Anatomy of a feast
This tart, red berry sauce is famous for helping to prevent or clear up painful urinary tract infections (UTIs)
What is cranberry sauce?
Talking with your mouth full of dry turkey or laughing too hard while swallowing can lead to this dangerous airway emergency.
What is chocking?
Because the days get shorter and darker in late November, your body produces less of this "sunshine vitamin."
What is vitamin D
Many families now kick off Thanksgiving morning by running or walking in this festive, bird-named 5K race to get their heart rates up before the big meal.
What is the turkey trot?
This muscular organ can stretch to hold up to a gallon of food and drink during a massive feast.
What is the stomach?
Leaving the leftover turkey sitting out on the counter overnight instead of putting it in the fridge can cause this miserable digestive illness.
What is food poisoning?
Bright orange foods on the table like pumpkins and sweet potatoes are packed with nutrients that are famously good for this facial sense.
What is eyesight?
Gathering with close friends the weekend before Thanksgiving for a massive shared meal has become a popular tradition known by this blended name.
What is friendsgiving?
Drinking holiday wine or beer forces this large organ to stop what it's doing and focus entirely on filtering out the alcohol.
What is the liver?
Slipping with a sharp knife while carving the turkey most frequently injures this complex part of the body, which contains 27 small bones.
What is the hand?
The common name for the seasonal virus that spikes right around Thanksgiving, for which doctors highly recommend getting a yearly shot.
What is the influenza?
Watching the giant, inflated character balloons float down the streets of New York City during this famous department store's Thanksgiving Day Parade is a tradition for millions.
What is the Macy thanksgiving parade?
The heavily salted gravy and stuffing can cause temporary fluid retention and a spike in this vital sign.
What is blood pressure?
This universal first-aid maneuver involves standing behind a choking person and giving quick, upward abdominal thrusts.
What is the Heimlich maneuver?
The sudden, miserable feeling of shakiness and sweating that happens an hour or two after a massive sugar rush from dessert is called a blood sugar what?
What is a Crash (or Hypoglycemia)?
The day after Thanksgiving is famous for early morning shopping deals, a tradition that crowd-safety experts monitor closely for public health and safety.
What is Black Friday?
When you eat too much, your stomach stretches and presses upward against this large breathing muscle, making it feel harder to take a deep breath
What is the diaphram?
Mismanaging a boiling pot of oil while deep-frying a turkey sends hundreds of people to this specialized hospital unit every year.
What is the burn unit?
This mineral, found in green holiday sides like spinach and green beans, is crucial for building strong red blood cells and preventing anemia.
What is iron?
A modern tradition for football fans involves watching a triple-header of NFL games on Thanksgiving, which sports medicine doctors note is a major day for turf injuries. How many total teams play on Thanksgiving Day?
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While crossing the Atlantic on the Mayflower, passengers faced terrible motion sickness and tightly packed, damp conditions—a perfect breeding ground for this common respiratory illness, often called the "common cold's older cousin," which causes a deep chest cough
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