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fromDaily Mom magazine
2 weeks ago

Guide To In-Home Care For Elderly Parents Recovering From Surgery

Thorough preparation, understanding age-related risks, home modifications, and professional caregiving support improve postoperative recovery for elderly parents.
Public health
fromMedium
6 days ago

PostCOVID user research needs a revised safeguarding plan

Safeguarding in field research must include logistical and wellbeing risks—infection, travel, fatigue, lone working and sick leave—because these directly affect research quality.
fromMail Online
1 month ago

How often should you wash your pyjamas? Scientist settles the debate

Speaking to the Daily Mail, she explained that it's best to change your pyjamas every single day. If you shower before bed and aren't very sweaty, you might be able to stretch that to three or four wears at a push. However, most people are putting themselves at risk of developing bad body odour and even harmful infections by repeatedlywearing the same pair of pyjamas.
Public health
fromBuzzFeed
4 months ago

"My Bladder Has Never Been Right": Kate Gosselin Shared "TMI" Lasting Effects Of Having Sextuplets

"If a retained placenta is not treated, the mother is susceptible to both infection and extreme blood loss, which could be life-threatening,"
Medicine
Miscellaneous
fromBoston.com
5 months ago

Officials: Cape Cod swimmer infected with rare bacteria that can cause 'flesh-eating' disease

Vibrio vulnificus infection was confirmed in a swimmer with an exposed wound at a Cape Cod beach, prompting health warnings.
fromBuzzFeed
5 months ago

The One Thing You Should Never Do In A Public Restroom, According To A Germ Expert

As a result of [there not being a lid], there's that plume that comes from the toilet that ends up on the seat, and no matter where you go, you're always going to find that about 50% of the [public restroom] toilet seats at any given time are going to have some kind of poo germs on them in the range of hundreds [of particles].
Public health
#west-nile-virus
fromwww.cbc.ca
5 months ago
Toronto

Mosquitos in Toronto test positive for West Nile virus, but city says risk of infection is low | CBC News

fromwww.cbc.ca
5 months ago
Toronto

Mosquitos in Toronto test positive for West Nile virus, but city says risk of infection is low | CBC News

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