Safe Kids Worldwide has provided a FANTASTIC brochure about how to keep kids safe when riding bikes or having fun with other wheeled sports, such as skating or riding a scooter. You know we write about this kind of health advice quite often, but this brochure has detailed safety tips demonstrated with photos. One of […]
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Beginning at the stroke of midnight, New Year’s celebrations turn loud. In my semi-rural neighborhood, the fireworks, gun shots, and shotgun blasts lasted a full 30 minutes. It’s a routine way to welcome the new year, but apparently we are lucky to have come away without injuries. According to an article in the Tampa Bay
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This year, we saw some of the worst weather ever recorded by meteorologists or experienced by residents. Tornadoes, Hurricanes, and weeks of record-breaking heat caused millions of dollars of damage and killed or injured hundreds of people. For this year, next year, and all the years to come, here is safety information everyone can use.
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Shaped like a tiny teapot or pitcher, a neti pot is device used to rinse out nasal sinuses. You fill the pot with distilled water or saline solution, tilt your head at about a 45-degree angle over the sink, pour water in one nostril and let it drain back out the other nostril. This type of
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For years, experts have been telling us not to eat raw cookie dough due to the risk of Salmonella from raw eggs. But that’s not the only risk, and it’s not even the biggest risk. After reading this information based on an article in The New York Times, I predict you’ll never be tempted again.
Okay, it’s not the kind of topic that inspires parades, but maybe it should. This is National Hand Washing Awareness Week (December 4 – 10, 2011), a time when we can celebrate what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) calls “the most important think you can do to keep from getting sick.” Washing
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In November, we posted a blog about “Toy Shopping with Safety in Mind,” which gave tips on how to choose toys for children that are safe and age-appropriate. In honor of Safe Toy & Gifts Month, we have more safety advice to share, courtesy of Healthfinder.gov and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Selecting Safe
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At the risk of sounding like a nagging parent, toys are fun…until someone gets hurt. More toys will be sold between now and December 25 than during the entire rest of the year. In 2009, there were more than 250,000 toy-related injuries treated in hospital emergency rooms…and 12 children died. Motorized scooters were the most
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From Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day, ’tis the season for eating. Although the primary focus is always entertaining friends and family, you also want everyone to walk away happy and healthy. No one wants guests to take home a case of food poisoning along with their joyful memories. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
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This Thursday, November 17, is the American Cancer Society’s 36th annual Great American Smokeout. This is a day to make a change, to finally take the first step to finally quit smoking. According to the American Cancer Society, tobacco use remains the single largest preventable cause of disease and premature death in the United States.
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