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acetaminophen (Tylenol)
acne
chocolate and
milk linked to
stress linked to
acupuncture
ADHD. See Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
aerosolized cold viruses
air dryers
air flow pattern
Airborne
airborne illness
airplane recirculation system
airplane travel
blood clot risk from
flu transmission during
sickness from
alcohol-based cleaner
allergies
antihistamines for
honey preventing
solid food for babies compared to
aloe vera
amalgam dental fillings
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Cancer Society
amputated parts
antibiotics
colds and flu requiring
contagion risk during course of
green mucus as signal for
antihistamines
antioxidants
antiperspirants
antipyretics
aphrodisiacs
apples
artificial sweeteners
aspartame
asthma
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
babies. See also children; pregnancy
constipated
solid foods introduced to
back pain
bacteria. See also antibiotics
on airplanes
on door handles
handwashing preventing
household transmission
on kitchen sponges
Neisseria meningitidis
resistant
Staphylococcus aureus
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Streptococcus pyogenes
bathroom
air dryers or paper towels in
airplane
contaminated
door handle contagion risk
gonorrhea risk in
toilet seat contamination
beta-carotene
beta-casomorphin-7
Biden, Joe
birth defects
blindness
blood clots
blood pressure
body temperature
fever
normal adult
Bond, Gary
bones
caffeine influencing
soda bubbles and brittleness of
brain
aspartame impacting
cell phones causing tumors in
high fever damaging
as sexual organ
bran
breast cancer
British Journal of Nutrition
bubble bath
burns
buses
caffeine
calcium absorption
cancer
American Cancer Society
apples linked to less
artificial sweeteners causing
aspartame studies on
breast
cell phones causing
cyclamate study on
deodorants linked to
diet impacting
European Journal of Cancer Prevention
HPV infection and
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
National Cancer Institute
neuroblastoma
radiation exposure causing
tobacco causing
vitamin studies on
Cancer Causes and Control
capsaicin
carbonated drinks
carotenoids
catechin
CDC. See Centers for Disease Control
celery
cell phones
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
cervical cancer
cheese
chemotherapy
chicken soup
chicken pox
childbirth pain
children. See also babies
ADHD medication for
allergy prevention in
American Academy of Pediatrics
antipyretics for
bubble baths for
caffeine and stunted growth of
croup treatment
day care facility contagion risk
fish consumption causing birth defects
flu shot risk for
hair dye linked to birth defects
neuroblastomas in
over-the-counter medicines for
Pediatrics
poison ingestion by
urinary tract infection in
vaccination of sick
chocolate
cholesterol
cigarettes
Cochrane systematic review
codeine
coffee
cola. See soda bubbles
cold remedy
acupuncture
Airborne
antibiotics
chicken soup
echinacea
garlic
honey and vinegar
hot steam
neti pot
over-the-counter
vitamin C
zinc
cold weather
colds and flu from
urinary infection and snow
colds. See also cold remedy; upper respiratory infection
airborne
antibiotics for
cold weather causing
feeding of
flu compared to
green mucus
green mucus from
handshake causing
household transmission of
immune system weakness causing
milk causing mucus
stress linked to
wet hair causing
colorectal cancer
comb, lice contamination of
constipation
contagion risk
air dryers or paper towels reducing
airplane travel
antibiotics course and
contaminated bathroom
day care facility
door handles
handshake as
household
lice
cough medicine
coughing
creatine
crossed eyes
croup
CT scan
cyclamate
dairy products
acne from
constipation from
lactose intolerance
milk as sleep aid
mucus from
D-aspartic acid
day care facility
decongestants
deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
dental fillings
deodorants
dextromethorphan (DM)
diabetes
diarrhea
diet
acne influenced by
apples
artificial sweeteners
cancer influenced by
dairy
eggs
fried foods
garlic
honey
hot peppers
NHANES
NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study
Nurse’s Health Study
pears
protein
sugar
warm milk
wine
disinfection, sponges for
DM. See dextromethorphan
door handles
droplet flocculation
DVT. See deep vein thrombosis
ear infection
echinacea
eggs
high cholesterol from
salmonella risk in
European Journal of Cancer Prevention
exercise
muscle turned to fat without
stomach flattening
stretching prior to
eyes
crossed
masturbation causing blindness
pinkeye
rubbing of
television ruining
FDA. See Food and Drug Administration
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
fever
brain damage from
starving of
fifth disease
first aid
burn treatment
croup treatment
hydrogen peroxide
induced vomiting
nosebleed
seizure treatment
wound licking
fish consumption
flavonoids
flu
airplane travel risk for
antibiotics for
cold weather causing
colds compared to
H1N1 influenza (swine flu)
handshake as risk for
household transmission of
stress linked to
flu shot. See also vaccination
age and need for
CDC recommending
folic acid
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
For Better: The Science of a Good Marriage (Parker-Pope)
