We’ve written before about how the color of your pee can indicate the presence of life-threatening ailments—or in less serious cases, it can remind you what you ate for dinner last night. But its scent is just as telling: Below, you’ll find every cause of weird-smelling pee,...
Despite being a renowned, albeit not so great survival tactic, most people would agree that drinking your own pee is undesirable, even in catastrophic situations. Which is why, in preparation for the off-chance that I somehow end up stranded on a desert island (or just next to...
Most of us wear sunglasses for two reasons and two reasons only: To quit squinting and to look suave as heckin’ heck. But there’s one even better reason to wear sunglasses, according to Christopher Quinn, O.D., president of the American Optometric Association: To not go completely blind....
This one’s for the procrastinators out there. The ones who knew this summer vacation was coming up, who knew months ago that winter flab needed to be shed, but kept putting it off until it was too late. Because now, you’re just about out of time, and...
Perhaps the universe’s most universal truth is that having a single foot sticking out from under the covers is the most comfortable sleeping position. For some reason, curling up completely under the covers is too hot, and throwing the covers off is too cold, but having one...
But it doesn’t have to be this way—we swear. Armed with the right creams and a couple of dermatologist-approved home remedies, you can soothe even the worst burn—like, a really red burn. Why It’s A Drag: First off, the sun’s dangerous rays have a knack for reaching...
The higher the SPF, the stronger the sunscreen—that’s how most of us think SPF works, right? And while that’s not entirely wrong, it’s also not the whole story. SPF—which stands for “sun protection factor”—is a measure of how well a sunscreen will protect your skin from UVB...
You might be under the impression that you were done with potty training years ago. I certainly thought I had come through it aged three with flying colours — yellows and browns, for the most part. But of late, after sustained exposure to headlines telling me I’ve...
Holy bum sweat, it’s hot this year! And that sucks for many, many reasons: Heat doesn’t just make you sweaty and sticky, it doesn’t just make you cranky, it can also make you… dumb. It’s true — a study by Harvard University’s C-CHANGE (Center for Climate, Health and...
There’s arguably nothing as uncomfortable as swamp ass — or, in plainer terms, an ultra sweaty crack. Unfortunately, in the middle of summer you don’t have much of a say in the muggy matter, but dermatologist Anthony Rossi has some tips on managing the moisture down under....
In most scenarios, nipples aren’t something people tend to ignore. Sunbathing apparently isn’t one of those scenarios: 46 percent of people never apply sun protection to their nips, according to a fairly recent survey. They should, though, since nipples are even more prone to sunburn than other...
Sunscreen vs. sunblock is arguably the least heated debate ever—most of us grab whatever’s on the shelf, slap it on and, so long as we’re not a luminous pink when the sun sets, we’re happy. We should care, though: The sun protection we use today will keep...
