For instance, here are five recent examples of egregiously misleading health and fitness ads. Reebok's EasyTone Shoes. In 2009 and 2010, Reebok ran a series of ads for its EasyTone and RunTone shoes featuring lithe and toned models professing the benefits of the footwear's special toning soles.
Lyme disease is an infection spread by the bite of an infected tick. It is caused by a bacteria called Borrelia burgdorferi. Ticks can get the bacteria by biting small animals that are infected. In the eastern U.S., Lyme disease is transmitted by black-legged ticks (lxodes scapularis), also called deer ticks.Lyme disease may affect the skin, heart, nerves, or joints.t is caused by a bacteria called Borrelia burgdorferi. Ticks can get the bacteria by biting small animals that are infected. In the eastern U.S., Lyme disease is transmitted by black-legged ticks (lxodes scapularis), also called deer ticks.
Fact: There are a number of types of ticks, but only blacklegged ticks (commonly called deer ticks) carry the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).one star ticks, the American dog tick, the Rocky Mountain wood tick and the brown dog tick do not transmit the disease. Myth: All Deer Tick Bites Result In Lyme Disease. Fact: First of all, not all deer ticks are infected with the Lyme disease bacterium.