread love of chocolate to a chemical "signature" that may be programmed into our metabolic systems.
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Lyme Disease
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Diagnosis & Tests
How is the infection diagnosed?
Early Lyme disease is usually diagnosed by the presence of the bull's-eye rash. An antibody titer blood test is often done to confirm the diagnosis. The spirochetes that cause Lyme disease can also be cultured from blood or a biopsy of the rash. However, the culture is difficult and often takes months to complete.