Your parents used to refer to tetanus as “lockjaw”, as this is the name that was popularly given to one of tetanus’s more recognizable symptoms. Tetanus is a bacterial disease of the nervous system that has the ability to stiffen up the muscles of your body, your jaw included, hence the strange and somewhat scary ...
Few fishing vacationers to the Florida Keys consider the effect the lunar cycle can have on their vacation. As a charter fishing captain I like happy customers so here is a little information for your edification. The quarter moons are generally accepted as being the best moons for fishing. These provide the average current flows, ...
Razor blades have steadily been increasing in price for the past several years at a disproportionate rate to that of inflation. As a result, men and women who use traditional razor blades are spending progressively more of their salaries on shaving products each year. I have found from years of experience with manual razors that ...
What is Pertussis? Learn here about this highly contagious and sometimes fatal disease and how you can protect your child. Pertussis (also called whooping cough) is a highly contagious disease that causes severe coughing spells. Children with pertussis develop thick, sticky mucus in the windpipe, which causes a series of a dozen or more short ...
Maintaining the health of your horse is a basic responsibility of horse ownership. Keeping a horse on your land forces the animal to comply rely on its owner. If you fail to keep the horse in good healthy, the animal will suffer. One very important health measure you must take to maintain your horses’ health ...
Your horse’s well being depends entirely upon you, however. I always say, “You can park a boat for the winter and forget about it, but you cannot simply park your horse. He needs around-the-year care.” One of your responsibilities is regular maintenance of his vaccinations so all those “little and big bugs” cannot get him. ...
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