Category: Health

If you only ate steak for breakfast, lunch and dinner, would you die? Got scurvy? Are they pooping awful? To be honest, the science is […]

iOS: Roads are easy to navigate – just launch Google Maps or Waze, but finding your way through a forest trail usually requires a patchwork […]

Having trouble falling asleep, but meditation is none of your business? The good folks on Reddit have a few guidelines for chatty podcasts and tracks […]

Miscarriage is the most common complication of pregnancy, ending in about 20 to30 percent of all pregnancies, most often in the first trimester. I knew […]

Asbestos, a fire-resistant, fibrous mineral , was once found in all types of products: building insulation and tiles, cladding anything that could be exposed to […]

Everyone in the hall has their own plan, their own way. In an ideal world, all of these paths intersect and intertwine without any collision. […]

Some (not all!) Grain-free dog foods are subject to additional FDA controls after several dogs who ate these foods developed the rare canine heart disease. […]

When you just want to turn off your brain and sleep, meditation apps are perfect. A guiding voice or the sounds of something peaceful, like […]

Every box jump involves a leap of faith. You will probably land on a box, get back on your feet, and not end up in […]

You know you can’t intentionally pump up your pet , but sometimes your dog finds your stash, or they bump into an edible “during” a […]

West Nile virus has its moments every summer and fall, and in recent weeks, many states have begun reporting their first human cases this season. […]

23andMe has struck a deal with pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline, giving the company access to their (your) genetic data for potential drug development. Did they just […]

Tell someone at the healthcare facility that you are in pain and they always need a number. “How bad is the pain on a scale […]

Few skin conditions reduce self-esteem in the same way as acne . It turns out that a face full of painful wounds, not to mention […]

As a mean young man with shit insurance and what I thought was a pretty decent set of helicopters, I once missed a decade between […]

Even before you download an app to help you meditate or deal with depression, it speaks to you. App marketing often implies that everyday stress […]

The dairy industry has struggled for years to remove the word “milk” from similar almond milk cartons. Non-dairy milk producers, meanwhile, say being able to […]

According to a recent ProPublica report , health insurance companies are interested in your data and they can use it to raise rates or discriminate […]

Summer is a great time to get in shape: you can enjoy freezing weather, longer days and, depending on your job, you may have more […]

If you have a question and don’t know what to turn to, a Google search for health information is overwhelming. Some topics will lead you […]

We all need protein, but meat isn’t the only place to find it. People who switch from animal to plant protein often end up on […]

We all have a slump at the start of a fitness program. Not at the very beginning, when we get excited before starting work – […]

As if there weren’t enough sexually transmitted diseases to worry about, Mycoplasma genitalium is now being scrutinized more closely by government officials. The British Sexual […]

If you bought your medicines from illegal online pharmacies, you may have many reasons for concern, but the warning letter from the FDA shouldn’t be […]

Sunscreen is a technical miracle. This is the closest anti-aging miracle we have, and it makes the outdoors safe for pale people like me who […]

Tsipro was prescribed once. When I brought the bottle of pills home, I took a minute to read the brochure that the pharmacy puts in […]

If you have been using birth control pills for any length of time, you may have been advised to take them at the same time […]

The sun’s ultraviolet radiation is harmful to our skin cells because it damages our DNA. This is why sun exposure can cause cancer and why […]

Every time you see flashy headlines about a new study, or some marketer says that “studies show” that their diet or product has a specific […]

Vaping is almost certainly less harmful to your health than cigarette smoking because it does not contain pieces of burnt tobacco leaf (the cancer-causing “tar” […]

Who knows where you ran last week? If you’re interested in privacy, it’s probably just you … and your running app. But our fitness apps […]

I try so hard to use sunscreen these days that my skin now, in July, is still the same light beige color as it was […]

When you cook at home, you know you have two hours – maybe four, if you really want to hurry – to pull the food […]

We need smaller pipettes, stat. According to ProPublica , the eye drops are so large that they contain more liquid than can fit in your […]

For the past few years, the flu vaccine has required an injection – much to the dismay of my children and my husband, who has […]

Don’t touch this plant. If some of the juice gets on your skin, the chemicals in it will attack the DNA in your skin cells […]

SPF 15 sunscreen will allow you to stay in the sun for about 15 times longer before you burn yourself. Pretty cool, right? Unfortunately, most […]

We thought the “V-pair” problems were well-known, but Chrissy Teigen recently posted on Instagram that she is trying vaginal steam despite not being sure if […]

For most of my life, I thought I was allergic to penicillin. As a child, I had hives with a dose of this substance, and […]

As travel writer Lindsay Campbell recently discovered, blood clots after a flight can take even seasoned travelers by surprise. She stretches before flying and moves […]