{"id":9383,"date":"2018-01-27T05:00:47","date_gmt":"2018-01-27T10:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9383"},"modified":"2018-01-26T08:35:45","modified_gmt":"2018-01-26T13:35:45","slug":"how-to-teach-mosquitoes-to-leave-you-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9383","title":{"rendered":"How To Teach Mosquitoes To Leave You Alone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Michaeleen Doucleff for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>Human skin is a cornucopia of fragrances.<\/p>\n<p>The bacteria living on our skin emit more than 200 odor chemicals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Many of these molecules smell quite pleasant,&#8221; says biologist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biology.washington.edu\/people\/profile\/jeff-riffell\">Jeff Riffell<\/a>\u00a0at the University of Washington. &#8220;They smell grassy or a little bit like mushrooms. Some human scents are the same ones found in flowers.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/goatsandsoda\/2018\/01\/25\/580249397\/how-to-teach-mosquitoes-to-leave-you-alone?utm_campaign=KHN:%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=60241711&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8dqv2PfZg0FOLUki1fZz3cC-sQkSypjBDB0-0oQkilp5hgFarbI5Q0SD0jF7jBmEnIsMWhjRHM6W5id8-vTmCmv0JDjQ&amp;_hsmi=60241711\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Michaeleen Doucleff for NPR) Human skin is a cornucopia of fragrances. The bacteria living on our skin emit more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9383"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9384,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9383\/revisions\/9384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}