How Easy Is It to Catch Monkeypox?
Monkeypox is now definitively more widespread than just a few cases, with New York, California, and Illinois declaring emergencies and the World Health Organization calling it a Public Health Emergency…
The Most Clever Ways to Use Honey (Besides Eating It)
Photo: Subbotina Anna (Shutterstock) From something as simple to adding a dollop to your tea, to glazing over potatoes to make honey tots in your air fryer, there is no…
How to Stop Forgetting to Take Your Medication, Once and for All
Photo: David Smart (Shutterstock) Americans, on average, juggle about 12 prescription medicines. While this number is certainly skewed by older folks who have racked up a lot of pills, many…
How to Spot a Shady Online Pharmacy
Photo: i viewfinder (Shutterstock) There are a variety of apps and sites available these days that can help you fill your prescriptions—and even get you prescriptions for things like birth…
How to Get the Best Prices on Your Prescriptions
Photo: Kristen Prahl (Shutterstock) Medication can be notoriously and prohibitively expensive in the U.S. Lack of price regulation, exclusivity rights, and general capitalistic forces contribute to this, but there are…
All the Ways You Should Be Using Witch Hazel but Aren’t
Photo: Maren Winter (Shutterstock) Witch hazel is a flowering shrub found in North American and Japan. Its leaf, bark, and twigs contain tannins that have medicinal qualities. When distilled into…
Does Lip Balm Actually Chap Your Lips?
Photo: Prostock-studio (Shutterstock) Are you the type of person that slathers on lip balm throughout the day, almost as a reflexive habit? The kind who only uses it occasionally, when…
What We Know About Cannabis and Depression
Photo: Stefan Malloch (Shutterstock) Depression is one of the most common mental health issues, and cannabis is the most commonly used federally illegal drug in the United States. People use…
There’s No Such Thing As a ‘Clean’ Toothbrush
Photo: Bilanol (Shutterstock) There are two types of people in the world. The type who thoughtlessly store their toothbrushes out in the open, in the same bathroom that harbors a…
Why Safe Drug Disposal Matters (and How to Do It)
Photo: Evan Lorne (Shutterstock) Do you have a cabinet in your bathroom or kitchen somewhere that’s full of medications you don’t use? Those antibiotics you should have finished but didn’t,…