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Why hand-washing beats hand sanitizers
Proper hand-washing with soap and water is one of the best ways to protect yourself during the cold and flu season, an expert says.
Nov 7, 2019
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Hand sanitizers effective, but handwashing is better
Whether they dangle from keychains, spritz from pens or froth and pump out of clinic and classroom dispensers, hand sanitizers are convenient alternatives to handwashing, and they do work.
Oct 10, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Women exposed to common antibacterial chemical more likely to break a bone
Women exposed to triclosan are more likely to develop osteoporosis, according to a study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
Jun 25, 2019
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Why washing your hands well is so important to protect your family from the flu
During my second year of graduate school, I moved in with my sister's family to save money. "You must get the flu shot if you are going to live here," my sister declared. Both of my nieces were under the age of 5, putting ...
Oct 24, 2018
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Pediatrics
Hand hygiene program beneficial for day care centers
(HealthDay)—An educational and hand hygiene program involving hand sanitizer can reduce the risk for respiratory infections (RI) for children attending day care centers (DCCs), according to a study published online Oct. ...
Oct 10, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study examines how heartfelt guilt affects individuals
For thousands of years, people have closely associated moral cleanliness with acts of physical cleanliness. A recent study published in the Australian Journal of Psychology explored this association by eliciting guilt, a ...
Sep 19, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Germs gaining resistance to hand gels in hospitals
Potentially dangerous bacteria already resistant to antibiotics are now developing resistance to common alcohol-based hand gels, a new study reports.
Aug 1, 2018
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Giving employees 'decoy' sanitizer options could improve hand hygiene
Introducing a less convenient option for hand sanitizing may actually boost workers' use of hand sanitizer and increase sanitary conditions in the workplace, according to findings in Psychological Science, a journal of the ...
May 17, 2018
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Patient, physician co-washing may increase hand washing
(HealthDay)—A new approach to outpatient hand washing involving patient and physician co-washing may increase hand washing, according to a study published in the March/April issue of the Annals of Family Medicine.
Mar 21, 2017
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Rising number of kids ill from drinking hand sanitizers: CDC
(HealthDay)—Gel hand sanitizer dispensers are ubiquitous now in American homes and schools, but a new government report suggests a rise in kids getting sick after ingesting the products.
Mar 3, 2017
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