Health Headlines - 7-31-20

Health Headlines - 7-31-20

In today's health headlines we talk about how clean your phone really is and what you might be able to do to keep it clean.

Also Botox treatments may be able to help with depression.

HOW CLEAN DO YOU THINK YOURPHONE IS?A NEW STUDY FROM THE UNVIERSITYOF ARIZONA SAYS... OUR PHONESCAN CARRY TEN TIMESTHE AMOUNT OF GERMS... THAN THEAVERAGE TOILET SEAT.SOME COMPANIES ARE SELLING U-VSANITIZERS TO CLEAN THEM... BUTDO THEY WORK?WILLIAM PITTS PUTS THEM TO THETEST.WHAT IF YOU COULD DISINFECTSOMETHING AT HOME, AND WITHINMINUTES.THAT'S WHAT THIS THING ISSUPPOSED TO DO.IT'S AN ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT BOX.AND IT CLAIMS TO KILL 99 PERCENTOF..

ALL THAT STUFF.WE'RE PUTTING IT TO THE TESTWITH THE FILTH FINDER.THE FILTH FINDER WORKS BYCOUNTING THE AMOUNT OF LIVINGTHINGS ON A SURFACE.UNDER 30 -- MEANS IT'S PRETTYCLEAN.A SCORE OF 30 -- MEANS IT'SDIRTY -- AND CAN MAKE YOU SICK-- EVERYTHING FROM THE COLD ANDFLU -- TOSTOMACH PROBLEMS.26"FIRST WE'RE GOING TO TEST MYWORK PHONE FRANKLY I DON'T KNOWWHEN THE LAST TIME THIS WASCLEAN..

IT'STWO YEARS OLD PROBABLY WHEN ITWAS MADE."I'M NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HOWTHIS WILL TURN OUT."ALL RIGHT MY WORK PHONE COMESIN AT 255..

AND WE'LL SEE WHATHAPPENS WHEN WE THROW IT IN THEUVSANITIZER."WE PICKED THIS SANITIZER UP FORABOUT 30 BUCKS.IT USES UV LAMPS TO DAMAGE DNAIN BACTERIA AND VIRUSES.IT CLAIMS TO DISINFECT ANYTHINGYOU CAN FIT IN THERE PHONE KEYSEVEN YOUR FACEMASK."OK THE SANITIZER JUST WENT OFF.THIS THING CAME IN AT 39.

THAT'SA HUGE DIFFERENCE.

IT'S NOTEXACTLY SPOTLESSLY CLEANREMEMBER 30 IS DIRTY BUT FROM255 TO 39 IS PRETTY GOOD!"PHYSICIAN DOCTOR ANDREW CARROLLUSES UV SANITIZERS IN HIS OFFICETO DISINFECT THE LAPTOPSTHEY USE.1:11"AT LUNCHTIME WILL RUN IT TO THEMACHINE AND THEN AFTER THE ENDOF THE DAY WILL RUN IT THROUGHAGAIN."HIS IS WAY MORE EXPENSIVEPROBABLY MORE POWERFUL --- HE ISA DOCTOR AFTER ALL.BUT THE PRINCIPLE IS THE SAME."THOSE LITTLE NOOKS AND CRANNIESBETWEEN THE KEYS THE UVC LIGHTCAN GET IN THERE.""THIS IS MY WIFE'S PHONE BETWEENSIX-YEAR-OLD GRUBBY FINGERS ALLOVER IT EVERY DAY AND JUST EVERYDAY WHERE IN TEAR..

I DON'T KNOWTHAT THIS IS NEVER BEEN CLEANEDEITHER.

YEAH THAT'S NOTGOOD..

944."THE PHONE GOES IN THE SANITIZERTEN MINUTES LATER"FOR MORE THAN 900 ALL THE WAYDOWN TO 134."SO NOT PERFECT BUT FOR 30 BUCKSIT SEEMS TO WORK.AND DOCTOR CARROLL SAYS TO GETTHINGS REALLY CLEAN -- YOU CANALWAYS WIPE IT DOWN WITHDISINFECTING CLOTHS AND THEN PUTIT IN THE BOX TO FINISH IT OFF.NEW RESEARCH SUGGESTS... BOTOXINJECTIONS COULD SMOOTH YOURWRINKLES... AND EASE YOUR MIND.SCIENTISTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OFCALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO STUDIEDALMOST 40THOUSAND PEOPLE... WHO GOT BOTOXFOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.THEY FOUND... THESE PATIENTSWERE 40 TO 80 PERCENT LESSLIKELY TO REPORT DEPRESSIONTHAN THEIR PEERS... WHOUNDERWENT DIFFERENT TREATMENTSFOR THE SAME MEDICALCONDITIONS.THEY ALSO FOUND... THE BENEFITSHELD UP... REGARDLESS OF WHERETHE BOTOX WA