Here's a disgusting new way to make Baby healthier: Instead of being an uptight parent who uses dishwashers or soap or basic hygiene, try "cleaning" your infant's gross pukey pacifier by sticking that thing in your mouth and sucking away.

While the people you follow on Twitter have been eager to let you know how warm it is today, it looks like we're in for a long, hard winter. Why's that? Well health officials say we're already seeing a spike in flu cases, several months early.

For decades we have been trapped by America's tyrannical "Five Second Rule," which mandates that all food be marinated on the floor for a full five seconds before it can be consumed. But not a second more! At long last, that rule has been tested.

If you haven't caught Anderson Cooper's daytime talk show yet today, you should, because it's all about poop. Just kidding, you shouldn't watch it. No, just kidding. Watch it, but it's really about germs, not poop. OK, fine, it's about poop germs on Andy's phone.

Dutch scientists at the Radboud University Nijmegen have discovered how the germ anammox converts ammonia, which is found in urine, into the rocket fuel hydrazine. See, you and your ubiquitous bottle of Purell thought germs were a bad thing.

Cholesterol kids! Weight loss drugs! Glucosamine failure! Skin cancer diversity! Proper sneeze coverage! And your daily milk needs, revealed! It's your Monday Health Watch column, where we watch your health: with supplemental protein!

Everyone's talking about swine flu, which means medical journalists are in high demand. But how do you come up with new angles on something so overplayed and relatively straightforward?