Right arm full of small, red, swollen bites

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Eliminating bed bugs can be a tiring and tedious task. Because bed bugs are really annoying, people who live with bed bugs in their homes, desperately find and adopt measures to get rid of them.

Then, just like the subject ‘bed bugs’, the question “How do you get rid of bed bugs?” is also persistent. Read more . . .

Small bed bugs on man's hand

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Bed bugs have been eliminated from the US soil sometime in 1940’s and the 1950’s. The use of DDT has been successful in exterminating these pests. International travelling and immigration, however, have brought back to the US the once exterminated, blood sucking pests. The following establishments are said to be the bed bugs exchange centers: 1) Buses, 2) Trains, 3) Cabs, 4) Airplanes, 5) Hotel rooms, 6) Motels and breakfast-inns. Read more . . .

Bed bugs in wooden bed frame

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Herbs are the ancient medicines used by our ancestors to cure common aliments.

Herbs have also evolved through the years, and though the advent of modern medicine is so advanced, herbs still continue to find their ways to get into modern medicine.

There are so many herbs and there are certain herb types for certain types of medical problems.

The Chinese are the most popular advocates of medicinal herbs or plants. They have been using herbs to treat ailments since time immemorial. Read more . . .

Adult bed bugs with nymps

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Not like the struggling Mets and Knicks, bed bugs have once more made headlines in New York City. Bed bug violations in New York City totalled 377 in 2004, up sharply from only 2 in 2002 and 16 in 2003. Reports of bed bug infestations continuously come from different parts of the United States but those coming from New York are seemingly the most disturbing. Read more . . .

Red spots on shoulders and back

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Bed bugs are always a nuisance. Though medical authorities dismiss the bites and bed bug infestation to merely embarrassment, causing anxiety and loss of sleep, most people would be relieved to know that these parasites do not live in their homes.

Eliminating bed bugs is not an easy task. The bed bug is described to look like a tick so the process of identifying one from the other is a difficult task. Though a tick feeds primarily on animals like cats or dogs, some bed bugs feed on humans. Read more . . .