They Say: Women Have More Cooties Than Men

Madeline Holler — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:01:00 GMT

The bad news? A new study has concluded that women have a bigger variety of bacteria on their hands.

The worse news? Men and women have more bacteria on their hands than the researchers had expected to find. Gross!

From USA Today:

The researchers aren't sure why women harbored a greater variety of bacteria than men, but they suggested it may have to so with the acidity of the skin. ... [M]en generally have more acidic skin than women.

Other possibilities are differences in sweat and oil gland production between men and women, the frequency of moisturizer or cosmetics applications, skin thickness or hormone production...

What's really weird is individuals had few types of bacteria in common. So we've all got our own special cooties. And the difference between the bacteria on one person's right hand vs. that same person's left hand were quite different.

Oh, and handwashing doesn't kill all or even most bacteria. But still, keep doing it.

Photo: USA Today

What Won't Men Do With a Diaper?

JeanneSager — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:31:00 GMT

I'm beginning to wonder if some men just have a diaper fetish.

First it was the guy stealing dirty diapers off porches in upstate New York. Now a Ukranian boxing champ is extolling the use of his son's wet diapers to reduce swelling in his fists.

"Baby wee is good because it's pure, doesn't contain toxins and doesn't smell," Vitali Klitschko told a German newspaper this week. "The nappies hold the liquid and the swelling stays down."

Apparently he's had one knock too many on the noggin.

Let me poke a little at his bubble. I'll do it carefully; I don't need to be "wee'd" on. See, babies are little humans. In other words, he's wrapping his hands in human waste. Doesn't sound quite as nice as baby wee, but what the hey.

Oh, and about those toxins. Apparently he doesn't keep up with the 'Derby. Because Amy gave us the lowdown months ago on all the toxic nasties that have been popping up in baby piss tests of late - think that unpronouncable hot parenting word, phthalates. Considering he got the idea from his Grandma, I guess we can excuse that part. Granny wasn't worrying about phthalates or BPA when she plopped her kids in their lead-painted crib.

Remind me not to shake hands with any boxers from the Ukraine.

Image: DiaperReview

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