tick bites

Those damn ticks. First it was the deer tick giving us a bacterial infection known as Lyme disease; now there's a tick that can make us severely allergic to red meat. Are you ticked off yet?

Yes, you read that right: One of the best ways to make sure that Lyme disease-carrying ticks aren't clinging to your clothing after you do yard work or go for a walk in the countryside is to first tumble your clothes on high heat in the dryer and  then wash them.