It is one of the most powerful involuntary actions the human body can perform. But is a big sneeze a sign of illness, pollution or something else entirely?

PHOENIX — Everything we do seems to reflect an underlying personality trait including sneezes, an Illinois researcher said. “Some people will have a loud, honking sneeze. Others try to stifle their ...

If you were to envision the kind of accident that would cause a person’s bowels to explode out of their body, you might imagine some sort of gruesome stabbing or grisly car accident. You’d probably ...

Sneezing and coughing are two different ways of accomplishing the same. One involves the nose and mucus, the other the mouth and mucus, but both are defensive respiratory reflexes designed to expel ...

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Sooner or later you’re going to sneeze. And what with allergies, cold and flu season and furnaces blasting dust through your house like a leaf blower, we’re betting on sooner. Ah, well. Or should we ...

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