Lyme Disease

by Amanda on May 16, 2022

Lyme Disease Awareness Month

Photo by Josh Willink via Pexels May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month. It is a month to share information, stories, and preventative care about a disease that affects so many around the world. Let’s take a moment and look at the big picture of what we know about Lyme disease. Lyme disease was identified in [...]

by Amanda on May 6, 2022

Amyloid Beta Plaques, Pathogens, and Alzheimer’s Disease

Photo via Pexels by Andrea Piacquadio Amyloid beta plaques are associated with Alzheimer’s disease, but they also occur in people who do not develop dementia. What causes the plaques, and what is the difference between people with plaques who develop dementia and those who do not? The answers to these questions are still unclear, but [...]

by Amanda on February 23, 2022

Lyme Disease in Black People

Source: PEXELS via Pixabay Underrepresentation of Dark Skin in Medical Literature Recently, a medical illustration of a fetus in utero went viral. It was one of the first depictions many people had seen of a darker-skinned baby in a medical context. Chidiebere Ibe is the Nigerian medical student behind this revolutionary illustration and many more. [...]

Holiday Lab Closure 11/28 thru 12/2

Galaxy Diagnostics will be closed Thursday Nov. 28th – Friday Nov. 29th for the Thanksgiving holiday.

The last day to ship samples is Tuesday Nov. 26th. Please hold all other samples in the refrigerator for shipment on Monday December 2nd.

Lyme Disease Awareness Month

Amyloid Beta Plaques, Pathogens, and Alzheimer’s Disease

Lyme Disease in Black People

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