Doctors caution against stifling sneezes, highlighting potential health risks like ruptured eardrums, chest pressure, and throat damage. A recent case ...

When you feel a sneeze or a cough coming on, covering your mouth prevents the spread of infectious germs. You probably knew that. But the way you cover up also matters, and there are plenty of people ...

If you are about to sneeze -- even if you are in a quiet place -- doctors would advise you to let it rip. A 34-year-old unnamed man in Britain learned that lesson the hard way and had to spend two ...

Nothing quite gets under the skin like a young child pointing out the negative impact of your incandescent lightbulbs and idling car, but in the midst of a virulent flu season and the worst ...

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If you were to envision the kind of accident that would cause a person’s bowels to explode out of their body, you might imagine some sort of gruesome stabbing or grisly car accident. You’d probably ...

It can be difficult to distinguish the flu from the common cold, but the combination of muscle aches, fever, and cough are typically telltale signs of the flu. Other common flu symptoms include chills ...

We talk to our phones (thank you, Siri), so why can’t our tissue boxes respond appropriately when we sneeze? People who need people may be the luckiest people in the world, but most of us may not need ...

I'm not really big on collecting or buying Hollywood/celebrity memorabilia -- especially when said trinket is a used tissue. She did and the tissue has already received more than 60 bids, with one ...

If you pinch your nose and clamp your mouth shut when sneezing, you might want to switch up your technique for the sake of your health. Doctors have warned against holding in a forceful sneeze, after ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. Aaaaa-choo! While your first thought may be to ...