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Do MRIs Freak You Out? They Used To Scare Me Too, But Then I Learned This Feb. 02, 2024
I didn't know I was claustrophobic until I had to get an MRI of my knee when I was 32. The technicia... Read More
Banning Together Nov. 15, 2023
In October, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law banning four common food additives: ... Read More
This Fall, Don't Fall Nov. 08, 2023
In 2021, according to the latest data from the CDC, 100 older adults (age 65-plus) died from falls e... Read More
Sleepless and Alone Sep. 20, 2023
A new study of 9,430 adults aged 50 and older found a significant link between loneliness and insomn... Read More
Got Diabetes? Chew on This Jun. 07, 2023
A new study suggests that people with Type 2 diabetes who have full chewing function have blood suga... Read More
Not So Hard To Swallow May. 17, 2023
Monitoring gastric distress is hard to do and often involves sliding camera-equipped scopes or cathe... Read More
Shady Side of the Heat May. 03, 2023
Climate change has resulted in more extreme weather, including hotter, longer heat waves, which in t... Read More
Browsing the News Apr. 26, 2023
No doubt you've asked yourself (perhaps while looking in a mirror) — why do I have eyebrows? S... Read More
Watch This Ad, Buy This Drug Apr. 19, 2023
Drug ads on TV are almost always annoying, and frightening, too, if you listen to the mandatory disc... Read More
For Men Only Aug. 17, 2022
Doctors are increasingly using the repurposed drug tadalafil to prevent heart complications in peopl... Read More
The Season Flu By Apr. 13, 2022
We're wrapping up a second full flu season in the middle of a pandemic, and like 2020-2021, the late... Read More
Looking up From a Lockdown Mar. 17, 2021
Pandemic-related lockdowns have become associated with a host of personal and social ills, from lone... Read More
Got Those Genes at Half-Price Mar. 10, 2021
Some folks are seemingly obsessed with bargain hunting or extreme couponing. Assumed to be a habit c... Read More
Germinal Idea Mar. 11, 2020
In the United Kingdom, ethicists are debating whether to allow men to volunteer to posthumously dona... Read More
December 15, 2019 Dec. 15, 2019
Dear Annie: I am a 14-year-old boy. I'm on the swim team, and I take tap dancing lessons. But when I... Read More
Off the Cuff Sep. 07, 2016
This may get a rise out of you, but not in a good way. Researchers report that more than 30 percent ... Read More
My Ring Bling Thing Jul. 23, 2014
As cellphones become ever more essential (are they really "mobile" if they're permanently attached t... Read More
Live Long and Squirm Jul. 02, 2014
Over countless lifetimes, humans have sought the secret of immortality — or at least how to li... Read More
There's No Quit Here Jun. 25, 2014
And now the latest burning (as in non-electronic) news about smoking: First, researchers at Penn Sta... Read More
