Tag Archives: Medicine

Are Brown Widows as Dangerous as Black Widows?

Posted on November 6, 2016 by

Written by Joe Ballenger As a rule, Widows have pretty nasty venom. I was knocked on my butt for about 3 days after a bite I received from a Southern Widow (Lactrodectus mactans) after mishandling her. These sorts of incidents … Continue reading →

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Questions about head lice.

Posted on March 22, 2016 by

Written by Joe Ballenger We get a lot of questions about lice, and these are really important. On Biofortified, I wrote an article about head louse treatments that was relatively depressing. There are a lot of companies which market louse … Continue reading →

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