At least 30 of these viruses can be sexually transmitted. HPV transmission occurs easily among sexual partners. This is evidenced by the fact that at least 50 percent of sexually active men and women acquire a genital HPV infection at some point in their lives.
A farm worker corrals cranberries in a bog during a harvest. Every schoolchild learns that the Pilgrims couldn't have survived life in the New World without the help of the Indians. The tribes taught them which crops to plant. They introduced them to corn and other nutritional mainstays. One of these, the American cranberry, is still part of the classic Thanksgiving feast.
Although we typically only pay attention to the kernels of the corn plant, Native Americans commonly used the corn silk of the plant as a remedy for various heart problems, malaria, and urinary tract infections.orn Silk Tea. Corn has been growing in North America for thousands of years, and spread over time to Europe and South America, where it now grows in abundance. Long used as a food source, itâs rich in natural sugars as well as vitamins and minerals and has become a strong, staple, ingredient in the western diet.