These Bizarre Cold Remedies Have Gone Viral — But Do They Actually Work? We Asked A Doctor.
Daniel de la Hoz via Getty Images The average person catches two to four colds a year, which means most of us will suffer through roughly 200 colds in our lifetime. With so many snotty struggles ahead of us each year, what remedies can we rely on to help us feel better fast? And do […]
‘Permission To Not Be In Survival Mode’: How Rest Liberates Black People
Illustration: Daniel Fishel for HuffPost Rest isn’t unproductive. For the Black community, it’s necessary for survival. The benefits of rest are well-known: It’s rejuvenating, calming and necessary for someone’s mental and physical health. The importance of rest is even more significant for Black people, according to Tricia Hersey, an activist and the founder of the […]
Opinion | ‘It’s a Word Calculator on Steroids’: What We Heard This Week
“It’s a word calculator on steroids.” — Daniel Chow, MD, MBA, of the University of California Irvine, on large language models like ChatGPT being used to plagiarize scientific research. “It’s like gold. This is the reality. It’s crazy.” — Jody Dushay, MD, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, on diabetes patients’ difficulty getting […]