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Band Instruments Provide a Jam Session for Germs, Study Finds

by Tom Henderson, Posted Mar 18th 2011 2:00PM

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Next time you pick up that instrument, think of all the other germs your picking up with it. Credit: AP Something truly hideous and disgusting is emanating from high school band instruments -- ...Have you heard the germy band with the cough and the wheeze and the hack?
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E.Coli Found on Half of Shopping Carts in 4-State Study

by Mary Beth Sammons, Posted Mar 2nd 2011 12:15PM

Do you wipe off your shopping cart handles? This study may cause you to invest in a sanitizer. Credit: Getty Let's say it together, now: Ick! Ew! Next time you head for the grocery store -- and before you plop your toddler into the ...Study shows it pays to be a germophobe at the supermarket.
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Shopping Cart Cover Keeps Germs Away

by Honey Berk, Posted Nov 16th 2010 2:00PM

They may look innocent, but shopping carts can harbor E. coli, salmonella and a host of other bacteria and viruses. Credit: Babe Ease
Researchers have found that the grocery cart your child rides in contains exponentially more bacteria than ...Researchers have found that the grocery cart your child rides in contains exponentially more bacteria than public restroom toilet seats.
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Free Antibiotics Do More Harm Than Good?

by Sandy Maple, Posted Mar 9th 2009 1:00PM

The pharmacy in my local grocery store is currently offering free antibiotics as part of a health and wellness initiative. To promote the freebies, signs reading "You didn't pay for the germs. Why pay for the antibiotics?" are on display throughout ...
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Eating Dirt Good for the Kids?

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Jan 28th 2009 1:01PM

Is eating dirt good for you? Perhaps so. I've heard that in the course of a lifetime we consume and inordinate amount of dirt, and other things too, but is that something that perhaps we're supposed to be doing? Mud pies aside, it may be ...
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Women have more bacteria on their hands than men

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Nov 5th 2008 4:00PM

Cold and flu season has arrived, time to get diligent about hand-washing. Here's another reason for moms, especially, to keep those hands clean: Women have a greater variety of bacteria on their hands than men. When I first read this, I thought ...
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Should shopping carts be sanitized?

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Sep 29th 2008 4:00PM

Just how dangerous are shopping carts to kids? It depends on who you ask. Shopping carts have become the next battleground in the war on germs. Grocery stores now offer antibacterial wipes and disposable covers for shopping cart handles, while ...
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Infections linked to premature births

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Aug 26th 2008 2:02PM

According to a recent report, infections may be the cause of many premature births. Studies showed the more serious the infection, the more likely the premature birth and the sicker the infant. Studies also reported finding bacteria or (yick!) fungi ...
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Do sugarless gummy bears fight cavities?

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Aug 3rd 2008 1:00PM

Gummy bears. They're small, chewy, colorful, and, when they get hot, rather gooey. They stick to your teeth, and they're full of sugar. That may soon give way to a new breed of bear, the sugarless gummy. These gummy bears contain an ingredient I've ...
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Diplomats set new safety standards for formula, nuts and gluten

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Jul 2nd 2008 3:00PM

Diplomats in Geneva recently set new limits on the amount of certain kinds of bacteria allowable in baby formula as well as the level of natural toxins in some types of nuts. They also tackled the amount of gluten permissible in products labeled ...
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Joy of pink eye

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Jun 3rd 2008 1:00PM

Perhaps you know of which I speak. The voice of experience warns to never, ever, ever go through pink eye again. Not getting it yourself, and certainly, most assuredly, not letting your kid get it again either. My fourteen-month-old son has had his ...
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The truth about double dipping

by Sandy Maple, Posted Feb 4th 2008 4:03PM

I had every intention of writing about this interesting scientific discovery prior to Super Bowl Sunday. But somewhere along the way, I got sick and spent most of this past weekend in bed with a fever. I don't know if my illness was a result of ...
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Is your car a germ factory?

by Sandy Maple, Posted Apr 6th 2007 5:03PM

New research has shown that single people and men have the cleanest cars. Guess who has the germiest? Married people and women, of course. A married woman's car is often the 'family car' and with kids comes germs. Those french fries under the seat ...
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Do frozen foods cause Crohn's disease?

by Sandy Maple, Posted Mar 13th 2007 9:37AM

And now, something new to worry about when you feed your kids. According to a study by Murdoch Children's Research Institute and Royal Children's Hospital in Australia, frozen foods may be making people sick. The culprit is not the foods themselves, ...
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Peanut Butter contaminated with salmonella

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Feb 15th 2007 11:30AM

The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers that some jars of Peter Pan Peanut Butter and Great Value Peanut Butter may be contaminated with the Salmonella Tennessee bacteria. The affected jars of Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter ...
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