How To Keep Your Humidifier Clean (And The Scary Repercussions If You Don’t)
MICROGEN IMAGES/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images Not regularly maintaing your home’s humifidifer can cause more harm than good. Humidifiers can be beneficial for your health, especially when you’re sick or dealing with dryness in your home. But if you don’t regularly maintain them, they can cause more harm than good. “If you don’t properly […]
TikTokers Are Using This Pain Med To Stop Their Period — And Doctors Have Thoughts
Illustration:Julianna Brion For HuffPost TikTokers say that ibuprofen can delay your period and even stop it from arriving. But is this legit? TikTok is known for oft-questionable health and fitness advice, such as claims that a dietary supplement is “nature’s Ozempic” and that a “parasite cleanse” is necessary for everyday health. And now a recent […]
Why Do My Symptoms Go Away Once I Arrive At My Doctor’s Office?
LOADINGERROR LOADING Maybe you’ve had a horrible week, but by the time your therapy session rolls around, you feel fine. Or maybe you’ve been feeling sick at home, but once you walk into your doctor’s office, all those symptoms disappear. Going to see a health care provider while you’re not actually experiencing otherwise bothersome symptoms […]
Don’t Let Radon Threaten Your Home – Wyoming Department of Health
Don’t Let Radon Threaten Your Home January 8, 2024 The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) recommends testing homes across the state for radon to find out whether a potentially dangerous health risk could threaten family health. Radon test kits can be ordered online from the department and are free while supplies last. Radon is an […]
New reasons eating less fat should be one of your resolutions
A UC Riverside study to motivate your new year’s resolutions: it demonstrates that high-fat diets affect genes linked not only to obesity, colon cancer and irritable bowels, but also to the immune system, brain function, and potentially COVID-19 risk. While other studies have examined the effects of a high-fat diet, this one is unusual in […]
Opinion | ‘If You Want Your Stocking Stuffed on Christmas, Go Ahead’: What We Heard This Week
“If you want your stocking stuffed on Christmas, go ahead.” — Justin Dubin, MD, a urologist in South Florida, reassuring couples after a new study found penile fractures spike around Christmas Day. “There’s still a long road ahead to having it as a legal, accepted, and accessible treatment for this.” — Nehal Vadhan, PhD, of […]
5 Signs The Stress You’re Dealing With Isn’t ‘Normal’ Stress
Hiraman via Getty Images Chronic stress is detrimental for both your physical health and mental health. From nerves about a final exam to wedding-day jitters, stress is a part of life. But all stress is not created equal. “In simple terms, there is good stress, or eustress … and bad stress, which is distress,” said […]
We’re Therapists. Here Are 8 Things We Refuse To Do At The Holidays.
10’000 Hours via Getty Images Mental health pros share just how you can keep your stress to a minimum during the holidays. While therapists will admit that they aren’t as skillful and perfect as we think they are, they can be great people to turn to if you need guidance. And with the holidays approaching, […]
From the first bite, our sense of taste helps pace our eating
When you eagerly dig into a long-awaited dinner, signals from your stomach to your brain keep you from eating so much you’ll regret it — or so it’s been thought. That theory had never really been directly tested until a team of scientists at UC San Francisco recently took up the question. The picture, it […]
From the first bite, our sense of taste helps pace our eating
When you eagerly dig into a long-awaited dinner, signals from your stomach to your brain keep you from eating so much you’ll regret it — or so it’s been thought. That theory had never really been directly tested until a team of scientists at UC San Francisco recently took up the question. The picture, it […]