Category: Body

If you’re prone to motion sickness, road trips can be stomach hell. And if your kids are in trouble, you’ll spend most of the trip […]

One of the most important things to know when choosing a birth control method is how well it works. This is especially important in a […]

If you spend time (and a co-payment from your wallet) to visit a doctor, you need to be sure that he will do a good […]

Wouldn’t it be great if you could take something before your dentist appointment, something that would help you stay calm and maybe ease some of […]

Julie Powell, author of Julie & Julia , tweeted before her recent death at age 49 that she had “something that literally looks like a […]

We’ve advised you to take photos of your kids before a big outing, take screenshots of your boarding pass while traveling, and take pictures of […]

Whether you’ve been driving down a winding mountain road, riding a skyscraper’s high-speed elevator, or flying an airplane, you’ve probably experienced a feeling of pressure […]

For some people, “just use eye drops” is a simple recommendation, like “take a pill” or “use this lotion.” But some of us can’t “just” […]

Respiratory syncytial virus, better known as RSV, is on the rise again , to the point that healthcare workers are worried about hospitals being overwhelmed […]

If your only options when you are sick are to go to the office or cancel the call, then obviously if you are contagious you […]

If you’re on a lot of medication, you probably have some sort of system in place to make sure you don’t miss any – like […]

Everyone wants whiter teeth, to the point where TikTok is full of fake home whitening recipes , and there are even gummies that boast (extremely […]

We can get boosters and flu shots, wash our hands and wear a mask in closed public places. But the chances are high that sooner […]

If you think you would like to conceive in the future but are not ready to do so right now, you may consider egg freezing […]

Fake abortion clinics are often easier to find than real abortion clinics. They advertise online with abortion-related search terms and give themselves names and logos […]

Sometimes I think slowly. Even though I had occasional wheezing for many years, I only found out that I had asthma in my 30s. And […]

When COVID vaccines first came out, the CDC wanted to be careful. It was a new vaccine, after all, so they recommended waiting two weeks […]

Sometimes we get hard, painful, or tender lumps in the muscles. This is quite common and we often refer to them as muscle “knots”. Go […]

For people with sensitive skin, laundry can be a problem. All you’re trying to do is clean your clothes, but something seemingly simple can be […]

The more you walk, the lower your risk of all-cause mortality and cancer, with the benefits leveling off once you reach 10,000 steps a day, […]

You may have heard advice (even from us !) to bring extra medication with you when you go on vacation, or to stash a large […]

It’s flu season, and again, the flu vaccine is very important. As mask-wearing declines, there will likely be more of all common respiratory viruses. So […]

You may not have known that people with a penis can get a yeast infection, given that OTC ads are widely targeted at those who […]

When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) got ready to recommend the new bivalent COVID booster vaccines (which most of us should be […]

If you have autumn allergies, it’s time to sneeze and itch. (Depending on where you live, this may already have begun.) Here are some tips […]

Over the past few months, it has occurred to me that at the respectable age of 30, I lost some manual dexterity. I used to […]

Polio has been on the news lately and many people wonder if they were vaccinated against polio as a child. Luckily, if you grew up […]

Lyme, the best-known tick-borne disease, is becoming more common than before, at least according to health insurance data that includes a diagnosis of Lyme. Our […]

Your hearing is important and we have already advised you to bring earplugs to concerts and have them handy for watching loud movies to protect […]

Common sense says there is nothing you can do about a broken toe. Well, the conventional wisdom is fucking stupid. As it turns out, there […]

When it came to bathing in America, soap bars reigned supreme for part of the 19th and most of the 20th century. But by the […]

Are you the kind of person who applies lip balm throughout the day, almost like a reflex habit? The one who only uses it occasionally […]

Some medical incidents are inextricably linked to childhood experiences: children often vomit for some reason, their knees are skinned , their tonsils are removed, they […]

If you find it difficult to do your business in a public restroom, you are not alone. According to the International Paruresis Association , approximately […]