Committees striking some unusual deals With the economy spiraling downward and sponsors running away faster than Usain Bolt, the Olympics needed money. Big money. And fast. So, leaders of Olympic organizations started thinking outside the box, peddling their famous rings to new companies, selling multimillion-dollar sponsorship deals to pretty much anyone willing to pay the [...]

What is proper procedure for taking BP reading in the forearm? I had a nurse who was too lazy to go get the adult-large cuff when I insisted the one she was using was too small for my arm. So she said she would just take it in my forearm. She put the cuff around [...]

Trombiculidae History Trombiculidae, from Greek (“to tremble”) and Latin culex, gen. culicis (“gnat” or “midge”), was first described as an independent family by H.E. Ewing in 1944. But references to chiggers go as far back as sixth century China, and by 1733, the first recognization of trombiculid mites in North America were made. In 1758, [...]