| Why cold keys on neck can stop nosebleeds
When I was a kid, I would get very bad nosebleeds. If nothing else worked, my mother would get out her keys and drop them down the back of my neck. I wish I knew why it worked it so well. We have heard from many people who have had success stopping nosebleeds with keys or a cold butter knife against the back of the neck. We don't know why this trick works, but one reader offered the following from his experience as a medic doing water rescue: "The keys work because of the mammalian dive reflex. Cold hits the nerves in the neck, causing the blood vessels to constrict. You might notice your pulse slowing, too. "The dive reflex is why cold-water drowning victims are not usually pronounced dead until they are 'warm and dead.' Cold water only in the face/head area shunts blood to the organs and away from the skin and slows the metabolism for survival.
'American Experience: Roberto Clemente'
I am the proof that you don't have to know much or care deeply about baseball to be thrilled and moved by the story of Roberto Clemente, right fielder, family man, humanitarian, Pittsburgh Pirate, Puerto Rican.
Bernardo Ruiz's lovely and exciting "Roberto Clemente," airing tonight on PBS as part of "American Experience," tells the story of a man who by every account was as effortlessly upright and true as if he were crafted for juvenile fiction, a man who never forgot who he was, where he came from and what mattered. He died young in a plane crash, in 1972 at age 38, delivering medical supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua.
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Biz report for April 6
ON THE MOVE
«Henry Frey of Greeley has been named to the board of directors of Rehabilitation and Visiting Nurse Association. Frey earned his law degree in 1973 and was admitted to the Colorado Bar in 1974. He is practicing in personal injury and employment litigation in Greeley and was appointed by the Colorado Supreme Court to serve as a Disciplinary Board hearing officer. RVNA offices are at 2105 Clubhouse Dr., Greeley, and at 5205 S. College Ave., Fort Collins. For information, call (970) 330-5655 or (970) 225-9399.
«Jana Ramseier, an independent esthetician, has relocated from Estes Park to the Bombshell Hair and Body Studio, 2607 10th St. Ramseier offers full-service esthetics including facials, peels, corrective skin treatments, waxing and dermalogical detoxification.
Skin Care Products Retailer Adds Professional Mineral Makeup and Brushes
CleoaptrasChoice.com, a leader in online retail of beauty and skin care products with Dead Sea minerals, announces the addition of mineral makeup and makeup brushes designed by a professional makeup artist. Mineral makeup is quickly becoming one of the most popular makeup choices for women and Cleopatra's Choice will provide easy color selection and a makeup brush for every need. .
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