SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- Maybe you should make another wish the next time you have birthday cake -- that your guests won't get sick. A new study says blowing out those candles on the birthday cake ...

Editor’s note: A recent experiment at Clemson University examined the potential spread of bacteria from people blowing out candles on birthday cakes. We all look forward to that one day a year when ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- You may want to rethink accepting a slice of cake after the birthday boy or girl blows out the candles. A recent study, "Bacterial Transfer Associated with Blowing Out Candles on ...

Mitt Romney said he blew out each candle one by one because he was sick. Happy birthday, even if it’s not today! Whether you go for traditional candles, sparklers or those tricky ones you can’t blow ...

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As a small child, I remember attending other children’s birthday parties at our local roller rink or McDonald’s and thinking, “Eww, I don’t want to eat that cake that some other kid essentially just ...

Nice burn! An 80-foot-long sponge cake completely covered with flaming birthday candles puts all your Grandma-is-so-old jokes to shame. CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and ...

Breaking news: It seems I've gotten old. I knew it would happen, just not this soon. The subject came up because tomorrow is my birthday. (With the number of candles required my birthday cake might ...

Illinois family battles unexpected blaze from 80 birthday candles on grandmother's cake. Deaf grandmother hilariously reacts as family scrambles to extinguish the flames. HIGHLAND, Ill. - An Illinois ...