Sneezing is something we all do, sometimes every day, for one reason or another. Sneezes can be triggered by many things that irritate the nasal mucosa or lining, including perfumes, dust, animal dander, hair spray, cleaning products, sun or bright light (the photic sneeze reflex), pollen, viral inflammation and even orgasms in individual cases. Sneezes also figure prominently in cultural beliefs.
Aveeno. Coppertone. Banana Boat. Hippopotamus sweat? A new form of SPF inspired by hippo sweat may one day hit the shelves. The mucus secreted from hippopotamus' skin, often mistaken for leaching blood, contains red pigments that act as sunscreen by absorbing ultraviolet light.
Past studies have shown that bees and pigeons fly in circles during overcast days when they do not have the sun to guide them.
It happens to all guys; and, no, I don?t mean getting kicked in the crotch or being called the ?A? word.
I can hold a lot of things ? and not just with my dexterous fingers.
About one month ago, for the first time in three years, a University student was admitted to the University hospital and diagnosed with bacterial meningitis.
Nearly 80 percent of all sexually active men and women will contract human papillomavirus at one point during their lifetimes, according to the American Social Health Association.So why doesn?t it seem that everyone is running into Student Health in a mass panic, believing they have contracted a sexually transmitted infection?
Sometimes I wake up in the morning in terror. Everything is blurry.
Perhaps because of the high publicity the obesity epidemic in the United States has received, everyone seems to be struggling with losing weight or obsessing about not gaining an ounce.
Lady and the Tramp over a spaghetti dinner. Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard in the rain in ?Breakfast at Tiffany?s.? Britney and Madonna at the VMAs.
If you keep up with celebrity gossip to the extent that I do, then by now you pretty much know the whole story about the domestic abuse case involving Rihanna and Chris Brown.
It seems as if the waterpipe has captivated the nation. Although a popular cultural practice in the Middle East, hookah has recently gained a large social following in the United States, especially among members of the youth generation.
In our lifetime, we have seen everything from greeting cards to dating options to cigarettes transition from activities we could only do in the real world to those we can now perform in the virtual world.
It?s Friday night and you?ve spent every minute of the last week on the bottom floor of Clemons cramming for midterms.
The true meaning of a recession may potentially be as confusing in the health world as it is in the world of economics.
Some parts of medicine are relatively dull. Maintaining enthusiasm for high blood pressure and diabetes requires the endurance of a saint, or, say, a general practitioner.
Americans are finally taking environmentalism seriously. Individuals are making an effort by replacing plastic and paper bags with reusable cloth bags and buying hybrid vehicles.
Each year an increasing number of young men and women turn to muscle growth supplements, hoping to better confront the immense societal pressures of being fit, good-looking and healthy.
Now that Spring Break is over, we?re all left with the fond memories of relaxing, pictures of those crazy nights with friends and a bright red reminder of how easily we really were taking it: a sunburn.
When I?m not studying like the good student I am, I occasionally will delve into the Dark Side and have a drink or two with friends before we head out for our weekend adventures.
