Category Archives: health

How to Perfect Your Posture in 3 Weeks

Slouching has become our default posture—but it’s a prequel to long-term back, shoulder, and neck issues. Good posture, on the other hand, has the power to help you avoid these pain problems, as well as improve your digestions, reduce stress, and even gain a shot of confidence. Our guide will have you better aligned in… Read More »

7 Best White Noise Machines for a Good Night's Sleep

For super-clever tech: Ecotones Sound + Sleep Machine ($100; amazon.com) The priciest of our picks, the Sound + Sleep offers a good deal of versatility. It can actually detect other noises in your environment (say, the neighbor’s howling dog, or a snorer down the hall) and adjust to mask them. The gadget also has a… Read More »

7 Best White Noise Machines for a Good Night's Sleep

For super-clever tech: Ecotones Sound + Sleep Machine ($100; amazon.com) The priciest of our picks, the Sound + Sleep offers a good deal of versatility. It can actually detect other noises in your environment (say, the neighbor’s howling dog, or a snorer down the hall) and adjust to mask them. The gadget also has a… Read More »

6 Weird Things You Never Knew About Kissing

Romantic kissing happens in over 90% of all cultures, and with good reason: “It helps us find a partner and stay with them,” says Laura Berman, PhD, assistant clinical professor of ob-gyn and psychiatry at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago and author of Loving Sex ($25, amazon.com). But it also has… Read More »

Read This BEFORE You Get a Flu Shot

Nobody wants to get the flu this year. The dreaded, head-pounding, body-aching, feverish, nauseating, cough-fest packs equal parts misery and inconvenience. But nobody wants to get a shot that might be unnecessary or ineffective, either. So, while some experts worry aloud about a 1918-like flu pandemic, most of us—well aware of the risks of getting… Read More »

Does the Sound of Noisy Eating Drive You Mad? Here’s Why

This article originally appeared on Time.com If you’ve ever been tempted to confront someone slurping their soup in a restaurant, or if a person breathing loudly next to you in the movie theater is enough to make your blood boil, then you’re not alone: You’re one of many people suffering from a genuine brain abnormality… Read More »

Illnesses, Deaths Spur FDA Warning on Hepatitis C Drugs

  FRIDAY, Oct. 23, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Reports of deaths and illnesses occurring soon after use are prompting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to issue warnings on two drugs used to fight the hepatitis C virus. The drugs, called Viekira Pak and Technivie, appeared linked to serious liver damage in patients with advanced… Read More »

Hepatitis C Now Kills More Americans Than Any Other Infectious Disease

Photo: Getty Images WEDNESDAY, May 4, 2016 (HealthDay News) — The number of hepatitis C-linked deaths in the United States reached a record high in 2014, and the virus now kills more Americans than any other infectious disease, health officials report. There were 19,659 hepatitis C-related deaths in 2014, according to preliminary data from U.S. Centers… Read More »

How to Get Birth Control Without a Doctor's Appointment

Women can now get birth control delivered to their homes as easily as they can order take-out—finally. The new app Nurx makes it incredibly convenient for women over 18 to access the patch, ring, or pill—even Plan B—privately and quickly. Although the service is only available in California and New York right now, the company plans to expand to other… Read More »