Bloodsucking bed bugs have made a comeback in recent years. But as victims of infestation have become increasingly desperate …
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Thought Bedbugs Were Bad? Try Bedbugs With MRSA
(Updated) The one bright side to having bedbugs — if you wanted to be optimistic about it — has always been that at least the tormenting critters didn’t transmit disease. But now researchers in Vancouver report that they’ve …
Digital Diagnosis 2010: The Most Popular Health Stories of the Year
We’ve all done it — searched medical conditions and symptoms online, hoping to self-diagnose what those mysterious red bumps are, and wishing against all odds that our search offers good news (“Please, please tell me these …
DIY Files: How to Build Your Own Bed Bug Detector
Here’s an after-school science experiment gone right: researchers at Rutgers University in New Jersey created a homemade bed bug trap using a cat-food dish, an insulated jug and some dry ice pellets.