“As a result of [there not being a lid], there’s that plume that comes from the toilet that ends up on the seat, and no matter where you go, you’re always going to find that about 50% of the [public restroom] toilet seats at any given time are going to have some kind of poo germs on them in the range ofhundreds [of particles],” he said.
Those poo particles can contain E. coli, salmonella…
An Ophthalmologist Is Warning Against The Common Activity That Could Permanently Scar Your Vision
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When asked what she would suggest if someone were on vacation and forgot to bring contact lens solution, pushing them to choose between sleeping while wearing contacts or using tap water to store them, Redfern refused to pick either choice.
“Both of those are awful…
“Each different category provides your gut microbiome with different fertilizer,” Rossi noted. “So what I get people to do is, firstly, think about diversifying their plants and trying to get 30 different kinds of plants across the week… once people nail that I…
“The dirt and germs come off the clothes and go into the water,” Richardson, the author of the bestselling “Laundry Love,” explained. “They get trapped in the surfactant [compounds in detergent that lift dirt and stains from clothes] and then, when the rinse…
Here Are Super Common Foods That Can Be Especially Dangerous To Eat If You Leave Them Out Too Long
March 20, 2025
Death from eating starchy foods left out at room temperature is rare (and other health factors may have been at play in the case of the Belgian man who died), but it can happen. It’s more likely that eating improperly stored food will cause classic food poisoning symptoms…
Keeping This Phone Setting On Puts You At An Increased Risk, So Make Sure To Switch It Off Immediately
March 7, 2025
But we were also surprised to learn that making one small adjustment on our smartphones could keep us safer physically too.
“By default, a lot of people leave their location tracking on or choose to always — not just when you’re using the app — but always choose to…
"You Actually Absorb So Much More": For Better Gut Health, Remember This 1 Easy Thing Every Time You Eat
February 22, 2025
There are countless reasons to desire a healthy gut. Achieving and maintaining a robust microbiome — the trillions of beneficial bacteria and the useful chemicals they’re producing — in the lower section of our gastrointestinal tracts can aid our bodies with everything…
A Urologist Shared The Single Question He Asks Every Patient, And It Can Reveal A Lot About Your Health
February 17, 2025
“The bladder needs to contract on its own — it’s a muscle on its own, not connected to anything else,” Larish noted. “So if you’re farting, that means that you’re using abdominal musculature, right? You’re increasing the entire intra-abdominal pressure in…
By spending just a few minutes thinking about the answers to those questions, we can “pave the path to making it much easier to work on self-forgiveness,” Boykin said.
It might seem simple, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s easy — especially because many of us…