Germs, and Germaphobes, in the OfficeIrrational?O agree that a corner of the office is the better solution. However, her fear of getting a cold shouldn't be labeled irrational. The fact is, you get a cold by being exposed to the cold virus. So if employees come to work with colds,...
The Alliance for Consumer Education to Launch New Interactive Educational Resources For Parents and Families WASHINGTON -- The Alliance for Consumer Education ACE today launched four new rooms on its interactive website www.StopGerms.org and at the same time, unveiled a 3-Dimensional version of StopGerms.org in Second Life, a...
NVC-422 Highlighted As New Way To Combat Antibiotic Resistant Germs Washington, D.C., October 25-28, 2008 EMERYVILLE, Calif. -- NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMEX: NBY & TSX: NBY, http://www.novabaypharma.com), a clinical stage company developing non-antibiotic anti-infective compounds for the treatment or prevention of a wide range of bacterial,...
CHICAGO -- Warning: Young children should not keep hedgehogs as pets -- or hamsters, baby chicks, lizards and turtles, for that matter -- because of risks for disease. That's according to the nation's leading pediatricians group in a new report about dangers from exotic animals. ...
Health care facilities flush millions of pounds of unused medications down the drain each year, with the chemicals entering drinking water supplies and waterways where fish and other wildlife live, according to an ongoing Associated Press investigation. When this occurs, antibiotic-resistant germs and genetic mutations may occur,...
By Barbara Hollingsworth THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL Between reading and math this fall, thousands of Shawnee County students will roll up their sleeves for a flu shot. For the first time, the Shawnee County Health Agency and the county's public schools are working...
No matter what their labels claim, these cleansers don't work any better than plain old soap and water. "They don't contain enough of the antibacterial agent triclosan to make them effective," says Allison Aiello, Ph.D., an assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of Michigan. (Because large doses may be...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Merry King was a 48-year-old special education teacher in the suburbs of Washington. DC. She first felt abdominal pain on December 1. 2007, according to The Washington Post. A doctor in a local emergency room, suspecting that ovarian cysts were to blame, sent her...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ryan Dowling felt lousy. His muscles ached and his energy level was low. "I figured it was from practicing baseball because I had just done tryouts," the teen from Lake Fenton, Michigan, tells Choices. "But I kept feeling worse." A talented athlete who played...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Unotron's line of SpillSea[R] washable data equipment makes worries over classroom accidents a thing of the past. With SpillSeal technology, data equipment such as mice, keyboards and smartcard readers can be safely cleaned with water and/or hospital-strength cleaning products. The GermStopper SpillSeal keyboard does double duty...
Hospital makes proactive choice to elevate hand hygiene measures for patients, staff and visitors GOLDEN, Colo. and MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Resurgent Health and Medical, a leader in automated handwashing and sanitizing technology, announced today that Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota has ordered 25 CleanTech...
Smell receptors can now be mass produced in the laboratory, an advance that the biological engineers who developed the process say could lead to the creation of "artificial noses," a new report says. In a paper published in this week's issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...
Security Check Points and Customs Areas Were Treated With the High-Tech Protection in the TriBan Antimicrobial System by Detroit's Own Triton Technology Group, LLC DETROIT, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- For germ-a-phobes there are few, more intimidating moments than an airport security check point. Today, passengers in...
In his Sept. 18 column, "A particularly dirty story has its germ in the bathroom," George Curry wrote: "I am appalled by the number of men who use [public bathrooms] and then leave without washing their hands." Jerry Salomone North Wales First of all, as a full-time practicing emergency physician,...
TOKYO AFP — In most ways it is a Tokyo fashion show much like any other, except for one minor detail -- the models proudly strutting their stuff are wearing white diapers over their black stockings. Last week's show in rapidly ageing Japan introduced a collection of 170...
Dr. Toy awards American Museum of NaturalHistory's OLogy Germ Soap Kit manufactured by Action Products (NASDAQ: APII) with the Top 10 Educational Toy of the Year and the Top 100 BestChildren's Products for 2008 Awards in recognition of the category-leadingeducational and developmental value that the OLogy branded productsdeliver. One of...
PHOENIX, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NutraCea (BULLETIN BOARD: NTRZ) , a world leader in stabilized rice bran SRB, nutrient research and technology, announced today an agreement with Yele Haiti, the foundation of Grammy Award winning Haitian-born artist and Goodwill Ambassador Wyclef Jean, the foundation for Haiti's leading cell...
Honey may help bring sweet relief to chronic sinusitis sufferers, new Canadian research suggests. Scientists say natural germ fighters in honey attack the bacteria that cause the discomforting disorder. "Honey has been used in traditional medicine as a natural anti-microbial dressing for infected wounds for hundreds of years," noted study...
BAYVILLE, N.Y., Sept. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- As summer fades into fall, more and more people move indoors for physical fitness. Whether it is a local gym or tennis bubble - these are places where germs love to live. As a result, Cor-Mark Incorporated announces the release of a new...
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