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Achoo! Time to wash those hands again
By TIMES WIRES
Published October 17, 2006
You can catch a cold by merely touching your finger to a contaminated surface - a remote control, light switch, doorknob - up to 18 hours after an infected person has touched it. The study was based on hotel rooms checked by researchers from the University of Virginia and Reckitt-Benckiser, a maker of household cleaning items. Adults infected with the rhinovirus (cold virus) transferred it to 35 percent of the surfaces they touched, according to the study. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises washing your hands often. Cancer awareness comforts, informs Numerous breast-cancer awareness items are available this month: - The Hershey Co. has produced limited numbers of Kisses, Nuggets and York Peppermint Patties, each wrapped in pink foil. The company is donating $250,000 to the Young Survival Coalition for women under 40 diagnosed with breast cancer. - The Lifetime Channel will telecast two real-life specials: Four Extraordinary Women, 7 p.m. Friday, tells the story of a man who had four loved ones with breast cancer; Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy, 9 p.m. Monday, about a 27-year-old woman who battled cancer, and later gave birth to two children. ADHD drug use is a family affair Parents of children on a medication for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are nearly 10 times more likely to take an ADHD drug themselves than those without a child using those drugs, according to a new study. The study, by Medco Health Solutions, also found that in families where at least one parent and one child are concurrently taking an ADHD medication, the likelihood of a second child taking the medication was double that of families in which the parent is not on the drug. Medco analyzed prescription claims for more than 107,000 children, ages 5-19, and their parents during 2005. How weight is gained and lost The causes of weight gain, how obesity affects your health, and proper dieting will be discussedby Dr. Anne Hermann on Wednesday. The free lecture is part of a series offered at noon the third Wednesday each month at the St. Anthony's Carillon Outpatient Center, 900 Carillon Parkway, St. Petersburg, in Conference Rooms A & B. Bring a lunch or purchase food on site. Call (727) 825-1111 to register. Compiled from Times staff, wires
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