Tag: bacteria
Beware City Dwellers: Ticks Moving In
Tick season is fully upon us, and it is not just people living in the woody areas of the country that should take precautions...
Does Your Cutting Board Harbor Bacteria?
Are you confused about which kind of cutting board is safest? With common outbreaks of foodborne illness, food safety experts have all eyes on...
Lead and Green Mold Found in Juice Boxes
On June 5, a mother and her young child went to the emergency room after the mother noticed something green coming up the straw...
5-Second Rule Reality: 93% of Shoes Contain Fecal Matter
Is there any scientific weight to the "five-second rule," which states that if you pick up food that you drop on the floor within...
More Bacteria in your Ice than in Toilet Water
Fast food is as popular in Britain as it is in America, and a recent investigation into six well-known restaurants revealed an often-overlooked breeding...
Study: Platelets Help Fight Bacterial Infections, So Keep Yours Healthy!
New research published last Sunday in the journal Nature Immunology shows that platelets are important for more than just clotting the blood.
A study...
Is Candida Crippling Your Body?
Yeast, also known as Candida Albicans, is a type of fungus that is present in all human bodies. The fungus is found on both...
Popular Antibiotic Z-Pack Linked to Heart-related Deaths
It has been just shy of a year since the ever popular drug azithromycin, commonly known as Zithromax or Z-Pack for short, was implicated...
Nightmare Bacteria Laughs in the Face of Antibiotics
A new alert just in from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cautions hospitals to be on guard for a sinister strain...
