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How to Clean Your Hands

By FrogDoc

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Hand washing is a critical step in preventing the spread diseases. This is particularly important during cold and flu season, as well as when handling and preparing food. In order to be effective, however, it must be done properly... more »

How to Deal With Riot Control Agents

By eHow Culture & Society Editor

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We live in a world that is not always just. It is also the right of everyone to demonstrate against these injustices (at least in some countries). Unfortunately, the powers that be will frequently use riot control agents to disperse or control ... more »

How to Decrease the Risk of Contracting a Super bug or Other Infection

By Jerrie DeRose

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There is growing concern over the staph and strep infections that have become drug resistant from an overuse of antibiotics, something virologists began warning the government and doctors about over fifteen years ago. There are also some simple ... more »

How to Determine False Medical Beliefs

By tconroy30

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We all have been told that an apple a day will keep the doctor away. The general public does not truly believe a word of this statement but still eat an apple a day. Sometimes, even doctors are duped by medical misinformation. Take a look at ... more »

How to Determine If You Have Pure Drinking Water

By sekitto kisakye

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Water is life and health is wealth. Therefore, we must protect our lives safe by drinking clean water. Read on to learn more... more »

How to Diagnose Mad Cow Disease

By eHow Health Editor

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Mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), is a disease that affects the brains of cattle. Diagnosing mad cow disease is relatively easy in its latter stages when the symptoms become apparent, but the diagnosis means certain ... more »

How to Dispose of Used Sharps

By eHow Health Editor

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Tattoo shops, like the medical field, deal with contaminated Sharps needles on a daily basis. These Sharps must be disposed of properly to ensure public health and safety from needle sticks by objects that could potentially be infected with ... more »

How to Donate Platelets

By eHow Health Editor

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Platelets are the part of your blood that help control bleeding. Patients undergoing bone marrow transplants, surgery or chemotherapy rely on platelet donations to help them recover. If you want to give back to your community or help a family ... more »

How to Encourage Property Owners to Increase Wheelchair Accessibility

By eHow Health Editor

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People with disabilities want to move about in society with the best access possible. Fortunately, both law and social conscience are moving toward increasing access for all citizens... more »

How to End a Fight With One Blow

By peterclark13

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Violence isn’t very funny. In fact, it can be evil. Still, it’s a fact of life. As Mickey Knox says in "Natural Born Killers," “All animals do it.” When he says it in the movie he's actually an enlightened dude. Though most people will do most ... more »

How to Enroll a Child in Head Start

By Tippy

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The National Head Start Association (NHSA) exists to help underprivileged children, up to the age of five, and their families. Developed to assist parents in their role of being their child’s first teacher, the NHSA also offers center-based ... more »

How to Enroll in a Start! Heart Walk

By eHow Health Editor

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The cost of health care is rapidly rising as many people fight extra pounds and obesity. If people could shed the extra pounds, many diseases could be prevented. The American Heart Association has started the Start! Campaign which encourages and ... more »

How to Fight Against Malaria

By sekitto kisakye

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Malaria is one of the most dangerous diseases that affects people's lives mainly in sub-saharan Africa and nearly 90 percent are children under five years and pregnant women... more »

How to Find Green Schools

By eHow Health Editor

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As both government and popular culture get increasingly interested in the future of our global environment, all kinds of institutions across the country are going green. Schools, vast repositories of taxpayer dollars, are no exception. The ... more »

How to Fix America's Healthcare Crisis

By holler4health

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Improving access to America's broken medical system is not the solution to our health woes. Cancer rates have soared from 1 in 8000 to nearly 1 in 2 in one industrial century. Aside from emergent care, medical care used to be rarely necessary. It ... more »

How to Fly Healthy

By asmestad

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Plane travel can make people nervous not only because of a fear of flying, but also because of health risks. Confined to close quarters with a large number of people, with inevitable climate, altitude and environmental changes when you fly, you ... more »

How to Get a Hipporoller

By eHow Health Editor

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A hipporoller is a device designed to easily transport up to 20 gallons of water at a time and improve the quality of life for millions of people in undeveloped countries. Many of these people must walk miles every day to get the water they need. ... more »

How to Get Hoodwinked Into Thinking Your Food Is Safe

By w1z111

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It is no secret that many of the foods, beverages, and personal products people use every day contain toxic substances known to be harmful to human health. And, it is no secret that even some of the processes, procedures and therapies intended ... more »

How to get rid of hiccups in seconds

By stevemegjay

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This is the only way in my opinion that can stop hiccups in a matter of seconds. Works for me like magic every single time... more »

How to Give An Whole Blood Donation

By notsoglam

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Giving blood is easy, and it can make a big difference!.. more »

How to Go Green

By Bethenny Frankel

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We need to take care of the world we live in. I'm sure you've heard about "going green"—but just how hard is it? It might seem like a daunting task, but I have some simple tips that anyone can do—that will make a positive impact on our world... more »

How to Go Green in an NYC Apartment

By Jillian Downer

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New York City is not the most energy and resource efficient place in the country, and going green in an apartment you rent can be a rather tricky endeavor. Going green designates the use of recyclable and renewable materials, decreasing the ... more »

How to Happiness: Enough Already

By AxSpark

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We cannot be always happy, stress being a norm of everyday busy life. We also used to treat all sorts of depression with medicines or with the help of doctors. But thus we meddle badly in the man's psychic processes... more »

How to Have a Duck, Cover and Hold Earthquake Drill at Home

By eHow Health Editor

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If you live in an area prone to earthquakes, it's important to be prepared to protect yourself and your family should an earthquake occur. One of the most important ways to do this is to have a duck, cover and hold earthquake drill at your home ... more »

How to Hire a Professional Delouser

By eHow Health Editor

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School officials all over the world dread hearing that one of their students has head lice. If you run a school, day care or nursery and head lice infests one of your charges, it may be time to call a professional. Finding and hiring a delouser ... more »

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