Alpha-gal alert: Summer safety tips with a deep dive on tick-borne illness

Send us Fan Mail One tiny tick can change what you can safely eat for years, and sometimes the reaction doesn’t show up until hours after dinner. From the Speaking of Women's Health Sunflower House, host Dr. Holly Thacker walks through summer health essentials, then goes deep on tick-borne illness and the fast-growing concern of alpha-gal syndrome, a red meat allergy that can follow a bite from the lone star tick and other species. She covers the practical stuff first: hydration and heat saf...