Word of the Day – Oct. 31 – Virga
Noun: Virga (VER-guh)
Definition: Wisps of precipitation evaporating before reaching the ground.
Sample sentence: The virga trailing the evening clouds created an eerie...
Health Tip – Oct. 31 – Glow Stick Poisoning
Calls to poison control centers reporting glow stick "poisoning" appear to increase during Halloween. Glow sticks are minimally toxic, but do pose a slight...
Word of the Day – Oct. 28 – Precipitate
Adjective: Precipitate (prih-SIP-uh-tut)
Definition:
1. Falling, flowing, or rushing with steep descent: also precipitous, steep.
2. Exhibiting violent or unwise speed.
Sample sentence: Our precipitate decision to...
Health Tip – Oct. 28 – Drinking More Fluids Could Lower Men’s Bladder Cancer...
Men who drink plenty of low-sugar fluids may reduce their risk for bladder cancer, new research suggests.
Although the reason for the association between fluid...
Word of the Day – Oct. 27 – Catachresis
Noun: Catachresis (kat-uh-KREE-sis)
Definition:
1. Use of the wrong word for the context.
2. Use of a forced and especially paradoxical figure of speech.
Sample sentence:...
Health Tip – Oct. 27 – Yet Another Reason to Get More ZZZ’s
Drowsiness may actually impair the part of your brain that helps you say no to junk food, according to new research from Harvard. Folks...
Word of the Day – Oct. 26 – Jitney
Noun: Jitney (JIT-nee)
Definition:
1. A small bus that carries passengers over a regular route on a flexible schedule.
2. An unlicensed taxicab.
Sample sentence: After doing...
Health Tip – Oct. 26 – St. John’s Wort and The Pill
An herbal remedy commonly used for depression, St. John's Wort can make some drugs, including birth control pills, less effective.
St. John's Wort speeds...
Word of the Day – Oct. 25 – Pediculous
Adjective: Pediculous (pih-DIK-yuh-lus)
Definition: Infected with lice
Sample sentence: Several third-graders had to be treated for lice after being exposed to a pediculous...
Health Tip – Oct. 25 – Grapefruit and Antihistamines
Skip grapefruit and its juice if you're taking an antihistamine for a cold or allergies. A compound in grapefruit alters an enzyme that helps...
