On a train, or in a plane. In a house, or with a mouse — it doesn’t matter where, or who you are, headaches affect virtually everyone at some point in their life. We get them while we’re working, from straining to see the computer screen; we...
If you could only eat one thing a day and it had to be the same thing every day, you really only have two options: 1) You could eat a potato; or 2) you could eat rice and beans. For variety’s sake, don’t pick the potato. Admittedly,...
I want to beat the heck out of whoever invented the phrase “starve a cold, feed a fever” — same goes for the inverse, “feed a cold, starve a fever.” Like hey, I know your head feels like a leaky water balloon, but you know what will...
If you’ve spent any amount of time listening to AM radio, no doubt you’ve heard ads where some nondescript man bemoans his lack of a sex drive or manliness, and then is followed by a voiceover recommending some variation on a course of testosterone — the idea...
I hate cardio, so I don’t run. That’s the truth. But if anyone asks, I fall back on one of the more commonly accepted arguments against running — particularly, that it’s hell for your knees. With gyms closed and nowhere else to go, though, lots of people have taken up running...
One of the few outdoor activities you can do during quarantine is walk your dog. And if you read our blog regularly, you should know by now that applying sun protection before stepping outside is always a smart move. But what you might not know is that...
The nasty thing you said to a close relative who passed soon after. The career-altering mistake you made. The one that got away — or rather, left because you messed up. Why are these the thoughts that bounce off the inside of your skull when you wake...
Ah, fat — 30 years ago, when it came to healthy eating, it was Public Enemy No. 1. Back then, conventional wisdom suggested that getting too much “fat” in your food would make you gain weight, and cutting back on fatty meals would help you lose it....
It’s weeks into most states’ COVID-induced quarantine, and the change of routine is, for many of us, the new normal. Outside the house is now bad, and inside is our cocoon of safety. In an amazing display of ingenuity, that’s led to a number of innovations in...
In early January, as hordes of people were reminding themselves that working out sucks, a team of researchers from the University of Michigan released a promising study proposing what could someday become a miraculous pill that mimics the effects of exercise. Naturally, much of the media heard “exercise pill” and...
Earwax comes in many guises, varying in color from amber to brown to gray to black, its consistency ranging from wet and gooey to dry and flakey. But whatever its form, it’s universally considered gross and unwelcome by the general public, which is unfortunate, because this nasty-seeming...
There you are, ready as ever to venture outdoors for your brief, but daily jaunt around the block — a few routine minutes of nature to remind yourself of the outside world, a pleasant place where humans were once allowed to travel freely, before the coronavirus struck...