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| Air travel before and after baby is born | Hits:0 |
| I would like to ask you regarding pregnancy and flight. Yes, travel by airplane! Is it safe for a woman in pregnancy (1, 3, 5, or 7 months) to take a flight? What about when the baby is just 1, 2, or 3 months to take a flight... | 2008-06-07 |
| Should I treat my toilet seat? | Hits:0 |
| (1) Could putting a layer of toilet paper on the seat really protect the body from a public toilet seat's germs? (2) alice, so, what's the final word on how possible it is to catch a disease from a toilet seat? i'm in college and live in... | 2008-06-07 |
| Why do we yawn? | Hits:0 |
| (1) Hello I have a bet with someone on the correct meaning of a YAWN. I think it is because we yawn as our bodies aren't getting enough oxygen. He claims it is specifically from being tired? What is the correct meaning please and thanks?... | 2008-06-07 |
| Underwear ''laws''? | Hits:0 |
| Why do people have to wear underwear? Dear Reader, They don't. Well, maybe there are some places, cultures, and religions that require wearing some sort of undergarments, but chances are that you're talking about the expectation that... | 2008-06-07 |
| Rat scratch fever? | Hits:0 |
| I just got clawed by a rat in Riverside Park. It jumped off of the top of a trashcan, hit my leg, twisted around and clawed my leg, broke skin with three claws. I cleaned it out really well, but what else should I do? Dear Reader... | 2008-06-07 |
| Swallowed a quarter | Hits:0 |
| I accidentally swallowed a quarter. What should I do? Dear Reader, Although it may seem funny, swallowed objects send thousands of folks to the emergency room every year. The most immediate threat is that the object will become lodged in... | 2008-06-07 |
| Does soap kill germs? | Hits:0 |
| I remember reading somewhere a couple years ago that hand or bath soap does not KILL germs or sterilize our hands. Rather, it helps loosen dirt and grime, and it makes the skin more slippery so that dirt and germs rinse off more easily... | 2008-06-07 |
| Attack of the contagious yawns | Hits:0 |
| In reading the answer to Why do we yawn?, I was eager to find out why, then, are yawns contagious? It really seems to be true that if you watch someone yawn, within moments, you will yawn as well. It's a very curious thing.... | 2008-06-07 |
| Who can be a blood donor? | Hits:0 |
| (1) What qualifications do you have to have in order to be a blood donor? (2) I want to donate blood (O-!) to help in the rescue effort. I have donated for many years before I had seeds implanted for prostate cancer (wasn't... | 2008-06-07 |
| Klinefelter's syndrome | Hits:0 |
| A man I met said he has 2 X and 1 Y chromosomes | 2008-06-07 |
| Biological and chemical terrorism: Questions and answers with links to informative resources | Hits:0 |
| Dear Readers, As fallout from the post-September 11th anthrax mailings and government warnings about the likelihood of future terrorist attacks continue, questions about biological and chemical threats and how to protect against them... | 2008-06-07 |
| Bed bugs go ''chomp'' in the night | Hits:0 |
| For the past few nights, I've been getting bug bites while I'm asleep in my bed. The bites are small, circular, and slightly raised. Also extremely itchy. I live in an apartment by myself, with no pets, although there is a dog that lives... | 2008-06-07 |
| How common is sickle cell anemia? | Hits:0 |
| What percentage of African Americans in the U.S. are diagnosed with Sickle Cell Anemia? Dear Reader, Although Sickle Cell Anemia is a relatively rare condition (about one in four thousand Americans have some form of the disease), its... | 2008-06-07 |
| Belly button lint | Hits:0 |
| Okay, so this may be a little weird, but what is belly button lint? Where does it come from, and why do I have it? -Curious Dear Curious, Believe it or not, the results of a year-long belly button lint survey of some 5000 individuals... | 2008-06-07 |
| Why Cry? | Hits:0 |
| I have always been curious about crying and tears. It seems so strange that when you are sad about something, salty water starts pouring out of your eyes! Do you know why this happens? Is it because our body needs some kind of release from... | 2008-06-07 |
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