Hot Sauce to Cold Caps: 5 Things You Should Know








Bite me. That's the message some people seem to send to mosquitoes. Who gets bitten the most? Smithsonian magazine has a list. (Hint: Beer-drinkers and pregnant women, beware.) For an easy way to repel mosquitoes, check out this AARP story.




full moon


3. The moon messes with your sleep.  A new study suggests that a full moon affects our melatonin levels and can make it harder for us to fall asleep and stay deeply asleep - probably because our body rhythms are in tune with lunar cycles, Time magazine explains. Subjects in the study, who were monitored in a sleep lab, had lower melatonin levels and reported feeling less refreshed upon awakening during the full moon phase.








5. Watch those TVs!
No, we don't mean the programs. We mean the fact that those huge, top-heavy flat-screen TVs can topple over and injure or even kill a small child. Grandparents and parents may not realize that falling televisions send a child to the ER every 30 minutes, says NBC News. Follow safety tips that include mounting flat-screens on the wall, instead of placing them on furniture, or using straps or brackets to anchor them safely.



Photos: Hot sauce: kirinqueen via flickr; mosquito and full moon:; hair loss: jennifrog via flickr; TV: adspackman via flickr

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