Pollen should be harmless to us humans. Tiny flower powder that bumble bees carry around in their adorable knee-pockets? Pshh, what harm could that do? But if you’re one of the unfortunate 8% of American adults who suffers from hayfever, you’ll know just what a harbinger of...
You can stop freaking out about that bump, blemish or rash that’s seriously ruined your week. Dr. Lisa Chipps, dermatologist and assistant clinical professor at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine, is here to help you figure out why it’s there and how to make it disappear...
You should NOT fall asleep with your contacts in. You know it. Your doctor knows it. And the tiny type on the packaging of your contacts knows it. But alas, you’re human, and nodding off in front of the TV before taking your contacts out is gonna...
Do you lift weights like you’re in Pumping Iron? Play guitar like you’re in Zepplin? Use a pen like you were born before 1990? If so, you probably have the calluses to prove it. Those rough, hardened patches of whitish skin are the result of accumulated cells...
You can now stop freaking out about that bump, blemish or rash that’s popped up on your skin and seriously ruined your week. Dr. Lisa Chipps, dermatologist and assistant clinical professor at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine, is here to help you figure out why it’s...
There’s no weekend like Fourth of July weekend to get the absolute worst sunburn ever. A sunburn so bad, that the next week is spent avoiding pats on the back, sleeping above the sheets and begging for mercy before hopping in the shower. But it doesn’t have...
“I have no interest in retirement,” Leon Dash says from his office in Gregory Hall, on the University of Illinois campus in Urbana-Champaign. At 72, Dash has, by all accounts, lived an exceptionally full, successful life— one that more than merits a comfortable retirement. Dash spent 30...
Do you bottle up your anger when you argue with your spouse, only to let it out in occasional outbursts of rage? Prepare to have debilitating cardiovascular problems when you’re older. Or do you shut down when confronted with conflict, “stonewalling” your significant other? Musculoskeletal ailments may...
We talked to psychologist Dr. Bernard Golden, author of Overcoming Destructive Anger, about what you can do to help calm down when anger strikes, and some of the reasoning behind it. (Hint: it’s not them, it’s you.) And … exhale. Breathing deeply is one of the most...
You’re bound to hear plenty of mushy talk about hearts this week in the run up to Valentine’s Day. Not so much the kind that beats in your chest, but the more cliched variety, like how “big” your heart is. As it turns out, there’s a lot...
The YouTube video opens with a photo of a 14-year-old boy, painfully thin — 5 feet 7 inches, 98 pounds. His ribs and collarbones protrude. His head of dirty-blond hair, swept to one side, looks too big for his neck. His mouth is agape, as if he’d...
Turns out the dude who used to make you uneasy during Ms. Swanson’s third period American Lit class — you know, the guy who sat in the corner; with the black jeans, black Converse and Judas Priest T-shirt; the one who knew about Black Sabbath long before you discovered...