Over the past two years, a simple but baffling request has preceded most of my encounters with medical professionals: “Rate your pain on a scale of zero to 10.” I…

Summer has only just officially begun, and the world is already sweltering. This week, two counties in northwest Maine were under their first-ever excessive-heat warning—part of a record-breaking “heat dome”…

Every meal I make begins with a single choice: extra-virgin olive oil or canola? For as long as I’ve cooked, these have been my kitchen workhorses, because they’re versatile, affordable,…

The Highlights Aloe vera hair masks suit all hair types and textures. It’s especially beneficial to those with dry and damaged hair. You don’t have to spend a lot to create…

This article was originally published by Undark Magazine. When Ina Chung, a Colorado mother, first fed packaged foods to her infant, she was careful to read the labels. Her daughter…

On New Year’s Day 2020, I was zipping up my fleece to head outside when the phone in the kitchen rang. I picked it up to find a reporter on…

The only immovable object on my weekly calendar is a Sunday-night basketball game. We play in a rented gym in Washington, D.C., usually at a high school, because we’re all…

There’s no such thing as a miracle cure for weight loss, but the latest obesity drugs seem to come pretty close. People who take Ozempic or other weekly shots belonging…

Our most recent flu pandemic—2009’s H1N1 “swine flu”—was, in absolute terms, a public-health crisis. By scientists’ best estimates, roughly 200,000 to 300,000 people around the world died; countless more fell…

The Highlights Static hair is caused by friction, but can also be due to environmental factors like dryness or excess moisture.  Switching to a silk pillowcase and using hairspray are…