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Yuck: Few People Correctly Cover Coughs, Sneezes |
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 Here's more proof that most people have habits that aren't very sanitary — and sometimes can be plain disgusting. During a research study, medical students secretly watched hundreds of people cough or sneeze at a train station, a shopping mall and a hospital in New Zealand. What they saw wasn't pretty, with most people failing to properly prevent the spread of infectious germs. |
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EVER WONDERED: Who Invented Pizza? |
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 Buon giorno! (That's "good day" or "hello" in Italian.) The Italians invented pizza as we know it today, in southern Italy, in a city called Naples. Pizza in the 1700s, though, probably tasted a little different. It was made with just a few ingredients: bread topped with garlic, butter and salt (That's not exactly the Meatzza we know and love today!) Most pizza was sold on the streets as a cheap meal for the poor. No one knows for sure when tomatoes were added. One legend says fishermen would eat pizza for breakfast. That's why tomato sauce is called marinara sauce -- marinara means "seafaring" in Italian. The more expensive pizzas included cheese and basil. (Now, that sounds more like it!) Come buono! (How good!) The pie officially arrived in the United States when a man named Gennaro Lombardi opened a pizza shop in New York City in 1905. But pizza didn't catch on until the late 1940s, when Italian immigrant workers, unable to afford a whole pie, would buy a slice from Lombardi for lunch. |
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How to Make the World a Better Place: Pay It Forward |
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 The world can seem like an unfriendly, threatening place. Yet we all want is safety, health, and happiness for ourselves and our loved ones.
How can one ordinary person, you or me, make a positive difference in this world? One way is the practice of "paying it forward." While the steps might be simple, the outcome has the ability to change the world.
Steps
1. Watch for opportunities to help someone. Perhaps you have an elderly or disabled neighbor who is too proud to ask for help with their yard work or maybe you're in a restaurant and see someone who looks like they could use some kind stranger to pay for their meal. You can change people's attitudes about the world through your quiet acts of kindness.
2. Do something nice for someone you don't know (or don't know very well). It should be something significant, and not for a person from whom you expect a good deed, or anything at all, for that matter, in return.
3. Spread the word. If the person thanks you and wants to "repay" you (that is, pay it "back"), let them know that what you'd really like is for them to pay it "forward." You'd like them to do something nice for three people they don't know, and ask those three people to do something nice for three more people. The idea is to consciously increase the goodness of the world.
4. Pay it forward. When you notice that somebody has done something nice for you, make a note in your mind to practice three acts of kindness towards other people, as described in Step 2. |
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Sick with H1N1? Here's How Not to Pass It to Others |
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 H1N1 is most contagious within the first three days after symptoms appear but that infected individuals could still spread the disease after a week. Even though you may not have any fever or any signs of a fever doesn't mean that you will no longer spread the virus. Here are a few tips to reduce the risk of transmitting the virus. These include:
1. Wash hands frequently with soap and water. Or use an alcohol-based rub if a sink isn't available. Wash your hands a lot, but also purchase an antibacterial lotion to use at your desk.
2. Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing. That one's pretty obvious.
3. Stay at least 6 feet away from others who aren't infected, and keep face-to-face conversations as brief as possible.
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Ever Wondered If Frogs Cause Warts? |
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 As a kid, your Mom might tell you not to touch frogs because it could cause warts. Although kids do most of the things their mom tells you, touching frogs is something that all kids do. Most kids have handle lots of amphibians by their 10th birthday. And even though they may not get any warts from frogs, kids will come home with cuts on their knee, scratches on their arms, and bumps and bruises on their bodies, chasing frogs along slippery rocks and logs. So if frogs don't cause warts, what does? The answer is viruses. Yep, warts are infections caused by different types of viruses. If you look closely at a wart, you will usually see tiny black dots within the top layer of skin. Those dots are not dirt, but tiny blood vessels that clotted as the virus invaded your body. In fact, the wart itself is not the virus. Instead, it's an area of calloused skin (hard skin) the virus creates. Think of it as the virus's home. |
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