FIXIT; Ensure that you won't let the bedbugs bite.(SOURCE)(FIXIT) From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: November 1, 2007| Author: Youso, Karen | COPYRIGHT 2007 Star Tribune Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Karen Youso; Staff Writer

Q: Next month, my daughter will be returning from a study and travel-abroad program sponsored by her college. I know that she stayed with friends, and in hostels and low-cost hotels in various locations. After hearing some of her stories, I'm afraid she's going to come back with bedbugs in her luggage and backpack. Is there a way to prevent that from happening?

A: Outside the sing-song greeting "Sleep tight and don't let the ...

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