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Make Anti-Racism Your New Year's Resolution Dec. 27, 2024
People take part in health challenges all the time, especially as New Year's resolutions. We count o... Read More
Working as a Teen Taught Me What the Classroom Couldn't Aug. 30, 2024
Some parents like to say, "School is my kids' job." School is important, sure, but I preferred work ... Read More
Don't Skip Summer Reading With Your Kids. It Really Matters. Jun. 30, 2023
We tend to relax a bit more in the summer — bedtimes get later, and many routines go out the w... Read More
Life Is a Marathon Mar. 22, 2023
But extending it might just involve short bursts of activity. A recent study found that brief bouts ... Read More
A Little Appliance Know-How Can Save a Lot of Money Feb. 08, 2023
If you've been reading this column for any length of time, you know that my husband and I have repai... Read More
The 'M' in MD Doesn't Mean 'Man' Jan. 25, 2023
A recent study found that women physicians were more than twice as likely as their male colleagues t... Read More
Windows to the Heart Jan. 11, 2023
Using artificial intelligence tools, researchers studied retinal scans of 88,000 participants in a s... Read More
We All Speak Baby Talk Oct. 26, 2022
After analyzing 1,600 samples of speech and song from 21 societies on six continents, researchers ha... Read More
COVID Consequences Oct. 12, 2022
The pandemic made lots of things worse, including resistance to antimicrobial medicines, which rose ... Read More
Why Your Kid Should Major in Philosophy Oct. 04, 2022
Maybe it's the change of seasons (I've always been a big early fall fan), maybe it's because I am no... Read More
Music to My Fears Sep. 28, 2022
Some 50 years ago, someone noticed that music seemed to dull pain during dental operations. Dentists... Read More
Pill Posture Sep. 21, 2022
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University report that standing or sitting tall helps accelerate absorp... Read More
Holey Microbes! Sep. 14, 2022
A used kitchen sponge wallowing in the sink may be the germiest thing you touch on a daily basis, fa... Read More
A Weighty Response Aug. 31, 2022
Studies suggest flu shots are less effective in people with obesity, perhaps due to an altered immun... Read More
Monkeypox by Another Name Aug. 10, 2022
There's a push by scientists in Africa and elsewhere to rename the virus that causes monkeypox becau... Read More
It's a Violent Life (and Death) Jul. 13, 2022
We wax poetic for pre-pandemic times. Then, numbers are tabulated. In 2019, approximately 67,000 peo... Read More
The Ultimate Restaurant Menu Cheat Sheet Jul. 06, 2022
A restaurant menu is no big deal, right? It's just a list of the food items that a restaurant offers... Read More
Wildfires and Cancer Jun. 29, 2022
Researchers tracked more than 2 million Canadians over a period of 20 years to determine how proximi... Read More
Head to Head Jun. 22, 2022
Body of Knowledge The Guinness World Record for most toilet seats broken by someone's head in one mi... Read More
I'm Quite Embarrassed by This Jun. 17, 2022
DR. WALLACE: I'm a girl who just turned 15. I live with my mom and my little brother. He's only 11 b... Read More
