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Tips to Prevent the Flu

Jackie — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:17:04 +0000

A lot of families are dealing with the flu this year. As soon as one child gets over this nasty virus the other child comes down with it. I have heard everything from kids missing an entire week of school to adults breaking out in rashes.

According to WPTV.com the Unites States is in the middle of one of its most severe flu seasons in years.

The government's CDC website is giving the following tips to prevent the flu:

Would You Call In Sick to Finish Up Your Christmas Shopping? [POLL]

Jackie — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:19:34 +0000

If you went shopping last Saturday you will probably do anything to avoid the crowds this weekend. The idea of going shopping this weekend is HORRIBLE. The crowds are going to be in full force and it's going to get ugly. So wouldn't it be better to shop when places are WAY emptier . . . like tomorrow morning?

Do You Think Kate Middelton is a Wuss For Going To The Hospital? [POLL]

Jackie — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 13:46:44 +0000

If you haven’t heard by now, Kate Middleton is expecting. Overall, I like Kate Middleton so I am excited for her. As a women I feel for her because she just completed her first trimester. All women know that you can be very sick in the first trimester. Kate must be really sick because she [...]

Essential Oils vs Medicine? [POLL]

Jackie — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 13:32:50 +0000

It seems like a lot of people are exchanging medicine in their medicine cabinets for essential oils. Pepto Bis-mo is being exchanged for Frankincense and Lemon Oil. Spider bits are being taken care of with Lavender Oils and parents are sending their kids to school with Peppermint Oil to keep them alert and awake in school.

Can Your Dog Get You Sick? [POLL]

Jackie — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:26:58 +0000

I never have put much thought into rather my dog gets sick or not, but this past weekend it was very apparent that my dog had the flu. I didn’t think much of it until my son got the same the symptoms my dog had, and then…I got sick. Most times our family’s sicknesses come [...]

If You're Up Sick All Night Who Takes the Couch?

Brad Weiser — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:48:28 +0000

At my house, if you're sick, you go to the couch. It's not so much a hard rule, it just tends to happen. If I'm sick and I wake up hacking in the middle of the night, I'll move to the couch so my wife can sleep.

Does the sick person wind up on the couch at your house or is it the other way around?

Here's what you had to say on the Morning Show today.

Men Take The Flu Harder Than Women

Jackie — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 12:52:38 +0000

Men take the flu harder than women.

A new survey from Stuff.co.nz found that 98% of women and 79% of men agree that men demand more sympathy when they have the flu . . . I knew it!

Around 75% of people surveyed, including 72% of women, say they believe men's flu symptoms are worse than women's and take longer to recover from.

What Is the Best Way To Get Rid of a Fever? [POLL]

Jackie — Thu, 10 May 2012 12:31:27 +0000

My poor little boys are sick and while I understand that all kids get sick it is still terrible to watch them be sick. I am positive that they have a 24 to 36 hour bug. The main system is a very high fever. Nine times out of ten Aspirin or Ibuprofen will lower a fever but yesterday afternoon I was having very little luck with any medicine.

Do You Believe In Microscopic Bugs Living On Your Face and In Your Eyes? [POLL]

Jackie — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:11:17 +0000

There’s a fatal disease in Central and South America called Chagas, and the way it’s spread is NASTY: Blood-sucking insects called ‘kissing bugs’ crawl into your bed, FEED ON YOUR FACE, then move their BOWELS. Then when you scratch the bite, you wipe their parasite-filled feces into your eyes or mouth. Like I said: Nasty. [...]

How Many Workers Lie About Being Sick When Taking Sick Days?

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:41:35 +0000

When an employee takes a sick day, there is always going to be some suspicion about how he or she really is. This goes double if the “must have been something I ate” excuse comes on a Monday or a Friday. But, according to anonymous survey of 5,000 workers by the career website theFIT, 84 percent were actually sick [...]

Worst Excuses Why a Person Can't Go to Work

Jackie — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:20:16 +0000

A lot of people have been sick in our office this winter, some of them have worked through there sickness and others have been so sick that they haven't been able to come to work. I always try my best to come to work no matter what but if I have the flu I stay in bed

Is Blowing Your Nose in Public Rude? [POLL]

Jackie — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:44:35 +0000

We have all had a cold where you haveto blow your nose every five minutes to avoid snot running down your face. Gross…but just a fact of life sometimes. Lately I find myself blowing my nose at work, in the grocery store, in church, even in restaurants. It makes me wonder what “proper”edictfor blowing your [...]

Sick Kids [POLL]

Jackie — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:36:54 +0000

It is hard to know what the right thing to do is when your kids are sick. Both of my kids have been sick a lot this winter and I find myself making doctors appointments because I am freaked out only to turn around and cancel them because I realize they have a 24 hour bug. In [...]

Is Your Office Making You Sick?

Shauna Wright — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:01:30 +0000

You may think staying indoors would be better for your lungs, but a new study finds Americans face the bulk of our health risks not from smoggy outside air — but from potentially toxic substances in our office air. Polyfluorinated compounds, or PFCs, are often found in and given off by consumer items such as [...]

Half of Women Would Rather Have the Flu Than Take Care of Their Sick Husband

Jackie — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:25:42 +0000

It’s a scientific fact that when grown men get sick, they immediately revert back to being spoiled, needy eight-year-old boys. And their wives have to deal with it. A new survey by Walgreens shows just how unbearable a sick man can actually be. In the survey, 50% of women said they would rather get the [...]

Mom Gives 8-Year-Old Daughter Botox Injections [VIDEO]

95.7 KEZJ — Fri, 13 May 2011 14:23:32 +0000

Kerry Campbell took herself out of the race for Mother of the Year Thursday when she revealed to 'Good Morning America' that she gives her 8-year-old pageant queen daughter Botox injections.

Campbell, a part-time aesthetician, told 'GMA's' Lara Spencer that she does the injections herself, and claims the reason she started giving them was due to pressure from other pageant moms.

Would You Confront a Co-Worker Who Plays "Hookey?" [POLL]

Brad Weiser — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 15:26:04 +0000

I saw a co-worker who had taken a sick day out shopping with a full cart of groceries. I have to admit, I was a little cranked that someone who called in “sick” was well enough to be strolling through Walmart and debating whether or not to get “chunky” or “creamy” peanut butter. How would [...]

Mean People In the Grocery Store [POLL]

95.7 KEZJ — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:00:10 +0000

I was in the grocery store yesterday with my two little boys waiting in line to check out. My youngest son sneezed and while I cleaned off his nose he began to cry which upset my other son. While I was trying to calm my children down and unload my groceries I over heard a [...]