Antioxidants May Protect Against Tick-borne Illness

... For hikers, campers and others who enjoy the outdoors, summer can bring concerns about tick bites and related illnesses such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Researchers are investigating the role that antioxidants -- alpha-lipoic acid and potentially others like green tea and vitamins C and E, for example -- might play in preventing or treating the deadly rickettsia bacteria. ...