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Are You Guilty of the Worst Cold and Flu Habits?

January is the month when millions of people make an effort to revamp their health habits. Coincidentally, it's also the month when many variants of cold and flu viruses - including sinus infections causes by bacteria -- rear their ugly heads. Now may be the perfect time to take stock of your health habits and see if they could use some minor... Read moreChevron
posted 01/14/2008, comments (3)|
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Wipe Out the Germs in Your Home

As cold and flu viruses make their rounds, you may want to kick your germ-avoidance tactics into high gear, making sure that if one person in your house gets sick, the illness doesn't spread, taking everyone-including you-out of commission. Here's a room-by-room overview of where some of the germs lurk in the highest concentrations and how you can... Read moreChevron
posted 01/07/2008, comments (0)|
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Out of Sick Days? Avoid the Office Cold Using These 5 Tactics

Hack, wheeze, sniffle, sneeze. What spreads faster than office gossip? The office cold. "Every day, you run a germ gauntlet getting to work and in your workplace," explains Charles Gerba, Ph.D., microbiologist at the University of Arizona. "Basically, the people before you who were ill laid a germ minefield."   The common cold and the flu... Read moreChevron
posted 12/11/2007, comments (0)|
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Don’t Let Germs Be Your Travel Companions

Surely you've seen them: the growing legions of germ-aware folks who use a paper towel to open public restroom doorknobs and won't sit on a public toilet seat without some sort of paper guard. As the holidays approach, you may want to stop making fun of these people, and start following their lead, especially if you are one of the millions of... Read moreChevron
posted 11/19/2007, comments (0)|
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