Sex has lots of benefits besides just feeling good: It can help ease depression, relieve pain and even reduce the appearance of wrinkles. But one of the main benefits of sex we often hear about is that it’s a great workout, with the potential to replace not-quite-as-fun...
Humans are officially more obsessed with butts than ever before. If you need further proof, just take one look at this selfie stick that allows you to easily take photos of your very own butt. And hell, why not? Everyone likes a shapely rear. But (with one...
Anyone who’s ever ridden in an elevator, carpooled, or stayed over at a new partner’s house for the night has tried to hold in a fart. This is a fact. Sometimes, it works: Other times, the pressure builds too much and your butt lets forth with a...
As anyone who’s ever experienced a post-bender hangover knows, booze does some gnarly stuff to your body: It breaks your heart, erases your memory, scrambles your brain, fills your stomach, and arguably worst of all, impairs your penis (like, come on, was that really necessary?) Amidst all...
You might be vigilant about flushing toilets with your feet, swimming in hand sanitizer after riding the subway and avoiding bare-handed contact with bathroom door knobs, but did you know there’s a veritable petri dish of malevolent bacteria swimming in your pockets? Case in point: In a...
There’s no denying that what we see in the mirror has an impact on how we feel about ourselves as a person. But what is it about our appearance that has such a strong hold on our self-esteem? Erica Hornthal, movement therapist and owner of Chicago Dance...
A trip to the gym can make you feel really good about yourself. You feel stretched out, you feel energized, you feel healthy… wait, did we say healthy? Scrub that one — until you’ve scrubbed your gym bag, at least. Despite how neat and clean a person...
First, something to consider: White teeth aren’t necessarily healthy teeth. The British, for example, who are well-known for their popcorn mouths, generally have healthier teeth than Americans, who are obsessed with blinding white smiles. Still, there’s normally no harm in whitening your teeth for vanity’s sake, so...
There’s a good reason why you should wash your hands after urination. And no, it doesn’t matter if you have the cleanest, straightest, most precise pee aim known to man. “The rationale is that when toileting, it’s possible to have fecal material and fecal bacteria get onto...
As much as cuticles might look like useless flaps of skin that should have been eliminated by evolution long, long ago, they actually protect our nails and fingers from serious infections. “Cuticles are like caulking in the bathtub,” explains dermatologist Adriana Schmidt of the Santa Monica Dermatology...
Many men are absolutely terrified of losing their hair: A recent survey performed by the HIS Hair Clinic found that a whopping 94 percent of men worry about going bald, compared to the 89 percent of the men surveyed who admitted to a fear of impotence. This...
Everyone has a different approach to oral care: Some brush before flossing, some floss before brushing. Some wild folk even gargle mouthwash before anything else. But what order is the correct order? We wanted to hear it from the horse’s mouth, and in this case, that horse...
