If you are about to sneeze -- even if you are in a quiet place -- doctors would advise you to let it rip. A 34-year-old unnamed man in Britain learned that lesson the hard way and had to spend two ...

When I sneeze, everyone knows about it. The resulting shockwave wobbles windows, awakens sleeping animals, and sets nearby humans on edge. My partner, who sneezes like a vole hiccuping, insists I do ...

If you’ve been guilty of holding in a sneeze, this warning is for achoo. A man in his 30s who had a history of allergies tore his windpipe after trying to hold in his sneeze, according to a case ...

Here’s a scary lesson about why you shouldn’t hold in your sneezes. In a case report this month, doctors in the UK describe a man in his 30s who tore open his windpipe by holding his nose and mouth ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Design by Maisie Derlega. This country has a way of making us all feel pretty polarized. Whether ...

An engineer from California sneezed so forcefully that he tore an artery in his neck — triggering a stroke that he says was “excruciating.” Ian Applegate, 35, had just put his 4-year-old son, Jon Cruz ...

From ancient plagues to polite reflexes, here's why we say "bless you"—and what other sneezeworthy phrases people use around the world My husband scream-sneezes. I’m not talking about just a loud ...

This is Dusty Baker's nightmare and welcome to it. Not only are six of his Cubs on the disabled list but three of them would have seemed automatic picks at the start of the season for the All-Star ...