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Using hospital elevators can kill you

Web Watch has told you about all the different ways physicians and other medical professionals spread germs and disease everywhere they go.

From dirty stethoscopes to dirty scrubs (or scrubs worn on airplanes, and then to who knows where!), nurses and doctors are constantly walking around in swirling packs of germs, like “Pigpen” from the Peanuts comic strip.

And it only gets worse from there.

Germ-X Wipes
Germ-X Wipes

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Video

Video Fun: A simple way to test your hearing

It’s simple: as we get older, our hearing is supposedly getting worse.

Listen to this video (watch your volume! you don’t want to blow your ears out unintentionally) and see if you can identify at what ranges your hearing begins and ends. The lower (and higher) the range you can hear, the better your hearing is at those levels.

Audio of the Spectrum of Human Hearing

The tone in the video ranges from 20Hz to 20kHz. Audio below 50Hz is likely not going to be heard very well by all people, and the same goes for audio in the 10kHz and higher range.

What was your range? Post it in the comments below…

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Science

Doctors don’t wash their hands

Web Watch cringes every time we see a MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL WEAR SCRUBS outside of the office.

We’ve told you about DIRTY STETHOSCOPES.

Guess what else is on our shock list?

Wash Brush Floss Flush
Wash Brush Floss Flush

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food How To

These 7 “healthy” foods may actually be bad for you

When you’re on a diet, you tend to dramatically change your eating habits in order to comply with the menu you’ve put together.

Whether it be South Beach, Atkins, Weight Watchers — every diet requires self-discipline and monitoring, in addition to switching out all the yummy fun sugary carbs with lots of boring vegetables and fruits.

Blech.

Another #1 Little Secret That Diet Gurus Don't Want You to Know: (Diets Don't Work, So Stop Hitting Your Head Against the WALL!
Another #1 Little Secret That Diet Gurus Don’t Want You to Know: (Diets Don’t Work, So Stop Hitting Your Head Against the WALL!

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How To

How doctors and nurses unknowingly spread infections

Web Watch has already told you about one way that DOCTORS AND NURSES SPREAD INFECTIONS, just by wearing their scrubs outside of the office.

(Remember, if you see a medical professional in front of you at the Starbucks and they’re wearing scrubs, they could have just come out of an infected surgical area and haven’t bothered to change. Ewww.)

But there’s ANOTHER WAY THAT DOCTORS AND OTHER MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS SPREAD DISEASE, and you may not be aware of it…

3M Littmann Cardiology III Stethoscope
3M Littmann Cardiology III Stethoscope

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10 Things

10 Things Most Likely to Harm Your Cat

How much money have you spent on your pets on doctor care over the years?

Some people would rather spend that health money on their cats than they would for themselves.  Their cat is just as much a member of the family as a child, and worth every penny.

Cat Owners Home Veterinary Handbook
Cat Owners Home Veterinary Handbook

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How To

What your urine color says about you

We all know the common diet theory of drinking eight glasses of water a day. (We’ve heard variations on this that say that eight glasses is a misnomer, and you need to take your weight and divide that by 2 to give you the number of ounces of water to drink a day).

Regardless, you’re still drinknig a ton of water, no matter how you cut it.

But every body is different, so how do you know if you’re drinking enough water at all?

Color My Bath Whiz Kids 100-Piece Potty Training Tablets
Color My Bath Whiz Kids 100-Piece Potty Training Tablets

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How much chlamydia, syphilis, and gonorrhea cases are in your county?

STD’s (sexually transmitted diseases) are no laughing matter, especially if you’re a parent trying to raise teenagers.  Casual sex amongst young people happens, you know.  All a parent can do is hope that they’ve raised their children correctly in that they’ll use proper protection or common sense when it comes time to hook up.

Chlamydia Home Test
Chlamydia Home Test