MRSA is a medical acronym for methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus. It's one of the known "superbugs" that has emerged as a result of different bacterial mutations (likely in response to multiple antibiotic therapies to treat it). The hospital can send off cultures -- everything from sputum...

Interesting tidbit, but did you know that if your loved one dies in a hospital you don't need to sign the release of remains off to a funeral home? You can take the body home with you if you like, instead.

I spend most of my week driving back and forth between Richmond and metro Washington D.C.. For a good portion of most of these trips I am listening to my iPod obnoxiously loud, and wailing out of tune. Every so often though, I'll switch to one of the local stations to listen to the radio. What I had...