reflexes
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15 Popular Home Remedies, and Whether or Not They Actually Work
We’ve covered some of the best and worst home remedies in depth, but now it’s time for a lightning round: Should you feed a cold and starve a fever? Drink cranberry juice to prevent UTIs? Hold your breath to halt your hiccups? Let’s see, shall we? Epsom salt baths Epsom salts, or magnesium sulfate (no…
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The Most Efficient Ways to Remove Food Stuck in Your Throat
When it’s working properly, the human body is an amazing feat of engineering. But when things go wrong, it suddenly transforms into a 20-year-old photocopier with a metastasizing paper jam. For example, eating is generally a pretty smooth experience — until you get a piece of food stuck in your throat that simply will not…
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Is It Dangerous to Hold in a Fart Too Long?
We’ve all been there. You’re on a first date, or in a meeting, or trying to be a considerate aeroplane passenger — whatever the reason, you’re holding in a fart. Sure, it’s uncomfortable — but could it be dangerous to your health? Could not passing gas cause you to pass away? Could you die by…
