Tag: medical

Sour candies are bad for your teeth

Post author By web gangsta
Post date December 3, 2011

Who doesn’t like a little sour candy once in a while?

We know one person who absolutely hates and loves all types of sour candies: your local dentist. They love the candy because candy of all sorts eventually leads to cavities and more patients. They hate the sour candies because of what they do to tooth enamel, simply as a matter of the high levels of acidity required to give you that mouth-puckering sour taste.

Web Watch has a friend who regularly jokes that he has a lack of adequate tooth enamel because of something his mother did (or didn’t do) while he was growing in the womb. While there might be some truth to that, he should also take into account the types of candy that he chooses to eat.

Tags 10 Things, food, medical, parenting, science

10 Things Science

What’s the most germ-covered surface in your every day life?

Post author By web gangsta
Post date November 30, 2011

Germs are not for Sharing

Howie Mandel may have something with his “fist bump” mentality. Touching other people can be freaky, especially if you don’t know where they (or their hands) have been.

Web Watch knows quite a few people who still refuse to wash their hands after using the restroom, sad but true. And we certainly hate being introduced to someone immediately after they obviously return from the restroom, as that initial slightly damp didn’t-quite-finish-drying-my-hands handshake is always a bit icky. We cringe now even thinking about it.

Tags 10 Things, bathroom, germs, medical, science, Travel

How To sports Theater Review Travel

How to be a Cirque du Soleil Contortionist

Post author By web gangsta
Post date November 11, 2011

Cirque Du Soleil Anniversary Collection

At last count, Web Watch has seen 14 different Cirque du Soleil shows –which, at an average ticket price of $100 apiece, plus concessions and otherwise, means that we’ve spent a hell of a lot of money on Guy Laliberte’s entertainment empire.

And every cent so far we consider money well spent. Each production has been thoroughly entertaining and exciting.

One question we’re oft wondered is what it takes to be a Cirque du Soleil performer. And while a lot of this was answered in the phenomenal reality series FIRE WITHIN on Bravo (seriously, it was awesome!), the question still remains about the physicality of what those performers do and how they do it.

Tags career, Cirque du Soleil, exercise, health, How To, jobs, Las Vegas, medical, Travel

News Science

Why do women have sex? It’s not necessarily because they like it

Post author By web gangsta
Post date November 10, 2011

Sex for Grownups: Dr. Dorree Reveals the Truths, Lies, and Must-Tries for Great Sex After 50

We hear all sorts of stories about older couples at those “over-55” and “active lifestyle” communities getting it on in all sorts of freaky ways, that when we heard about this survey by the National Women’s Health Organization on the WELLNESS & ANTI-AGING BENEFITS OF SEX that we just had to share the details with Web Watch readers.

Tags health, medical, Relationships, survey

Book Science

Is reading while in the bathroom good for you?

Post author By web gangsta
Post date October 30, 2011

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader
Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader

Show of hands: how many of you read while sitting on the toilet?

Yeah, we thought so — reading (or using your smartphone or iPad) while dropping the kids off at the pool has become a habit by almost everyone. Web Watch cringes at those who take their office paperwork with them to the bathroom stall before a meeting, knowing that the next stapled handout we receive may be covered in fecal matter.

Yeah, not a pretty image to think about, is it? But you’re going to think about it next time you see your boss head to the bathroom before your next staff meeting, aren’t you? Yeah, we thought so.

Tags bathroom, Book, health, medical, Party Talk, science, survey

10 Things How To

Top 20 Fitness Trends for 2012

Post author By web gangsta
Post date October 29, 2011

Zumba Fitness Total Body Transformation System

With Halloween right around the corner, we’re at the start of the annual Winter Get Fat season (comprised of Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s, Super Bowl, Valentine’s Day — combined with all those weekly college and pro sports that require copious amounts of beer and wings every week).

So it should come as no surprise that fitness companies are already figuring out what they need to do in order to help us stay fit and healthy — or at the very least, get us back on the healthy road for the rest of the year come January 1st.

Tags 10 Things, diet, exercise, health, holidays, lose weight, medical

10 Things

What’s the creepiest job in the world? How about “Forensic Entomologist”

Post author By web gangsta
Post date October 23, 2011

Maggots, Murder, and Men: Memories and Reflections of a Forensic Entomologist
Maggots, Murder, and Men:
Memories and Reflections of a Forensic Entomologist

As Web Watch looks forward to Halloween, we reflect on our job choice and whether we could have done better at working in a creepier career.

Something that, when talking about “what you do” at a social gathering, makes people cringe, say “oooooh”, and want to hear more about the fascinating life you live.

Tags 10 Things, business, career, jobs, medical

food Funny Gambling

Worst bet idea ever: putting a pepper in your butt

Post author By web gangsta
Post date October 16, 2011

Dave's Insanity Ghost Pepper Private Reserve 2011 Sauce with Bhut Jolokia Pepper
Dave’s Insanity Ghost Pepper Private Reserve
2011 Sauce with Bhut Jolokia Pepper

Web Watch has talked about insane bets in the past.

You’re already aware about the “you can’t drink a gallon of milk in an hour” bet, which is just old-school tired by now.

We’ve told you not to try the “you can’t take a tablespoon of cinnamon” bet, that could cause someone to choke and need an emergency room visit. Seriously, don’t do it.

We’ve even told you about the WENDY’S VALUE MEAL CHALLENGE, which is near impossible to comlete by the average fast-food lover.

Tags food, Gambling, medical