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Gesundheit
Current mood:  frisky
Category: Life
News flash: Girls really do have cooties! (But guys are pretty gross, too)
 giantmicrobes.com 
{common cold, and E-coli}
"Study: Women lead men in bacteria, hands down"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081104/ap_on_sc/sci_dirty_hands_4
"The
researchers took samples from the palms of 51 college students — that's
102 hands — and tested the samples using a new, highly detailed system
for detecting bacteria DNA.
They
identified 4,742 species of bacteria overall, only 5 of which were on
every hand, they report on Monday's online edition of Proceedings of
the National Academy of Sciences.
The average hand harbored 150 species of bacteria."
 giantmicrobes.com
{flesh-eating virus, and mad cow disease}
"The
researchers aren't sure why women harbored a greater variety of
bacteria than men, but Fierer suggested it may have to so with the
acidity of the skin. Knight said men generally have more acidic skin
than women.
...
Asked if guys should worry about holding hands with girls, Knight said: "I guess it depends on which girl.""
So think about that the next time, before closing the deal,
Or, "closing the deal",
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Cat Scratch Fever
By Ted Nugent
Release date: By 1999-06-22 |
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