fried foods
frogs
FTC. See Federal Trade Commission
fungi
garlic
gastric acid secretion
GNG Pharmaceutical Services
gonorrhea
Gräfenberg, Ernst
grapefruit
green mucus
G-spot
The G-Spot: And Other Discoveries About Human Sexuality (Perry, Whipple, Ladas)
H1N1 influenza (swine flu)
airplane travel risk for
handshaking linked to
hair, wet
hair blow-dryer, lice infection from
hair dye
hairbrush, lice contamination of
handshake
handwashing
cold virus deterred by
household contagion avoided by
soap or alcohol-based cleaner for
head lice
Healthy Marriage Initiative
heart problems
apples causing fewer
marriage and
sex as risk for
sneezing causing
stress causing
HEPA. See high efficiency particulate air
hepatitis B
herbal supplements. See also vitamin supplements
herpes
high blood pressure
high cholesterol
high efficiency particulate air (HEPA)
hip bone density
HIV-infected patients
handshaking with
oral sex with
pregnant
home, contagion within
honey
allergy prevention with
cold remedy of vinegar and
hot peppers
hot steam
as cold remedy
saunas
HPV. See human papillomavirus
human papillomavirus (HPV)
humidification
hydrogen peroxide
hypothalamus
ibuprofen
ice water, amputated part in
immune system
cold susceptibility indicating weakened
sex influencing
sleep and strong
stress impacting
vaccination influencing
inflammation, chicken soup for
insomnia
interleukin-1
ipecac
Journal of Family Practice
Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Journal of Trauma
Kellogg, John Harvey
Knight-McDowell, Victoria
lactose intolerance
Ladas, Alice Kahn
lice
liver cancer
lung cancer
marriage
masturbation
McDowell, Thomas John
measles
medical myths
men
masturbation linked to blindness in
penis enlargement
penis reattachment
sex and immune system of
meningitis
menopause
mercury
metal fillings (teeth)
milk. See also dairy products
acne from
lactose intolerance
mucus from
as sleep aid
mother, health ideas of
mucus
dairy products causing
decongestants
green
muscle
less exercise and loss of
protein ingestion for
myeloperoxidase
myths, medical
nasal irrigation
National Cancer Institute
National Center for Health Statistics
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
neck injury
negative calories
Neisseria meningitidis
neti pot
neuroblastoma
neutrophils
New England Journal of Medicine
NHANES. See National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study
N-methyl-D-aspartate
nosebleed
Nurse’s Health Study
office buildings
oral sex
over-the-counter cold medicines
overweight
oysters
paper towels
parasites
Parker-Pope, Tara
partial thickness burns
pears
Pediatrics
penis
enlargement
reattachment of
Perry, John
phenolics
pillowcase, lice contamination of
pinkeye
pneumonia
poison
pregnancy
emergencies involving
fish consumption causing birth defects
hair dye causing birth defects
sex during
protein
quercetin
radiation exposure
resistant bacteria
respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
RSV. See respiratory syncytial virus
rubbing alcohol
saccharin
saline mist
saliva
droplet flocculation
wound licking
salmonella
sauna
scabies
scars
science, practice based on
sebum
seizures
first aid for
high temperature causing
sex
brain as sexual organ
garlic as deterrent to
G-spot
as heart risk
immune system linked to
masturbation
oysters as aphrodisiac
penis enlargement
pre-game
pregnancy and
sexually transmitted disease (STD)
herpes
HIV patient
oral sex with
shampoo, anti-lice
shoulder injury
sick air. See also air flow pattern
sinus infection
sit-ups
skin cancer
skin infection
sleep
immune system strength from
warm milk aiding
sneezing
aerosolized cold viruses
in confined spaces
heart beating and
snow, urinary infection from
soap
alcohol-based cleaner compared to
handwashing with
soda bubbles
sponges
Staphylococcus aureus
STD. See sexually transmitted disease
steam
as cold remedy
saunas
stomach flattening
stomach ulcers
strawberries
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Streptococcus pyogenes
stress
acne linked to
flu linked to
heart disease from
high blood pressure from
immune system influenced by
marriage causing
stretching, pre-exercise
sugar
Surgery Today
sweat lodge
swine flu
teeth
television
thermal sensation
throat. See also cold remedy
sore
strep
toads
tobacco
toilet seat
gonorrhea from
illness from touching
towels, lice contamination of
trains
tryptophan
tuberculosis
Tylenol. See acetaminophen
ulcers
upper respiratory infection (URI). See also colds
cold weather and
croup
day care facility contagion risk
green mucus
household transmission of
URI. See upper respiratory infection
urinary tract infection
vaccination
flu shot
during illness
immune system weakened by
vagina
viruses. See also colds
airplane travel risk of
antibiotics for
chickenpox
cold
croup
green mucus from
HPV
as immunity weakness
measles
respiratory syncytial
vision. See eyes
vitamin supplements
cancer research on
as cold remedy
vitamin A
vitamin B6
vitamin B12
vitamin C
vitamin E
vomiting
warts
wet hair
Whipple, Beverly
wine
women. See also pregnancy
acupuncture for childbirth
allergy prevention in
breast cancer
G-spot
urinary tract infection in
Women’s Antioxidant Cardiovascular Study
wounds
airing out overnight
hydrogen peroxide for
licking of
marriage and healing of
zinc