News tagged with washing hands

Wash away your doubts when you wash your hands

Washing your hands "wipes the slate clean," removing doubts about recent choices. That's the key finding of a University of Michigan study published in the current (May 7) issue of Science.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 06, 2010 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (9) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Was it the chicken salad or the swim?

A new study finds swimming, having a private well or septic system, and other factors not involving food consumption were major risk factors for bacterial intestinal infections not occurring in outbreaks.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study investigates how people behave in pandemics

(PhysOrg.com) -- A UCL-led study has identified key demographic and psychological factors that may predict protective behaviours during pandemics.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers find independently owned ethnic restaurants have more food safety violations

Diners who are skeptical of the food safety practices in ethnic restaurants have new research to back up some of their assumptions.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Real-world proof of hand washing's effectiveness

Scientists are reporting dramatic new real-world evidence supporting the idea that hand washing can prevent the spread of water-borne disease. It appears in a new study showing a connection between fecal bacteria ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 5

Hand-washing, mask-wearing may limit transmission of pandemic flu

Practicing non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) such as hand-washing and mouth covering may help limit the transmission of the pandemic flu, but more research on these measures is critical according to a new study appearing ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Apr 29, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Soap-sniffing technology encourages hand washing to reduce hospital-acquired infections, save money

Call it a Breathalyzer for the hands. Using sensors capable of detecting drugs in breath, new technology developed at University of Florida monitors health-care workers' hand hygiene by detecting sanitizer or soap fumes given ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Study: Emergency department computer keyboards and bacteria

Keyboards located in triage and registration areas were found to be more contaminated with bacteria than those in other areas of the Emergency Department at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, according to a new study conducted ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 03, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The Medical Minute: Clean hands equal a healthy body

According to Wikipedia, handshaking was practiced as long ago as the 5th century BCE. That's 25 centuries of passing germs around by hand.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 08, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Harvard survey: Swine flu in, affection out

(AP) -- Thanks to swine flu, there's a little less hugging and kissing in the United States.

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 08, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0